CELEX: 31997R0747
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-25
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/97 of 25 April 1997 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

26. 4. 97            \ ~EN~]              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 110 / 19
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 747/97
                                                           of 25 April 1997
                    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,                           skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the
                                                                       casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
                                                                       out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid
 Community,                                                            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 (EEC) No 570/88 of 16
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                 February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and
 in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­             the granting of aid for butter and concentrated butter for
 tion (EC) No 1 587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)           use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and
 thereof,                                                              other foodstuffs Q, as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                       No 531 /96 (s), lay 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 interna­
 tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c),      Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk
(d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the             Products has not delivered an opinion within the time
 Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas                 limit set by its chairman ,
 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
 refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
229/96 (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 Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
                                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of             1 . The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic                     products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No
 products in question must be fixed for each month;                    1222/94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       804/68, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex
                                                                       to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , are hereby fixed as
                                                                      shown 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               2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect              referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the                listed in the Annex to this Regulation .
Regulation on the common organization of the market in
the product in question to the basic products listed in
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;
                                                                                                   Article 2
Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/ 68
provides for the payment of aid for Community- produced               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1997.
(') OJ  No   L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                           (5) OJ  No L  169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 6.
0   OJ  No   L 206, 16.   8 . 1996, p. 21 .                           (*) OJ  No L  138 , 31 . 5. 1990, p. 8 .
(5) OJ  No   L 136, 31 .  5. 1994,  p. 5.                             0   OJ  No L  55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 31 .
(4  OJ  No   L 30, 8 . 2.  1996, p.  24.                              (s) OJ  No L  78, 28. 3. 1996, p. 13.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 April 1997.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                         Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 1997 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
                                containing 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                                63,00
             ex 0402 21 19      Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not
                                containing 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 570/88 are
                                    exported                                                     67,23
                                (b) On exportation of other goods                               108,00
             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 570/88
                                    are exported                                                 65,00
                                (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98
                                    containing 40 % or more by weight of milk fat               197,25
                                (c) On exportation of other goods                               190,00