Commission Regulation (EC) No 1232/2004 of 2 July 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 as regards Community aid for the supply of dairy products to Madeira and the Canary Islands
Date: 2004-07-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canary Islands, EU aid, Madeira, aid system, milk product, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1232/2004

of 2 July 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 as regards Community aid for the supply of dairy products
to Madeira and the Canary Islands

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1453/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Azores and Madeira and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1600/92 (Poseima) (1), and in particular Article 3(6)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1454/2001 of 28
June 2001 introducing specific measures for certain agricultural
products for the Canary Islands and repealing Regulation (EEC)
No 1601/92 (Poseican) (2), and in particular Article 3(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Detailed rules for establishing the supply balances and
the supply of certain essential
Community aid for
products for human consumption,
for processing and
as agricultural inputs and for the supply of live animals
and eggs to the outermost regions under Council Regu-
lations (EC) No 1452/2001 (3), (EC) No 1453/2001 and
(EC) No 1454/2001 have been laid down in Commission
Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 (4).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of 26 March
2004 establishing a tender procedure concerning export
refunds for certain milk products (5)
introduces a new
method of fixing export refunds.

The tender procedure for certain milk products will result
in the fixing of more than one rate of refund on the
same product to the same destination.

(1) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 26. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 55/2004 (OJ L 8, 14.1.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 45. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1782/2003 (OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 198, 21.7.2001, p. 11. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1782/2003.
(4) OJ L 3, 7.1.2004, p. 6.
(5) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58.

It is therefore necessary to indicate in Annexes III and V
to Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 concerning Madeira and
the Canary Islands respectively that the aid should be
equal to the highest amount of the refund for products
falling within the same CN code. In order to avoid any
insecurity for the operators and national authorities, this
change should apply as from 1 April 2004, date of entry
into force of Regulation (EC) No 580/2004.

should be specified that

the butter awarded in
It
accordance with 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 manu-
ice-cream and other food-
facture of pastry products,
stuffs (6) should receive the aid amount
indicated in
column II of Annexes III and V to Regulation (EC) No
14/2004 when supplied to the Canary Islands and
Madeira.

Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 14/2004 is amended as follows

1. In part 6 of Annex III, footnotes 2 and 3 are replaced by the

following:

‘(2) The products concerned and the related footnotes are the
same as those covered by the Commission Regulation
to Article 31 of
fixing the export refunds pursuant
Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (OJ L 160,
26.6.1999, p. 48).

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

lation (EC) No 921/2004 (OJ L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 94).

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(3) The amount shall be equal to the refund for products
falling within the same CN code granted pursuant to
Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. Where
the refunds granted pursuant to Article 31 of that Regu-
lation have more than one rate as defined in Article 2(1)
(e)
and (1)(l) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
800/1999 (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11), the amount
shall be equal to the highest amount of the refund for
products falling within the same CN code (Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1)).

However,
for the butter awarded in accordance with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 (OJ L 350,
20.12.1997, p. 3) the amount shall be as indicated in
column II.’

the refunds granted pursuant to Article 31 of that Regu-
lation have more than one rate as defined in Article 2(1)
(e) and (1)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999,
the
amount shall be equal to the highest amount of the
refund for products falling within the same CN code
(Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87).

However,
for the butter awarded in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 the amount shall be as
indicated in column II.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. In part 11 of Annex V,

footnote 4 is replaced by the

following:

‘(4) The amount shall be equal to the refund for products
falling within the same CN code granted pursuant to
Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. Where

In Article 1(1), the first paragraph of the text to be inserted as
footnote 3 shall apply from 1 April 2004.

In Article 1(2), the first paragraph of the text to be inserted as
footnote 4 shall apply from 1 April 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission