Commission Regulation (EC) No 1166/2002 of 28 June 2002 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: 2002-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, milk, milk product

29.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 170/51

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1166/2002

of 28 June 2002

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 509/2002 (2), and in particular Article 26(3) and
Article 31(14) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 787/2002 (4), lays down
special detailed rules for applying Council Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1587/96 (6), as regards export licences and export re-
funds in the case of milk and milk products. In order to
ensure that the export refund arrangements are properly
managed and reduce the risk of speculation and distur-
bance in the arrangements for certain milk products, the
security set in the above Regulation should be increased.

Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 provides for
refunds on exports of cheeses to be differentiated accord-
ing to destination zone. In view of the trends in the re-
funds for the various destinations, certain zones can be
abolished. In the interests of simplification, certain desti-
nation zones should be merged.

Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the Management Commit-
tee for Milk and Milk Products,

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 174/1999 is amended as follows:

1. The first paragraph of Article 9 is replaced by the following:

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

(a) 10 % 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) 25 % for other products.’

2. Article 15(3) is replaced by the following:

The zones referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as fol-

‘3.
lows:
— zone I: destination codes 070 and 091 to 096,
— zone III: destination code 400,
— zone VI: all other destination codes.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 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, 28 June 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 20, 27.1.1999, p. 8.
(4) OJ L 127, 14.5.2002, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.