1.2.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL25/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No179/96
of31January1996
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainmilkproductsexportedin
theformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No570/88of16
February1988onthesaleofbutteratreducedpricesand
thegrantingofaidforbutterandconcentratedbutterfor
useinthemanufactureofpastryproducts,ice-creamand
otherfoodstuffsQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2931/95,laydownthatbutterandcreamatreduced
pricesshouldbemadeavailabletoindustrieswhich
manufacturecertaingoods;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(8),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(9),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No2815/95(10);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforMilkandMilk
Productshasnotdeliveredanopinionwithinthetime
limitsetbyitschairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No2931/95(2),andinparticularArticle17(3)
thereof,
WhereasArticle17(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthedifferencebetweenpricesininterna­
tionaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1(a),(b),(c),
(d),(e),and(g)ofthatRegulationandpriceswithinthe
Communitymaybecoveredbyanexportrefund;
whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30
May1994layingdowncommonimplementing rulesfor
grantingexportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproducts
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIIto
theTreaty,andcriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
2915/95(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No804/68;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,wherenecessary,ofproduction
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect
applicableinallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththe
Regulationonthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
theproductinquestiontothebasicproductslistedin
AnnexAtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;
WhereasArticle11(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforthepaymentofaidforCommunity-produced
skimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinifsuchmilkandthe
caseinmanufactured fromitfulfilcertainconditionsset
outinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No987/68
of15July1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaid
forskimmedmilkprocessedintocaseinorcaseinates(*),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1435/90(6);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No
1222/94andlistedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
804/68,exportedintheformofgoodslistedintheAnnex
toRegulation(EEC)No804/68,areherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
2.Noratesofrefundarefixedforanyoftheproducts
referredtointheprecedingparagraphwhicharenot
listedintheAnnextothisRegulation .
3.RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonly
whentheconditionslaiddowninamendedRegulation
(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No2815/95are
observed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1996.
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL307,20.12.1995,p.10.
(3)OJNoL136,31.5.1994,p.5.
(4)OJNoL305,19.12.1995,p.33.0OJNoL169,18.7.1968,p.6.
(6)OJNoL138,31.5.1990,p.8.f)OJNoL55,1.3.1988,p.31.
(8)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(10)OJNoL297,9.12.1995,p.1.

NoL25/26EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.96
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1996.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1996fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
tocertainmilkproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentoflessthan1,5%byweightandwithawater
contentoflessthan5%byweight(PG2):
(a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode3501
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 49,00
ex04022119Powderedmilk,obtainedbythesprayprocess,withafat
contentof26%byweightandawatercontentoflessthan
5%byweight(PG3):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-price butterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufactured inaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No570/88
areexported 47,36
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 98,05
ex040510Butter,withafatcontentbyweightof82%(PG6):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-pricebutterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufactured inaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No570/88
areexported 35,00
(b)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069098
containing40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat 167,25
(c)Onexportationofothergoods 160,00