Commission Regulation (EC) No 553/2002 of 27 March 2002 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: 2002-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, export refund, powdered milk

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 553/2002

of 27 March 2002

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 (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 31(3)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides
that the difference between prices in international trade
for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
that Regulation and prices within the
and (g) of
Community may be covered by an export
refund.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of
13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules
for granting export refunds on certain agricultural prod-
ucts 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 1563/2001 (4), specifies the products for which a
rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these
products are exported in the form of goods listed in the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.

In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4
(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the
refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products
in question must be fixed for each month.

Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 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 applic-
able in all Member States in accordance with the Regula-
tion on the common organisation of the market in the
in question to the basic products listed in
product
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 208, 1.8.2001, p. 8.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Article 11(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides
for
the payment of aid for Community-produced
skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the
casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions.

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 concen-
trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-
ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (5), as last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000 (6),
lays down that
butter and cream at reduced prices should be made
available to industries which manufacture certain goods.

It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
able in the budget.

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 1520/2000 and
listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported
in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in 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 not listed in
the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2002.

(5) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(6) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 2002 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 (EC) 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
(EC) 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

—
50,00

65,54

91,50

90,00

182,25

175,00