CELEX: 31981R0254
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 254/81 of 30 January 1981 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 February 1981 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

31 . 1 . 81                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 27/33
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 254/81
                                                      of 30 January 1981
                 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 February 1981 to certain milk
                   products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     (c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the
COMMUNITIES,                                                             industries which use Community products and
                                                                         those which use third-country products under
                                                                         inward processing arrangements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       provides that, when the rate of the refund is being
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last               production refunds, aids or other measures having
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in              equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in
particular Article 17 (5) thereof,                                 accordance with the Regulation on the common
                                                                   organization of the market in the product in question
Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68             to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regula­
                                                                   tion or to assimilated products ;
provides that the difference between prices in interna­
tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b),
(c) and (e) of that Regulation and prices within the
Community may be covered by an export refund ;
whereas Council Regulation (EE(j) No 3035/80 of 1 1                Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
November 1980 laying down general rules for                        provides for the payment of aid for Community-pro­
granting export refunds on certain agricultural                    duced skimmed milk processed into casein if such
products exported in the form of goods not covered                 milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil
by Annex II to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the             certain conditions set out in Article 1 of Council Regu­
amount of such refunds (3), specifies the products for              lation (EEC) No 987/ 68 of 15 July 1968 laying down
which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied              general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk
where these products are exported in the form of                    processed into casein or caseinates (4) as last amended
goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No                   by the Act of Accession (5) whereas, pursuant to
 804/ 68 ;                                                          Article 1 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80,
                                                                    skimmed milk thus defined is assimilated to milk
                                                                    powder complying with the definition of the pilot
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of               products Group No 2 listed in Annex I to Council
 Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 the rate            Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979
 of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic              determining the groups of products and the special
 products in question must be fixed for each month ;                provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk
                                                                    products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
                                                                    on the Common Customs Tariff (6), as amended by
 Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that                    Regulation (EEC) No 1361 / 80 (7). whereas a rate of
 Article, that rate must be determined with particular              refund should be fixed for this milk powder ;
 reference to :
 (a) the average costs incurred by processing industries
      in obtaining supplies of the basic products in ques­          Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
      tion on the Community market and the prices                   No 756/70 of 24 April 1970 on granting aid for
      ruling on the world markets ;                                 skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (8),
                                                                     as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2938/ 80 (9) ;
 (b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed                fixes the aid per 100 kilograms of skimmed milk
      agricultural products covered by Annex II to the               processed into casein or caseinates according to type ;
      Treaty which are manufactured under similar
                                                                    (4)  OJ  No  L 169 , 18 . 7. 1968 , p. 6 .
      conditions ;                                                   (5) OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.
                                                                     (6) OJ  No  L 329, 24. 12. 1979 , p . 1 .
 (>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                          (7) OJ  No  L 140 , 5 . 6 . 1980 , p . 9 .
 {2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                             (8) OJ  No  L 91 , 25 . 4. 1970, p . 28 .
  (3) OJ No L 323, 29. 11 . 1980, p. 27.                             H   OJ  No  L 305, 14. 11 . 1980, p. 14.
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 of                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
12 February 1979 on the sale of butter at reduced
prices for use in the manufacture of pastry products,                                      Article 1
ice-cream and other foodstuffs ( 1), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 925/80 (2), and Commission                      1 . The rates of the refunds applicable from 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1468 /79 of 13 July 1979 on the                 February 1981 to the basic products appearing in
granting of aid for butter from private storage for use            Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 and listed
in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and                in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 , exported
other foodstuffs (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)                in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regula­
No 2548 /79 (4), authorizes delivery of butter at                   tion (EEC) No 804/68 , are hereby fixed as shown in
reduced prices to industries which manufacture                     the Annex to this Regulation .
certain goods ; whereas butter bought under the
system of Regulation (EEC) No 232/75 (5), replaced by               2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the
Regulation (EEC) No 262/79, and used in the manu­                   products referred to in the preceding paragraph which
facture of certain exported goods, should be taken into             are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation .
account ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                          1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 January 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Karl-Heinz NARJES
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No  L 41 , 16 . 2. 1979, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ No  L 99, 17. 4. 1980 , p . 13 .
  3  OJ No  L 177, 14. 7. 1979, p . 40 .
 (4) OJ No  L 290, 17. 11 . 1979, p. 51
 (5) OJ No  L 24, 31 . 1 . 1975, p. 45.
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1981 fixing the rates of the refunds appli­
            cable from 1 February 1981 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not
                                         covered by Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                   CCT
                                                                                                 Rate of
                  heading                                Description
                                                                                                 refund
                    No
            ex 04.02 A II     Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a fat
                              content of less than 1-5 % by weight and with a water
                              content of less than 5 % by weight (PG 2) :
                              a) On exportation of goods of CCT heading No 35.01                    —
                              b) On exportation of other goods                                    40 00
             ex 04.02 A II    Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a fat
                              content of 26 % by weight and a water content of less than
                              5 % by weight (PG 3)                                                77-00
             ex 04.02 A III   Concentrated milk, with a fat content by weight of 7-5 %
                              and a content by weight in dry matter equal to 25 % (PG 4)           20-77
             ex 04.03         Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6) :
                              a) On exportation of the following goods manufactured
                                  under the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Regulation
                                  (EEC) No 232/75, Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC)
                                  No 262/79 and Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                  1468 /79 :
                                  — goods falling within CCT heading No 19.08 or
                                       subheadings 18.06 B and 21.07 C,
                                  — powdered preparations for making ice-cream and
                                       similar edible products called 'ice-mix' falling within
                                       CCT subheading 18.06 D and heading No 21.07,
                                  — raw doughs and powdered preparations falling within
                                       CCT subheading 19.02 B II b)                                 —
                               b) On exportation of goods of CCT subheadings 18.06 D II
                                   c) and 21.07 G VII to IX
                               c) On exportation of other goods                                   125-00