CELEX: 31998R0384
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-18 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/98 of 18 February 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

L 48/30             ¬ EN ¬            Official Journal of the European Communities                               19. 2. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 384/98
                                                    of 18 February 1998
                  fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the
                                 form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      each of the basic products in question must be fixed for a
                                                                 period of the same duration as that for which refunds are
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 fixed for the same products exported unprocessed;
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75             Whereas Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the             concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the
market in eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-          export refund for a product contained in a good may not
lation (EC) No 1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3)      exceed the refund applicable to that product when
thereof,                                                         exported without further processing;
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that the difference between prices in interna-          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of that    Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation and prices within the Community may be
covered by an export refund where these goods are
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that
Regulation; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed                                       Article 1
rules for the application of the system of granting export
refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the         The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and         appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as       and listed in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/97 (4), specifies        2771/75, exported in the form of goods listed in the
the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to      Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, are hereby
be applied where these products are exported in the form         fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
2771/75;                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, in accordance Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC)          This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February
No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for         1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 18 February 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                          Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L  189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99.
(3) OJ L  136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L  268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 20.
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                                                                 ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 18 February 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to
             eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                                                         (ECU / 100 kg)
                  CN                                                                         Destination     Rate
                  code                                   Description                             ( 1)          of
                                                                                                            refund
               0407 00         Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:
                               – Of poultry:
               0407 00 30      – – Other:
                                     a) On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes
                                         3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90                               02         12,00
                                                                                                 03         17,00
                                                                                                 04           6,50
                                     b) On exportation of other goods                            01           6,50
               0408            Birds’ eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked
                               by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or
                               otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar
                               or other sweetening matter:
                               – Egg yolks:
               0408 11         – – Dried:
          ex 0408 11 80        – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         50,00
               0408 19         – – Other:
                               – – – Suitable for human consumption:
          ex 0408 19 81        – – – – Liquid:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         23,00
          ex 0408 19 89        – – – – Frozen:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         23,00
                               – Other:
               0408 91         – – Dried:
          ex 0408 91 80        – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         39,00
               0408 99         – – Other:
          ex 0408 99 80        – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         10,00
          (1) The destinations are as follows:
              01 Third countries,
              02 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,
              03 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt,
              04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 02 and 03.