Commission Regulation (EC) No 276/2007 of 15 March 2007 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: 2007-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: award of contract, butter, export refund, skimmed milk powder

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 276/2007

of 15 March 2007

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,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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:

(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.

refunds

Commission Regulation (EC) No 61/2007 of 25 January
2007 fixing the export
for milk and milk
products (4) has excluded Liechtenstein, Communes of
Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland
and Faeroe Islands from the granting of a refund, as
from 26 January 2007, by including them in zones
L 20 and L 40, listing the destinations not eligible for
export refunds. It is therefore necessary to exclude the
same destinations from the export
refunds fixed by
(EC) No 581/2004 and
tender under Regulations
No 582/2004.

(3)

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

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

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

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

lation (EC) No 128/2007 (OJ L 41, 13.2.2007, p. 6).

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

lation (EC) No 1919/2006 (OJ L 380, 28.12.2006, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 19, 26.1.2007, p. 8.

Article 1

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
intended for export
for all destinations except Andorra,
Ceuta and Melilla, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Communes of
Livigno and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faroe
Islands, the United States of America and Vatican City.’

Article 2

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

‘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 matter falling under product code ex 0402 10 19 9000,
intended for export to all destinations except Andorra, Ceuta
and Melilla, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Communes of Livigno
and Campione d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faroe Islands,
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 its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission