Commission Regulation (EC) No 1706/1999 of 30 July 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 1999-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, export refund, powdered milk

31. 7. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1706/1999

of 30 July 1999

fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods
not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27
June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3) thereof,

(1) 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
the Community may be covered by an export refund;
whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30
May 1994 laying down common implementing rules for
granting export refunds on certain agricultural products
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I
to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1352/98 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-
ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;

(2) Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic
products in question must be fixed for each month;

(3) 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 production
refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the
Regulation on the common organization of the market
in the product in question to the basic products listed in
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;

milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain
conditions set out in Article 1 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 987/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down general
rules for granting aid for skimmed milk processed into
casein or caseinates (5), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1435/90 (6);

(5) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of
15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced
prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and
concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry
(7), as last
products,
ice-cream and other foodstuffs
amended by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999 (8),
lays
down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be
made available to industries which manufacture certain
goods;

(6) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
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 to Regulation (EEC) No
804/68, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula-
tion.

No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
2.
referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in
the Annex to this Regulation.

(4) Whereas Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
the payment of aid for Community-
provides
produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such

for

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 184, 27.6.1998, p. 25.

(5) OJ L 169, 18.7.1968, p. 6.
(6) OJ L 138, 31.5.1990, p. 8.
(7) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(8) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 July 1999.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

to the Commission Regulation 30 July 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

ANNEX

CN code

Description

ex 0402 10 19

Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, with a fat content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight (PG
2):

(a) On exportation of goods of CN code 3501
(b) On exportation of other goods

ex 0402 21 19

Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, with a fat content of 26 % by weight (PG 3):

(a) Where goods incorporating, in the form of products assimilated to PG 3,
reduced-price butter or cream obtained pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
2571/97 are exported

(b) On exportation of other goods

ex 0405 10

Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6):

(a) Where goods containing reduced-price butter or cream which have been
manufactured in accordance with the conditions provided for in Regulation
(EEC) No 2571/97 are exported

(b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 containing 40 % or more

by weight of milk fat

(c) On exportation of other goods

(EUR/100 kg)

Rate of
refund

—
90,00

85,94

120,00

61,00

177,25

170,00