CELEX: 31996R2298
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2298/96 of 29 November 1996 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

No L 311 /36         [ EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 11 . 96
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2298 /96
                                                         of 29 November 1996
                    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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16
                                                                        February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  the granting of aid for butter and concentrated butter for
 Community,                                                             use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and
                                                                        other foodstuffs (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                        No 531 /96 f), lay down that butter and cream at reduced
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
                                                                        prices should be made available to industries which
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­              manufacture certain goods;
 tion (EC) No 1 587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)
 thereof,                                                               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (9), as
                                                                        amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 380/95 (l0), prohibits
                                                                        trade between the European Community and the Federal
 Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                 Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
 provides that the difference between prices in interna­                this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c),       comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
 (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the             and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 ("); whereas
 Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas                  account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994                   refunds;
 laying down common implementing rules for granting
 export refunds on certain agricultural products exported              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such                      Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic                      1 . The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic
 products in question must be fixed for each month ;                    products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No
                                                                        1222/94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        804/68 , exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94                    to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , are hereby fixed as
 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,            shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
account should be taken, where necessary, of production
refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect               2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the                 referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
Regulation on the common organization of the market in                 listed in the Annex to this Regulation .
the product in question to the basic products listed in
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;                 3 . Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of
                                                                       Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) may be granted only
Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                 when the conditions laid down in amended Regulation
provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced                 (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are
skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the                observed .
casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid                                           Article 2
for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates ( 5),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (6);                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
                                                                        1996 .
(') OJ   No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) OJ   No  L 206, 16.   8 . 1996, p. 21 .                            (7) OJ  No  L 55, 1 . 3 . 1988 , p. 31 .
(3) OJ   No  L 136, 31 .  5. 1994,  p. 5 .                             (8) OJ  No  L 78 , 28 . 3 . 1996, p. 13 .
 4) OJ   No  L 30, 8 . 2.  1996, p.  24.                               n OJ    No  L 102, 28 . 4. 1993 , p. 14.
(5) OJ   No  L 169, 18 .  7. 1968 , p. 6.                              H OJ    No   L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p . 1 .
¥) OJ No L 138, 31 . 5. 1990, p. 8 .                                   (") OJ  No   L 65 , 15 . 3 . 1996, p . 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                          Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1996 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, obtained by the spray process , with a fat
                                 content of less than 1,5 % by weight and with a water
                                 content of less than 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, obtained by the spray process, with a fat
                                 content of 26 % by weight and a water content of less than
                                 5 % by weight (PG 3):
                                 (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                                               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