Commission Regulation (EC) No 975/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export 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: 2006-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund, skimmed milk powder

30.6.2006

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 975/2006

of 29 June 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 581/2004 opening a standing invitation to tender for export 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

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,

Whereas:

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

‘The products referred to in the first subparagraph are
for all destinations except Andorra,
intended for export
Bulgaria, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Romania, the United
States of America and Vatican City.’

(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.

Article 2

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

refunds

Commission Regulation (EC) No 786/2006 of 24 May
2006 fixing the export
for milk and milk
products (4) has
included Bulgaria and Romania, as
from 25 May 2006, under the destination zones L 20
and L 21, listing the destinations not eligible for export
refunds. It is therefore necessary to exclude Bulgaria and
Romania from the export refunds fixed under Regulation
(EC) No 581/2004 and Romania from the export refunds
fixed under Regulation (EC) No 582/2004.

(3)

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

(4)

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

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

(EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2).

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

(EC) No 409/2006 (OJ L 71, 10.3.2006, p. 5).

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

(EC) No 409/2006.

(4) OJ L 138, 25.5.2006, p. 10.

‘1.
A permanent tender is opened in order to determine
the export refund on skimmed milk powder referred to in
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
falling under product code ex 0402 10 19 9000,
matter
intended for export
to all destinations except Andorra,
Bulgaria, Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Romania, the United
States of America and Vatican City.

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

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 4 July 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission