Commission Regulation (EC) No 2095/2004 of 8 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning certain types of butter and Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds concerning skimmed milk powder
Date: 2004-12-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund, skimmed milk powder

L 362/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.12.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2095/2004

of 8 December 2004

amending Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for exports refunds
concerning certain types of butter and Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 opening a standing invitation
to tender for exports refunds concerning skimmed milk powder

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

likely to come into force before the expiry of the period
of validity of the export licences, referred to in Article
8(1)(d) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 580/2004 of
26 March 2004 establishing
tender procedure
concerning export refunds for certain milk products (5),
Bulgaria should be excluded from the destinations eligible
for an export refund in the framework of the permanent
tender concerning skimmed milk powder provided for in
that Regulation.

a

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 Article 31(3)(b) and (14)
thereof,

(3)

Regulations (EC) No 581/2004 and (EC) No 582/2004
should be amended accordingly.

Whereas:

(4)

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

(1)

(2)

According to Article 1(1) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 581/2004 (2) and to Article 1(1) of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 (3) certain destinations
are excluded from the granting of an export refund.
Following the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia,
Poland,
Cyprus, Hungary,
the
Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union,
references to those countries should be deleted.

Lithuania, Malta,

Latvia,

the other part,
the Czech Republic,
the Republic of Cyprus,
the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Malta,

The Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Commu-
nities and their Member States, of the one part, and
to take
the Republic of Bulgaria of
the
account of
the accession of
the
Republic of Estonia,
the
Republic of Hungary,
Republic of Lithuania,
the
Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the
Slovak Republic to the European Union (4), provides for
a new import tariff quota to be opened by Bulgaria for
milk powder originating in the Community. The access
to that quota is restricted to products not benefiting from
any kind of export subsidies. In order to avoid specu-
lation and to ensure the respect of that concession that is

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 581/2004, is replaced by the
following:

‘1.
A permanent tender is opened in order to determine
the export refund on the following types of butter referred to
in Section 9 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3846/87 (*):

(a) natural butter in blocks of at

least 20 kilograms net
weight falling under product codes ex 0405 10 19 9500
and ex 0405 10 19 9700;

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 186/2004 (OJ L 29, 3.2.2004,
p. 6).

(2) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 64. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation 810/2004 (OJ L 149, 30.4.2004, p. 138).

(3) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 67. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 810/2004.

(4) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

b) butteroil

in containers of at

least 190 kilograms net

weight falling under product code ex 0405 90 10 9000.

(5) OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 58.

9.12.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 362/15

referred to in the first

The products
intended for export to the following destinations:
— Russia (destination code 075),
— all other destinations except Andorra, Gibraltar,

subparagraph are

the

United States of America and Vatican City.

___________
(*) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.’

Article 2

Section 9 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
3846/87 (*) in bags of at least 25 kilograms net weight and
containing no more than 0,5 % by weight of added non-lactic
matter
ex 0402 10 19 9000,
to all destinations except Andorra,
intended for export
Bulgaria, Gibraltar,
the United States of America and
Vatican City.

falling under product

code

___________
(*) OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1.’

Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 582/2004 is replaced by the
following:

Article 3

‘1.
A permanent tender is opened in order to determine
the export refund on skimmed milk powder referred to in

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2004.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission