CELEX: 32000R2069
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2069/2000 of 29 September 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

30.9.2000              EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                         L 246/25
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2069/2000
                                                         of 29 September 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-
                                                                                 trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 15                      ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (4), as last amended
May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk                        by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000 (5), lays down that
and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regula-                     butter and cream at reduced prices should be made
tion (EC) No 1526/2000 (2), and in particular Article 31(3)                      available to industries which manufacture certain goods.
thereof,
                                                                         (6)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
                                                                                 taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
                                                                                 able in the budget.
Whereas:
                                                                         (7)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
                                                                                 accordance with the opinion of the Management
(1)     Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides                   Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
        that the difference between prices in international trade
        for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (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 1520/2000 of
        13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules
        for granting export refunds on certain agricultural prod-        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        ucts exported in the form of goods not covered by
        Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount
        of such refunds (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                                       Article 1
        Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999.
                                                                         1.     The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
                                                                         appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
                                                                         listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999, exported
(2)     In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4           in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
        (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the             1255/1999, are hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this
        refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products          Regulation.
        in question must be fixed for each month.
                                                                         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 1520/2000 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 October 2000.
( ) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48.
 1
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 55.                                          (4) OJ L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.                                           (5) OJ L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9.
 ---pagebreak--- L 246/26         EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    30.9.2000
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 September 2000.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 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                                                 25,00
         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                                                          42,28
                             (b) On exportation of other goods                                                 68,00
         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                                                  75,00
                             (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98 containing 40 % or more
                                 by weight of milk fat                                                       177,25
                             (c) On exportation of other goods                                               170,00