CELEX: 31973R2677
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2677/73 of the Commission of 27 September 1973 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 October 1973 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

2 . 10 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 275/ 13
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2677/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 27 September 1973
               fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 October 1973 to certain milk pro-"
                         ducts exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       (a) the average costs incurred by processing indus­
COMMUNITIES,                                                              tries in obtaining supplies of the basic products in
                                                                           question on the Community market and the
                                                                          prices ruling on the world market ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                     (b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed
                                                                          agricultural products covered by Annex II to the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                         Treaity which are manufactured under similar con­
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                         ditions ;
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last
 amended by the Act (2), hereinafter referred to as
 'the Act', annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Acces­                   (c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the
sion of the new Member States to the European                             industries which use Community products and
Economic Community and the European Atomic                                those which use third-country products under
 Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                        inward processing arrangements ;
 1972, and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 17 (4) thereof ;
Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas Article 4 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
804/68 provides that the difference between prices in                2682/72 provides that, when the rate of the refund is
international trade for the products listed in Article               being fixed, account should be taken, where neces­
1 (a), ( b), ( c) and (e) of that Regulation and prices              sary, of production refunds, aids or other measures
within the Community may be covered by an export
                                                                     having equivalent effect applicable in all Member
refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2682/                   States in accordance with the Regulation on the com­
 72 (4) of 12 December 1972 laying down general                      mon organization of the market in the product in
rules for granting export refunds on certain agricul­                question to the basic products listed in Annex A to
tural products exported in the form of goods not                     that Regulation or to assimilated products ;
covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and criteria for
fixing the amount of such refunds, specifies the pro­
ducts 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 :                                                    Whereas Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     804/68 provides for the payment of aid for Commu­
                                                                     nity-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if
                                                                     such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph                   certain conditions set out in Article 1 of Council
of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, the                Regulation (EEC) No 987/68 (5) of 15 July 1968 lay­
 rate of the refund per 100 kg for each of the basic                 ing down general rules for granting aid for skimmed
products in question must be fixed for each month ;                   milk processed into casein or caseinates as last
                                                                       amended by the Act ; whereas, pursuant to Article 1
                                                                      (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, skimmed
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that                       milk thus defined is assimilated to milk powder
Article, that rate must be determined with particular
 reference to :
  (^  OJ No   L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
  (*) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
  (*) OJ No   L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
  («) OJ No   L 289, 27. 12 . 1972, p. 13 ,                            (s) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7. 1968, p. 6.
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  complying with the definition of the pilot product                 concerning selling butter at a reduced price for the
  Group No 2 listed in Annex I to Council Regulation                 purpose of exporting certain mixtures of fats, as last
  (EEC) No 823/68 (*) of 28 June 1968 determining                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1992/73 (8), no
  the groups of products and the special provisions for              export refund can be granted for the butter incor­
  calculating levies on milk and milk products, as last              porated in the products referred to in Article 19 of
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1354/73 (2) ;                       that Regulation ;
 whereas a rate of refund should be fixed for this
 milk powder ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
                                                                    tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
                                                                    agement Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 756/70 (8) of 24 April 1970 on granting aid for
skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates, as                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 455/73 (4),
fixes the aid per 100 kg of skimmed milk processed                                          Article 1
into casein or caseinates according to type ;
                                                                     1 . The rates of the refunds applicable from 1
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No                              October 1973 to the basis products appearing in
                                                                    Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 and listed
 1259/72 (5) of 16 June 1972 on the disposal of but­
ter at a reduced price to certain Community process­                in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, exported
 ing undertakings, as last amended by Regulation                   in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regula­
 (EEC) No 2248/73 (8) authorizes the delivery, to                  tion (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed as shown in
 industries manufacturing the goods falling within                  the Annex to this Regulation.
 heading No 19.08 or of subheadings 18.06 B, 21.07 C               2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the pro­
 and 'ice mix' or of subheadings 18.06 D and ex                    ducts referred to in the preceding paragraph which
 21.07 F of the Common Customs Tariff, of butter                   are not listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
 at a reduced price under a standing invitation to
 tender ;
                                                                                           Article 2
 Whereas, according to Article 28 of Commission                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
 Regulation (EEC) No 1519/72 (7) of 14 July 1972                   1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 27 September 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                           François-Xavier ORTOLI
 *) OJ  No   L 151, 30. 6. 1968, p. 3.
 *) OJ  No   L 141 , 28. 5. 1973, p. 23 .
 *) OJ  No   L 91, 25. 4. 1970, p. 28.
 *) OJ  No   L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 8 .
 6) OJ  No   L 139, 17. 6. 1972, p. 18.
 6) OJ  No   L 230, 18. 8 . 1973, p. 14.
 ') OJ  No   L 162, 18.7.1972, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 204, 25 . 7. 1973, ,p . 12 .
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                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 1973 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable
           from 1 October 1973 to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by
                                                Annex II to the Treaty
                 CCT                                                                            Rate of the
                heading                               Description of goods                        refund
                  No                                                                            u.a. /100 kg
           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                                     16.00
           ex 04.02 A II       Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a
                               fat content of 20 % by weight and a water content of
                               less than 5 % by weight (PG 3)                                     49.00
           ex 04.02 A III      Concentrated milk, with a fat content by weight of 7.5 °/o
                               and a content by weight in dry matter equal to 25 %>
                               ( PG 4)                                                             14.38
           ex 04.03            Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 °/o (PG 6) :
                                a) On exportation of goods of CCT heading No 19.08 or
                                   of subheadings 18.06 B and 21.07 C, and 'ice mix' of
                                   CCT subheadings 18.06 D and ex 21.07 F manu­
                                   factured under the conditions laid down in Article 6
                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1259/72
                               b) On exportation of other goods                                   100.00
            The rate of restitution applicable to skimmed-milk powder exported in the form of the
            products hereinafter listed and which appear in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
            804/68 is hereby fixed at nil :
                  CCT
                heading                                           Description
                   No
            18.06                Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :
                                 ex D. Other, in powder or granules (with the exception of pre­
                                        parations for the manufacture of ice-cream, flavoured and/or
                                        coloured and chocolate milk crumbs), with a lactose con­
                                        tent by weight equal to or exceeding 20 % and with a
                                        milk fat content by weight less than 11 °/«, close-wrapped
                                        in individual packages, the net weight of the contents being
                                           excess of 2.5 kg
            21.07                Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                                 ex F. Other, in powder or granules ( with the exception of pre­
                                        parations for the manufacture of ice-cream flavoured and/or
                                        coloured and improvers for baking) having a lactose content
                                        equal to or exceeding 20 °/o by weight and a milk fat content
                                        of less than 1 1 % by weight, close-wrapped in individual
                                        packages the net weight of the contents being in excess
                                        of 2.5 kg