Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 of 2 February 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the combined nomenclature codes for sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers
Date: 2004-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, confectionery product

L 29/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

3.2.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 186/2004

of 2 February 2004

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 as regards the
combined nomenclature codes for sweet biscuits, waffles and wafers

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 17
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk
and milk products (1), and in particular Articles 10, 15 and
31(14) thereof,

(5)

(6)

(7)

These amendments should apply at the same time as
Regulation (EC) No 1789/2003.

Regulations (EC) No 1255/1999 and (EC) No 2571/97
must therefore be amended.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides
for the grant of an export refund for certain products
falling within the scope of the Regulation,
if they are
exported in the form of the goods listed in Annex II
thereto.

Article 4 of 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
concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry
products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (2), refers to the
CN codes of the end products eligible for the measures
provided for under that Regulation.

As a result of the adoption of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1789/2003 (3), which amends Annex I
to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (4),
to the
combined nomenclature have been made in the case of
certain products.

amendments

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following line is deleted from Annex II to Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999:

‘1905 90 40

– – – Waffles and wafers with a water content

exceeding 10 % by weight’

Article 2

In Article 4(1), formula A, point A1 of Regulation (EC) No
2571/97, the CN codes ‘1905 30, 1905 90 40’ are replaced by
‘1905 31, 1905 32’.

(4)

Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 and Article
4 of Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 must be amended
accordingly.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1787/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 121).

(2) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1851/2001 (OJ L 253, 21.9.2001, p. 16).

(3) OJ L 281, 30.10.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1949/2003 (JO L 287, 5.11.2003, p. 15).

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2004.

3.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 29/7

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

Done at Brussels, 2 February 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission