CELEX: 31998R1961
Language: en
Date: 1998-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1961/98 of 15 September 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

16. 9. 98             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                L 254/15
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1961/98
                                                   of 15 September 1998
                  fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the
                                  form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        period of the same duration as that for which refunds are
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixed for the same products exported unprocessed;
Community,
                                                                   Whereas Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75               concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               export refund for a product contained in a good may not
market in eggs (1), as last amended by Commission Regu-            exceed the refund applicable to that product when
lation (EC) No 1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3)        exported without further processing;
thereof,
Whereas Article 8 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
provides that the difference between prices in inter-              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (1) of         Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
that Regulation and prices within the Community may be
covered by an export refund where these goods are
exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Regulation; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
1222/94 of 30 May 1994 laying down common detailed                                          Article 1
rules for the application of the system of granting export
refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the           The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and           appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as         and listed in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/97 (4), specifies          75, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex I to
the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to        Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, are hereby fixed as shown
be applied where these products are exported in the form           in the Annex hereto.
of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
2771/75;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas, in accordance Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for           This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 September
each of the basic products in question must be fixed for a         1998.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 15 September 1998.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                             Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                         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  136, 31. 5. 1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L  268, 1. 10. 1997, p. 20.
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                                                                 ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 15 September 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to
            eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                                                         (ECU / 100 kg)
                                                                                                             Rate
                 CN                                                                          Destination
                                                          Description                                          of
                 code                                                                             (1)
                                                                                                            refund
              0407 00          Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:
                               – Of poultry:
              0407 00 30       – – Other:
                                     a) On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes
                                         3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90                               02         16,00
                                                                                                 03         14,00
                                                                                                 04           8,00
                                     b) On exportation of other goods                            01           8,00
              0408             Birds’ eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked
                               by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or
                               otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar
                               or other sweetening matter:
                               – Egg yolks:
              0408 11          – – Dried:
         ex 0408 11 80         – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         58,00
              0408 19          – – Other:
                               – – – Suitable for human consumption:
         ex 0408 19 81         – – – – Liquid:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         27,00
         ex 0408 19 89         – – – – Frozen:
                                            not sweetened                                        01         27,00
                               – Other:
              0408 91          – – Dried:
         ex 0408 91 80         – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         43,00
              0408 99          – – Other:
         ex 0408 99 80         – – – Suitable for human consumption:
                                         not sweetened                                           01         11,00
         (1) The destinations are as follows:
             01 Third countries,
             02 Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,
             03 South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, the Philippines and Egypt,
             04 All destinations except Switzerland and those of 02 and 03.