CELEX: 31996R2476
Language: en
Date: 1996-12-23 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2476/96 of 23 December 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 335/ 18           EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                24. 12. 96
                                              COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2476/96
                                                            of 23 December 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,                              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 Q,
                                                                            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 (8), 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 measures provided for in this Regulation are
  (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas                    Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
  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 January 1997.
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 ,  p. 13.                             0    OJ  No L  169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 6.
(2)  OJ  No  L  206, 16.   8. 1996,   p. 21 .                            (6)  OJ  No L  138, 31 . 5. 1990, p. 8 .
(3)  OJ  No  L  136, 31 .  5. 1994,   p. 5.                              0    OJ  No L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 31 .
(*)  OJ  No  L  30, 8 . 2.  1996, p.  24.                                (8)  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, 23 December 1996 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                           Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 23 December 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, 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