CELEX: 31973R0609
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 609/73 of the Commission of 28 February 1973 fixing the refunds applicable from 1 March 1973 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

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                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 609/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 28 February 1973
                fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 March 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
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/                              Treaty which are manufactured under similar con­
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                               ditions ;
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by the Act ( 2) annexed to the Treaty (3) on
the Accession of new Member States to the European                         ( c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the
Economic Community and the European Atomic                                      industries which use Community products and
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                              those which use third-country products under
1972, and in particular the second subparagraph of                               inward processing arrangements ;
Article 17 (4) thereof ;
Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No
804/68 provides that the difference between prices in                    Whereas Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
international trade for the products listed in Article                   2682/72 provides that, when the rate of the refund is
1 (a), (b ), ( c) and (e) of that Regulation and prices                  being fixed, account should be taken, where neces­
within the Community may be covered by an export                         sary, of production refunds, aids or other measures
refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2682/                       having equivalent effect applicable in all Member
72 (4) of 12 December 1972 laying down general                           States in accordance with the Regulation on the com­
rules for granting export refunds on certain agricul­                    mon organization of the market in ithe product in
tural products exported in the form of goods not                         question to the basic products listed in Annex A to
covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and criteria for
                                                                         that Regulation or to assimilated products ;
fixing the amount of such refunds, specifies the pro­
ducts 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 ;
                                                                         Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                                         804/68 provides for the payment of aid for Commu­
                                                                         nity-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph                       such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil
of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, the                   certain conditions set out in Article 1 of Council
rate of the refund per 100 kg for each of the basic
products in question must be fixed for each month ;                       Regulation ( EEC) No 987/68 (5) of 15 July 1968 lay­
                                                                         ing down general rules for granting aid for skimmed
                                                                         milk processed into casein or casemates ; whereas,
                                                                         pursuant to Artiole 1 (2) ( b ) of Regulation (EEC ) No
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that                          2682/72, skimmed milk thus defined is assimilated
Article, that rate must be determined with particular                    to milk powder complying with the definition of the
reference to :
 (J) OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
 (2) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (4) OJ  No  L 289, 27. 12 . 1972 , p . 13                                ( 5) O J 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 (*) 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           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
for this milk powder ;                                           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 caseinates, 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 caseinates according to type ;
                                                                  1.     The rates of the refunds applicable from 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                            March 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              2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the pro­
  and ' ice mix' or of subheadings 18.06 D and ex
 21.07 F of the Common Customs Tariff, of butter                  ducts referred to in the preceding paragraph which
                                                                  are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
  at a reduced price under a standing invitation to
 tender ;
                                                                                          Article 2
  Whereas, according to Article 28 of Commission                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March
  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, 28 February 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 .
   (») OJ No L 91 , 25 . 4. 1970, p. 28 .
   (4) OJ No L 284, 28 . 12. 1971 , p. 20.
   (») OJ No L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18 .
   (8) OJ No L 231 , 11 . 10. 1972, p. 12.
  (7)  OJ No L 162, 18 . 7. 1972, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1973 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable
          from 1 March 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 %> 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 %
                            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