CELEX: 31998R2654
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2654/98 of 9 December 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

10. 12. 98           EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 335/53
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2654/98
                                                   of 9 December 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,                       Whereas Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture
                                                                  concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                  export refund for a product contained in a good may not
Community,
                                                                  exceed the refund applicable to that product when
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75              exported without further processing;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-           Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
lation (EC) No 1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3)       97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
thereof,                                                          introduction of the euro (5) provides that, as from 1
                                                                  January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75              ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
provides that the difference between prices in inter-             rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of
that Regulation and prices within the Community may be            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
covered by an export refund where these goods are                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that         Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed
rules for the application of the system of granting export        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and                                     Article 1
the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/97 (4), specifies         The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to       appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
be applied where these products are exported in the form          and listed in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/
of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No               75, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex I to
2771/75;                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, are hereby fixed as shown
                                                                  in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, in accordance Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for                                     Article 2
each of the basic products in question must be fixed for a
period of the same duration as that for which refunds are         This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December
fixed for the same products exported unprocessed;                 1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 9 December 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.                                 (5) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                                 ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 9 December 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
                                                                                                         (EUR / 100 kg)
                                                                                                             Rate
                 CN                                                                          Destination
                                                          Description                                          of
                 code                                                                             (1)
                                                                                                            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         16,00
                                                                                                 03         14,00
                                                                                                 04           8,00
                                     b) On exportation of other goods                            01           8,00
              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         58,00
              0408 19          – – Other:
                               – – – Suitable for human consumption:
         ex 0408 19 81         – – – – Liquid:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         27,00
         ex 0408 19 89         – – – – Frozen:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         27,00
                               – Other:
              0408 91          – – Dried:
         ex 0408 91 80         – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         43,00
              0408 99          – – Other:
         ex 0408 99 80         – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         11,00
         (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.