Commission Regulation (EC) No 1502/2001 of 23 July 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds
Date: 2001-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product nomenclature, cheese, export refund

24.7.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 199/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1502/2001

of 23 July 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 establishing an agricultural product nomenclature for
export refunds

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 31(14) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1384/2001 (4), estab-
lishes, on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature, an
agricultural product nomenclature for export refunds. It
lays down, among other things, the additional require-
ments for using the product codes for cheeses in respect
of which a refund is granted, especially as regards their
maximum water content and their minimum fat content
in the dry matter. The requirements for certain cheeses
need to be adapted in order to reflect more accurately
the true nature of the products exported.

Footnote 8 in section 9 of Annex I to that Regulation
requires certain milk products to meet a minimum milk-
protein content in order to qualify for the refund. In
order to facilitate the completion of the customs formal-
ities and with a view to coming into line with the other
provisions, the operator should be obliged to indicate on
the export declaration the product's maximum water
content and the minimum milk-protein content
in
non-fat solids.

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

Section 9 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 is
amended as follows:

1. the information relating to CN code ex 0406 90 85 is
replaced by the information in the Annex to this Regula-
tion;

2. the text of footnote 8 is replaced by the following:

‘(8) Where, for products falling within this code, the milk-
protein content (nitrogen content × 6,38) in non-fat milk
solids is less than 34 %, no refund is payable. Where for
powdered products falling within this code, the water
content in product weight is more than 5 %, no refund is
payable.

When completing the customs formalities, the interested
party must
indicate on the relevant declaration the
minimum milk-protein content in non-fat milk solids
the maximum water
and,
content.’

for powdered products,

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, 23 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 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 186, 7.7.2001, p. 28.

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CN code

Description of goods

ANNEX

Additional requirements for
using the product code

Maximum
water
content in
product
weight
(%)

Minimum fat
content in
the dry
matter
(%)

‘ex 0406 90 85

– – – – – – – Kefalograviera, kasseri:

– – – – – – – – Of a water content, by weight, not exceeding 40 %

40

39

– – – – – – – – Of a water content, by weight, exceeding 40 % but

45

39

not exceeding 45 %

– – – – – – – – Other

Product code

0406 90 85 9930
0406 90 85 9930
0406 90 85 9930
0406 90 85 9930
0406 90 85 9930
0406 90 85 9930

0406 90 85 9970
0406 90 85 9970
0406 90 85 9970
0406 90 85 9970
0406 90 85 9970
0406 90 85 9970

0406 90 85 9999’