CELEX: 32000R0456
Language: en
Date: 2000-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 456/2000 of 28 February 2000 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

29. 2. 2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                          L 55/65
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 456/2000
                                                            of 28 February 2000
                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,                                (4)     Article 11 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999
                                                                                   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.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                           (5)     Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
                                                                                   December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
                                                                                   and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15                        trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk                          ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last amended
and milk products (1), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof,                    by Regulation (EC) No 494/1999 (5), lays down that
                                                                                   butter and cream at reduced prices should be made
                                                                                   available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
Whereas:                                                                   (6)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
                                                                                   taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
                                                                                   able in the budget.
(1)     Article 31 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999                     (7)     Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk
        provides that the difference between prices in inter-                      Products has not delivered an opinion within the time
        national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),              limit set by its chairman,
        (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 prod-
        ucts exported in the form of goods not covered by
        Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        of such refunds (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
        No 238/2000 (3), 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 (EC) No 1255/1999.                                                           Article 1
                                                                           1.     The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
                                                                           appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 and
(2)     In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4             listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported
        (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of the                 in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
        refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products            1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this
        in question must be fixed for each month.                          Regulation.
                                                                           2.     No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
                                                                           referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not listed in
(3)     Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 provides               the Annex to this Regulation.
        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 applic-
        able in all Member States in accordance with the Regula-
        tion on the common organisation of the market in the                                             Article 2
        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 March 2000.
( ) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
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(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.                                             (4) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 45.                                             (5) OJ L 59, 6.3.1999, p. 17.
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               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
        to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 2000 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                                                 72,58
        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                                                          75,06
                            (b) On exportation of other goods                                               104,10
        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