CELEX: 31988R0554
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 554/88 of 29 February 1988 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

1 . 3 . 88                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 54/41
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 554/88
                                                        of 29 February 1988
                  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,                          Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80
                                                                     provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed,
                                                                     account should be taken, where necessary, of production
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect
Economic Community,                                                  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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of               Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3904/87 0, and in particular Article 17 (5)
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas Article 11 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                     provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced
Whereas Article 17 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the
                                                                     casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions set
provides that the difference between prices in interna­
tional trade for the products listed in Article 1 (a), (b), (c)      out in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 987/68
and (e) of that Regulation and prices within the Commu­              of 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid
nity may be covered by an export refund ; whereas                    for skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates (*),
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80 of 11 November                   as last amended by the Act of Accession (*) ;
1980 laying down general 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          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 262/79 of 12
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4055/87 (4), specifies                 February 1979 on the sale of butter at reduced prices for
the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to          use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and
be applied where these products are exported in the form             other foodstuffs f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No                   No 665/86 (8), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 442/84
804/68 ;                                                             of 21 February 1984 on the granting of aid for butter
                                                                      from private storage for use in the manufacture df pastry
                                                                     products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs and amending
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of                 Regulation (EEC) No 1245/83 (9), as last amended by
Article 4 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/80, the rate of           Regulation (EEC) No 698/86 (10), and Commission Regu­
the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic                    lation (EEC) No 1932/81 of 13 July 1981 on the granting
products in question must be fixed for each month ;                  of aid for butter and concentrated butter for use in the
                                                                     manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other food­
                                                                     stuffs (u), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Article,              698/86, lay down that butter at reduced prices should be
that rate must be determined with particular reference to :          made available to industries which manufacture certain
                                                                     goods ;
(a) the average costs incurred by processing industries in
     obtaining supplies of the basic products in question
     on the Community market and the prices ruling on
     the world markets ;                                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23
                                                                     July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
(b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed agri­           on the Common Customs Tariff (,2) has established, as
     cultural products covered by Annex II to the Treaty             from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature,
     which are manufactured under similar conditions ;
                                                                     which will meet the requirements both of the Common
(c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the               Customs Tariff and the external trade statistics of the
     industries which use Community products and those
     which use third-country products under inward­                  (*) OJ No L 169, 18. 7. 1968, p. 6.   -
     processing arrangements ;                                       0 OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
                                                                     f) OJ No L 41 , 16. 2. 1979, p. 1 ..
                                                                     ò OJ No L 66, 8. 3. 1986, p. 38.
(') OJ   No L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                             0 OJ No L 52, 23 . 2. 1984, p. 12.
0   OJ   No L  370, 30.  12. 1987, p. 1 .                            (10) OJ No L 64, 6. 3. 1986, p. 12.
(3) OJ   No L  323, 29.  11 . 1980, p. 27.                           (") OJ No L 191 , 14. 7. 1981 , p. 6.
0   OJ   No L  379, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                            O 2) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
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Community and which will replace the Nomenclature of               3035/80 and listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
the Convention of 15 December 1950 ; whereas, therefore,            804/68, exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex
the corresponding tariff headings according to the                 to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, are hereby fixed as
combined nomenclature have to be indicated ;                       shown in the Annex to this Regulation.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                    2. No rates of refund are fixed for any of the products
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,                               referred to in the preceding paragraph which are not
                                                                    listed in the Annex to this Regulation.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                        Article 1                                                           Article 2
1 . The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic
products appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EEC) No               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1988.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 February 1988.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 COCKFIELD
                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 29 February 1988 fixing die 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, 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 CN heading No 3501
                                   b) On exportation of other goods                                   93,00
               ex 0402 21 19       Powdered milk, obtained by the spray process, with a fat
                                   content of 26 % by weight andjl water content of less than
                                   5 % by weight (PG 3)                                              140,00
               ex 0405 00 10       Butter, with a fat content by weight of 82 % (PG 6) :
                                   a) On exportation of goods containing reduced-price butter
                                      and manufactured under the conditions laid down in
                                      Regulations (EEC) No 262/79, (EEC) No 442/84, (EEC)
                                      No 1932/81 and (EEC) No 2409/86
                                   b) On exportation of goods of CN subheading 2106 90 99
                                      containing 40 % or more by weight of milk fat                  223,50
                                   c) On exportation of other goods                                  211,50