CELEX: 31973R0291
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 291/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the refunds applicable from 1 February 1973 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

No L 32/30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  2 . 2 . 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 291/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 31 January 1973
                fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 February 1973 to certain milk products
                             exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      ( a ) the average costs incurred by processing indus­
  COMMUNITIES ,                                                             tries in obtaining supplies of the basic products in
                                                                             question on the Community market and the
                                                                            prices ruling on the world market ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;
                                                                      ( b ) the level of the refunds on exports , of processed
                                                                           agricultural products covered by Annex II to the .
                                                                           Treaty which are manufactured under similar con­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                         ditions ;
 68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1410/71 (2), and
 in particular the second subparagraph of Article 17                  ( c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the
                                                                           industries which use Community products and
 (4) thereof ;
                                                                          those which use third-country produces, under
                                                                            inward processing arrangements ;
 Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No
 804/68 provides that the difference between prices in
 international trade for the products listed in Article
 1 (a), (b), ( c) and (e) of that Regulation and prices              Whereas Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
within the Community imay be covered by an export                    2682/72 provides that, when the rate of the refund is
refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2682/                  being fixed, account should be taken, where neces­
72 (3) of 12 December 1972 (laying down general                      sary, of production refunds, aid's or bthfr measures
rules for granting export refunds on certain agricul­                having equivalent effect applicable in all Member
tural products exported 'in the form of goods not                   States in accordance with the Regulation on the com­
covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and criteria for                  mon organization of the market in the product in
fixing the amount of such refunds, specifies the pro­               question to the basic products listed in Annex A to
ducts for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to                that Regulation or to assimilated products ;
be applied where these products are exported in the
form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68 ;
                                                                    Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph                  804/68 provides for the payment of aid for Commu­
of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/72, the             nity-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if
rate of the refund per 100 kg for each of the basic                 such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil
products in question must be fixed for each month ;                 certain conditions set out in Article 1 of Council
                                                                     Regulation (EEC ) No 987/68 (4) of 15 July 1968 lay­
                                                                    ing down general rules for granting aid for skimmed
                                                                    milk processed into casein or caseinates ; whereas,
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that                     pursuant to Article 1 (2) ( b) of Regulation (EEC) No
Article, that rate must be determined with particular               2682/72, skimmed milk thus defined is assimilated
reference to :                                                      to milk powder complying with the definition of the
(») OJ No L 148 , 28.6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
( 2) OJ No L 148 , 3 . 7 . 1971 , p . 3 .
(3) OJ No L 289, 27. 12 . 1972 , p . 13 .                            (4 ) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 6 .
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pilot product Group No 2 listed in Annex I to Coun­                   concerning selling butter at a reduced price for the
 cil Regulation ( EEC) No 823/68 ( J ) of 28 June 1968               purpose of exporting certain mixtures of fats, no
 determining the groups of products and the special                   export refund can be granted for the butter incor­
provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk                    porated in the products referred to in Article 19 of
products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      that Regulation ;
2687/72 (2) ; whereas a rate of refund should be fixed
 for this milk powder ;                                              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
                                                                     tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
                                                                     agement Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 756/70 (3) of 24 April 1970 on granting aid for
skimmed milk processed into casein or casemates, as                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2814/71 (4),
fixes the aid per 100 kg of skimmed milk processed                                            Article 1
into casein or casemates according to type ;
                                                                      1 . The rates of the refunds applicable from 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                February 1973 to the basic products appearing in
 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of but­                  Annex A to Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/72 and listed
ter at a reduced price to certain Community process­                  in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , exported
 ing undertakings, as last amended by Regulation                     in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regula­
 (EEC) No 2161 /72 (6), authorises the delivery, to                  tion (EEC) No 804/68 , are hereby fixed as shown in
 industries manufacturing the goods falling within                   the Annex to this Regulation .
 heading No 19.08 or of subheadings 18.06 B, 21.07 C
 and 'ice mix' or of subheadings 18.06 D and ex                      2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the pro­
 21.07 F of the Common Customs Tariff, of butter                     ducts referred to in the preceding paragraph which
 at a reduced price under a standing invitation to                   are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation .
 tender ;
                                                                                             Article 2
 Whereas, according to Article 28 of Commission                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1519/72 (7 ) of 14 July 1972                  1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
 (')   OJ No L  151 , 30. 6 . 1968, p. 3.
 (2)   OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972, p . 39
 (s)   OJ No L 91 , 25.4. 1970, p. 28 .
 (4 )  OJ No L 284, 28 . 12 . 1971 , p . 20.
 (5) OJ   No L 139 , 17.6 . 1972, p . 18 .
 ( fl) OJ No L 231 , 11 . 10. 1972 , p . 12 .
 (7) OJ   No L 162 , 18 . 7. 1972, p . 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
           fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 February 1973 to. certain milk products
                          exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
                 CCT                                                                          Rate of the
                heading                                  Description of goods                 restitution
                  No                                                                          u. a. / 100 kg
           ex 04.02 A II        Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a
                                fat content of less than 1-5 °/o by weight and with a
                                water content of less than 5 °/o by weight (PG 2) :
                                a) on exportation of goods of CCT heading No 35.01                  —
                                b) on exportation of other goods                                 12-00
           ex 04.02 A II        Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a
                                fat content of 26 °/o by weight and a water content of
                                less than 5 % by weight (PG 3 )                                  39-00
           ex 04.02 A III       Concentrated milk, with a fat content by weight of 7-5 °/o
                                and a content by weight in dry matter equal to 25 "/o
                                ( PG 4)                                                          11-50
           ex 04.03             Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 °/o (PG 6) :
                                a) On exportation of goods of CCT heading No 19.08 or
                                    of subheadings 18.06 B and 21.07 C, and 'ice mix' of
                                    CCT subheadings 18.06 D and ex 21.07 F manu­
                                    factured under the conditions laid down in Article 6
                                    ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                                b ) On exportation of other goods                              110-00