CELEX: 31999R2818
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2818/1999 of 30 December 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

L 340/100              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      31. 12. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2818/1999
                                                         of 30 December 1999
               fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods
                                               not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            aid for skimmed milk processed into casein or casein-
Community,                                                                       ates (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/
                                                                                 90 (6).
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27                (5)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
June 1968 on the common organisation of the market in milk                       December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                     and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen-
1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3) thereof,                           trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-
                                                                                 ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (7), as last amended
                                                                                 by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999 (8), lays down that
                                                                                 butter and cream at reduced prices should be made
Whereas:                                                                         available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
(1)     Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides            (6)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
        that the difference between prices in international trade                taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
        for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),            able in the budget.
        and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the
        Community may be covered by an export refund.                    (7)     Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk
        Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of                         Products has not delivered an opinion within the time
        30 May 1994 laying down common implementing rules                        limit set by its chairman,
        for granting export refunds on certain agricultural prod-
        ucts exported in the form of goods not covered by
        Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount
        of such refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
        No 1702/1999 (4), specifies the products for which a
        rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        products are exported in the form of goods listed in the
        Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68.
                                                                                                        Article 1
(2)     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 products          1.     The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
        in question must be fixed for each month.                        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 to Regulation (EEC) No
(3)     Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 provides             804/68, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regula-
        that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account        tion.
        should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds,
        aids or other measures having equivalent effect applic-          2.     No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
        able in all Member States in accordance with the Regula-         referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in
        tion on the common organisation of the market in the             the Annex to this Regulation.
        product in question to the basic products listed in
        Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products.
                                                                                                        Article 2
(4)     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          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
(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  201, 31.7.1999, p. 30.                                         (8) OJ L  59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
 ---pagebreak--- 31. 12. 1999        EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    L 340/101
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 December 1999.
                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                      Margot WALLSTRÖM
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk
                          products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
                                                                                                               (EUR/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                                                 77,36
            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 (EC) No
                                    2571/97 are exported                                                          78,60
                                (b) On exportation of other goods                                               107,92
            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
                                    (EC) No 2571/97 are exported                                                  67,35
                                (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 containing 40 % or more
                                    by weight of milk fat                                                       169,60
                                (c) On exportation of other goods                                               162,35