Commission Regulation (EC) No 859/96 of 10 May 1996 on the partial refund of import duties paid on certain imports from Norway in 1995 under the agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning certain agricultural products

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 859/96 of 10 May 1996 on the partial refund of import duties paid on certain imports from Norway in 1995 under the agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning certain agricultural products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 95/582/EC of 20 December 1995 on the conclusion of the agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning certain agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Whereas on 20 December 1995 a tariff quota was fixed with effect from 1 January 1995 for whey cheese from Norway; whereas full import duties or levies were applied in 1995 to imports of this cheese into the Community; whereas the maximum limit of the tariff quota has been complied with; whereas a procedure should accordingly be established enabling the operators concerned to obtain a refund of the difference between the levies and duties actually paid and the duty fixed in Annex III to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 of 30 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 694/96 (3);
Whereas the arrangements for calculating the refunds should be established taking account of the fact that from 1 February 1995 the value of the ecu applied to the common agricultural policy has been adjusted and from 1 July 1995 levies were converted into import duties;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,