Commission Regulation (EC) No 151/2004 of 28 January 2004 amending 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: 2004-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, milk, milk product

29.1.2004

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 151/2004

of 28 January 2004

amending 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,

(2)

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 markets in the
milk and milk products sector (1), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1787/2003 (2), and in particular Article 31(3)
thereof,

It follows from applying the rules and criteria contained
in Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 to the information at
the export
present available to the Commission that
refunds at present applicable should be altered as shown
in the Annex hereto,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 January 2004
to the products listed in the Annex, exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, were
fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 (3).

The rates of refund fixed by Regulation (EC) No 2346/2003 are
hereby altered as shown in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 January 2004.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2004.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 121.
(3) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 45.

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ANNEX

Rates of the refunds applicable from 29 January 2004 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 manu-
factured 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 (1)

—

45,15

54,05

72,45

65,10

129,68

124,60

(1) With effect from 1 July 2003 these rates are not applicable to goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty when exported to the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Slovenia, and to the goods referred to in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No
999/2003 when exported to Hungary. With effect from 1 November 2003 these rates are not applicable to goods not covered by
Annex I to the Treaty when exported to Malta.