CELEX: 31998R0924
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 924/98 of 29 April 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 128/64                 EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30. 4. 98
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 924/98
                                                         of 29 April 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), 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                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that the difference between prices in inter-                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),         Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the
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 1909/
97 (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
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;                                                                      Article 1
                                                                      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
Regulation on the common organization of the market in                                           Article 2
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 May 1998.
(1)  OJ  L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2)  OJ  L  206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.                                  (5) OJ L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 6.
( 3) OJ  L  136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5.                                   (6) OJ L 138, 31. 5. 1990, p. 8.
( 4) OJ  L  268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 20.                                  (7) OJ L 350, 20. 12. 1997, p. 3.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 29 April 1998.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                          Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 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                                  68,00
          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           64,59
                            (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