CELEX: 31997R2174
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2174/97 of 31 October 1997 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 298 /58              [ EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 1 . 11 . 97
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2174/97
                                                           of 31 October 1 997
                       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,                            skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the
                                                                        casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
                                                                        out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid
 Community,                                                             for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (5),
                                                                        as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (ft);
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and
 in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­              the granting of aid for butter and concentrated butter for
 tion (EC) No 1 587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)            use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and
 thereof,                                                               other foodstuffs (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                        No 531 /96 (8), lay 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
 provides that the difference between prices in interna­
 tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c),       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Community may be covered by an export refund; whereas                  Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 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
 refunds Q, as last amended by Regulation                (EC) No        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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
 Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of                  1 . The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of              products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No
 the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic                     1222/94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 products in question must be fixed for each month;                     804/68, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex
                                                                        to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , are hereby fixed as
                                                                       shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,            2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
account should be taken , where necessary, of production               referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
 refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect              listed in the Annex to this Regulation .
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the
Regulation on the common organization of the market in
the product in question to the basic products listed in
Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products;
                                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced                  1997.
(') OJ   L  148 , 28 . 6.  1968 , p.  13 .                             o    OJ L 169, 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 6 .
(2) OJ   L  206,  16. 8.   1996,  p.  21 .                             (<•) OJ L 138 , 31 . 5. 1990 , p. 8 .
0   OJ   L  136,  31 . 5.  1994,  p.  5.                               0    OJ L 55, 1 . 3 . 1988 , p. 31 .
0   OJ   L  268 , 1 . 10.  1997,  p.  20 .                             (»)  OJ L 78 , 28 . 3 . 1996, p. 13 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 October 1997.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                          Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1997 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
                                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                                 68,00
            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 (EEC) No 570/88 are
                                    exported                                                      67,92
                               (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 570/88
                                    are exported                                                  55,50
                               (b) On exportation of goods of CN code 2106 90 98
                                    containing 40 % or more by weight of milk fat               187,75
                               (c) On exportation of other goods                                180,50