CELEX: 31998R2644
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2644/98 of 9 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on eggs

L 335/20             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              10. 12. 98
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2644/98
                                                  of 9 December 1998
                                          fixing the export refunds on eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      take account of the nature of these exports and their
                                                                 importance at the present time;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                       Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/
                                                                 97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75             introduction of the euro (3) provides that, as from 1
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the             January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
market in eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-          ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
lation (EC) No 1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3)      rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1;
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
provides that the difference between prices on the world         Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
market for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of that
Regulation and prices for those products within the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Community may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas the present market situation in certain third                                       Article 1
countries and that regarding competition on particular           The list of codes of products for which, when they are
third country markets make it necessary to fix a refund          exported, the export refund referred to in Article 8 of
differentiated by destination for certain products in the        Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is granted, and the amount
egg sector;                                                      of that refund shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
Whereas it follows from applying these rules and criteria                                   Article 2
to the present situation on the market in eggs that the
refund should be fixed at an amount which would permit           This Regulation shall enter into force on 11 December
Community participation in world trade and would also            1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 9 December 1998.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99.                                (3) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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                                                               ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 9 December 1998 fixing the export refunds on eggs
                        Product code                         Destination (1)                 Amount of refund
                                                                                              ECU/100 units
                     0407 00 11 9000                              02                              3,30
                     0407 00 19 9000                              02                              1,50
                                                                                               ECU/100 kg
                     0407 00 30 9000                              03                             16,00
                                                                  04                              8,00
                                                                  05                             14,00
                     0408 11 80 9100                              01                             58,00
                     0408 19 81 9100                              01                             27,00
                     0408 19 89 9100                              01                             27,00
                     0408 91 80 9100                              01                             43,00
                     0408 99 80 9100                              01                             11,00
           (1) The destinations are as follows:
               01 All destinations except Switzerland,
               02 All destinations except the United States of America,
               03 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,
               04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 03 and 05,
               05 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt.
           NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                  No 3846/87.