Commission Regulation (EC) No 944/2003 of 28 May 2003 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: 2003-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, milk product

L 133/66

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 944/2003

of 28 May 2003

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), and
(g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community
may be covered by an export refund. Whereas Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000
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 740/
2003 (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
product in question to the basic products listed in 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 106, 29.4.2003, p. 12.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Article 12(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-
for use in the manufacture of pastry
trated butter
products,
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.

ice-cream and other

foodstuffs (5), as

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 June 2003.

(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, 28 May 2003.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 May 2003 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

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

—

60,00

76,11

102,40

100,00

192,25

185,00