CELEX: 31998R0484
Language: en
Date: 1998-02-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 484/98 of 27 February 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 60/58                EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                28. 2. 98
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 484/98
                                                    of 27 February 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 casein-
                                                                   ates (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/
                                                                   90 (6);
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market              Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-          December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)         and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen-
thereof,                                                           trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry prod-
                                                                   ucts, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (7), lays down that
                                                                   butter and cream at reduced prices should be made avail-
                                                                   able to industries which manufacture certain goods;
Whereas Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides that the difference between prices in inter-              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within        Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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
                                                                   products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of              1222/94 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94, the rate of           804/68, exported in the form of goods listed in the
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic prod-           Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed
ucts in question must be fixed for each month;                     as shown 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 March 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, 27 February 1998.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                       Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                    ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 27 February 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