CELEX: 31998R2360
Language: en
Date: 1998-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2360/98 of 30 October 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

L 293/28                 EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                31. 10. 98
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2360/98
                                                        of 30 October 1998
                     fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the
                                     form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                      provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced
                                                                      skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the
                                                                      casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
Community,                                                            of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid
                                                                      for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (5),
                                                                      as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (6);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-             and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)            butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products,
thereof,                                                              ice-cream and other foodstuffs (7), as last amended by
                                                                      Regulation (EC) No 1982/98 (8), lays down that butter and
                                                                      cream at reduced prices should be made available to
                                                                      industries which manufacture certain goods;
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides that the difference between prices in inter-                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the       Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994
laying down common implementing rules for granting
export refunds on certain agricultural products exported
in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the
Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1352/
98 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of refund
should be fixed, to be applied where these products are
exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to                                             Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
                                                                      1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic prod-
                                                                      ucts appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/
                                                                      94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of                 exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of              Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed as shown
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-              in the Annex to this Regulation.
ucts in question must be fixed for each month;
                                                                      2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
                                                                      referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
                                                                      listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,
account should be taken, where necessary, of production
refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect                                         Article 2
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the
Regulation on the common organization of the market in
the product in question to the basic products listed in               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;                1998.
(1)  OJ  L  148, 28.  6. 1968, p. 13.                                 (5) OJ L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 6.
( 2) OJ  L  206, 16.  8. 1996, p. 21.                                 (6) OJ L 138, 31. 5. 1990, p. 8.
( 3) OJ  L  136, 31.  5. 1994, p. 5.                                  (7) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
( 4) OJ  L  184, 27.  6. 1998, p. 25.                                 (8) OJ L 256, 18. 9. 1998, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 30 October 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                           Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable
           to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the
                                                        Treaty
                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                               Rate of
                CN code                                 Description
                                                                                               refund
           ex 0402 10 19     Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not con-
                             taining added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a fat
                             content not exceeding 1,5 % by weight (PG 2):
                             (a) On exportation of goods of CN code 3501                         —
                             (b) On exportation of other goods                                  82,50
           ex 0402 21 19     Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not con-
                             taining added sugar or other sweetening matter, with a fat
                             content of 26 % by weight (PG 3):
                             (a) Where goods incorporating, in the form of products
                                 assimilated to PG 3, reduced-price butter or cream obtained
                                 pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2571/97 are exported           80,37
                             (b) On exportation of other goods                                 102,60
           ex 0405 10        Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6):
                             (a) Where goods containing reduced-price butter or cream
                                 which have been manufactured in accordance with the
                                 conditions provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2571/97
                                 are exported                                                   61,00
                             (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 con-
                                 taining 40 % or more by weight of milk fat                    177,25
                             (c) On exportation of other goods                                 170,00