CELEX: 31997R1704
Language: en
Date: 1997-08-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1704/97 of 29 August 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

30. 8 . 97           I EN             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 239/37
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1704/97
                                                         of 29 August 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
  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 (*),
                                                                     as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1435/90 (6);
  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 1587/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (3)         use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and
  thereof,                                                           other foodstuffs Q, 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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  1 341 /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 September
provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced              1997 .
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                               0   OJ  No  L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 6.
I1) OJ No L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21 .                              (6) OJ  No  L 138, 31 . 5. 1990, p. 8 .
0 OJ No L 136, 31 . 5. 1994, p. 5.                                 0   OJ  No  L 55, 1 . 3. 1988, p. 31 .
b) OJ No L 184, 12. 7. 1997, p. 12.                                (8) OJ  No  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, 29 August 1997.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Ritt BJERREGAARD
                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 August 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                                59,85
            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                                                     61,89
                              (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