CELEX: 31998R1716
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1716/98 of 31 July 1998 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

L 215/52                 EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1. 8. 98
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1716/98
                                                         of 31 July 1998
                     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 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
                                                                      casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
Community,                                                            of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid
                                                                      for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (5),
                                                                      as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (6);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-             and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concentrated
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)            butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products,
thereof,                                                              ice-cream and other foodstuffs (7), as last amended by
                                                                      Regulation (EC) No 1550/98 (8), lays 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 inter-                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the       Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas
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                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
refunds (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1352/
98 (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
                                                                                                 Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
                                                                      1. The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic prod-
                                                                      ucts appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of                 94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of              exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-              Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed as shown
ucts in question must be fixed for each month;                        in the Annex to this Regulation.
                                                                      2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
                                                                      referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94                   listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,
account should be taken, where necessary, of production
refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the                                           Article 2
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;                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1998.
(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  184, 27.  6. 1998, p. 25.                                 (8) OJ L 202, 18. 7. 1998, p. 27.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 31 July 1998.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                         Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                     ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1998 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 con-
                           taining 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                                  74,00
         ex 0402 21 19     Powdered milk, in granules or other solid forms, not con-
                           taining 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 2571/97 are exported           69,03
                           (b) On exportation of other goods                                 102,60
         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 2571/97
                               are exported                                                   45,00
                           (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 con-
                               taining 40 % or more by weight of milk fat                    177,25
                           (c) On exportation of other goods                                 170,00