EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 4. 98 L 100/40
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 723/98
of 31 March 1998
fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the marketin milk and milk products (
1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)
thereof,
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides that the difference between prices in inter-national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund; whereasCommission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994laying down common implementing rules for grantingexport refunds on certain agricultural products exportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex II to theTreaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds (
3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/
97 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund
should be fixed, to be applied where these products areexported in the form of goods listed in the Annex toRegulation (EEC) No 804/68;
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate ofthe refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-ucts in question must be fixed for each month;
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,account should be taken, where necessary, of productionrefunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effectapplicable in all Member States in accordance with theRegulation on the common organization of the market inthe product in question to the basic products listed inAnnex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;Whereas Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides for the payment of aid for Community-producedskimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and thecasein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions setout in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aidfor skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (
5),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (6);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced pricesand the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentratedbutter for use in the manufacture of pastry products,ice-cream and other foodstuffs (
7), lays down that butter
and cream at reduced prices should be made available toindustries which manufacture certain goods;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Milk and Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic prod-
ucts appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex toRegulation (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed as shownin the Annex to this Regulation.
2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
referred to in the preceding paragraph which are notlisted in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1998.
(1) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21. (5) OJ L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5. (6) OJ L 138, 31. 5. 1990, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 20. (7) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.98 L100/41
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31March1998.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31March1998fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicableto
certainmilkproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode DescriptionRateof
refund
ex04021019 Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,notcon-
tainingaddedsugarorothersweeteningmatter,withafat
contentnotexceeding1,5%byweight(PG2):
(a)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode3501 ¾
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 68,00
ex04022119 Powderedmilk,ingranulesorothersolidforms,notcon-
tainingaddedsugarorothersweeteningmatter,withafat
contentof26%byweight(PG3):
(a)Wheregoodsincorporating,intheformofproducts
assimilatedtoPG3,reduced-pricebutterorcreamobtained
pursuanttoRegulation(EEC)No2571/97areexported 64,59
(b)Onexportationofothergoods 102,60
ex040510 Butter,withafatcontentbyweightof82%(PG6):
(a)Wheregoodscontainingreduced-pricebutterorcream
whichhavebeenmanufacturedinaccordancewiththe
conditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No2571/97
areexported 45,00
(b)OnexportationofgoodsofCNcode21069098con-
taining40%ormorebyweightofmilkfat 177,25
(c)Onexportationofothergoods 170,00