Commission Regulation (EC) No 1370/2001 of 5 July 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of milk and milk products
Date: 2001-07-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export restriction, milk, milk product

L 183/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

6.7.2001

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1370/2001

of 5 July 2001

amending Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 laying down special detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 as regards export licences and export refunds in the case of
milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

‘Article 9

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1670/2000 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1202/2001 (4),
lays
the application of
down special detailed rules
Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (5) as
regards
export licences and export refunds covering milk and
milk products. In order to ensure that the export refund
scheme is managed properly and to reduce the risk of
speculative applications and disturbance of the scheme
with regard to certain milk products, the security fixed
in that Regulation should be increased.

(2)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

The security referred to in Article 15(2) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 (*) shall be equal to the
percentage of the refund fixed for each product code and
application on the day the export licence application is
lodged, as follows:

(a) 5 % for products covered by CN code 0405;

(b) 30 % for products covered by CN code 0402 10;

(c) 30 % for products covered by CN code 0406;

(d) 20 % for other products.

The security may not, however, be less than EUR 6/
100 kg.

The amount of the refund referred to in the first paragraph
shall be that calculated for the total quantity of the product
concerned, except
for milk products containing added
sugar.

For milk products containing added sugar, the amount of
the refund referred to in the first paragraph shall be equal
to the total quantity of
the whole product concerned,
multiplied by the refund rate applicable per kilogram of
milk product.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is hereby replaced
by the following:

(*) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1.’

Article 2

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 July 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 193, 29.7.2000, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 163, 20.6.2001, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.