COMMISSION  REGULATION (EC) No 2931/95 of 19 December 1995 amending Regulations (EEC) No 804/68, (EEC) No  2730/75, (EEC) No 776/78, (EEC) No 570/88, (EEC) No 584/92, (EEC) No 2219/92, (EC) No 2883/94, (EC)  No 1466/95, (EC) No 1598/95, (EC) No 1600/95 and (EC) No 1713/95 as a result of the amendment of  the combined nomenclature for certain milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for  adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products  (1), as amended by  Regulation (EEC) No 3209/89  (2), and in particular Article 2  (1) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of  the market in milk and milk products  (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1538/95  (4), and  in particular Articles 13  (3), 15  (4), 16  (1) and (4) and 17  (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for  applying the Interim Agreement on trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and  the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, of the other  part  (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93  (6), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 519/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for  applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic  Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Hungary,  of the other part  (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/93  (8), and in particular Article 1  thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain procedures for  applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic  Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak  Federal Republic, of the other part  (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93  (10), and in  particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures  for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products  (11), as last amended by  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2537/95  (12), and in particular Articles 10 and 24  (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures  for the Canary Islands relating to certain agricultural products  (13), as last amended by  Regulation (EC) No 2537/95, and in particular Article 3  (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1275/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for  applying the Agreement on free trade and trade related matters between the European Community, the  European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and  the Republic of Estonia, of the other part  (14),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1276/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for  applying the Agreement on free trade and trade related matters between the European Community, the  European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and  the Republic of Latvia, of the other part  (15),
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1277/95 of 29 May 1995 on certain procedures for  applying the Agreement on free trade and trade related matters between the European Community, the  European Atomic Energy Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and  the Republic of Lithuania, of the other part  (16),
Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 2448/95 of 10 October 1995, amending Annex I to Council  Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs  Tariff  (17), lays down amendments to certain products to take effect on 1 January 1996; whereas  certain other CN codes relating to milk products had previously been adjusted;
Whereas, as a result, the following regulations affected by amendment of the subheadings of the  abovementioned CN codes should be amended:
-  Regulation (EEC) No 804/68,
-  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose  (1), as amended  by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88  (2),
-  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 776/78 of 18 April 1978 on the application of the lowest rate of  refund on exports of dairy products and repealing and amending certain Regulations  (3), as last  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1586/95  (4),
-  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 of 16 February 1988 on the sale of butter at reduced  prices and the granting of aid for butter and concentrated butter for use in the manufacture of  pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs  (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1802/95   (6),
-  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 of 6 March 1992 laying down detailed rules for the  application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Interim Agreements  between the Community and the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak  Federal Republic  (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2416/95  (8),
-  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the  application of the specific supply arrangements for Madeira relating to milk products and  establishing the forecast supply balance  (9), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2835/95   (10),
-  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2883/94 of 28 November 1994 establishing a forecast balance for  the supply to the Canary Islands of agricultural products covered by the specific measures provided  for in Articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92  (11), as last amended by Regulation  (EC) No 1820/95  (12),
-  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 of 27 June 1995 laying down special detailed rules of  application for export refunds on milk and milk products  (13), as last amended by Regulation (EC)  No 2452/95  (14),
-  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1598/95 of 30 June 1995 laying detailed rules for the application  of the arrangements for additional import duties in the milk and milk products sector  (15),
-  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  (16),  as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2537/95  (17),
-  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1713/95 of 13 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the  application to milk and milk products of the arrangements provided for in the Association  Agreements between the Community and the Baltic States  (18),
Whereas, for reasons of clarity, provision should be made for all the amendments to take effect on  1 January 1996;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the  time limit set by its chairman,
Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  In Article 1, the information given under (c), (e) and (g) is replaced by the following:
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2.  In Article 17  (12), the CN code 2106  90  99 is replaced by the code 2106  90  98.
3.  In Article 26  (5), the CN code 0405  00 is replaced by the code 0405.
4.  In the Annex:
-  the following information is inserted after the information relating to CN code 0403:
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-  the information relating to CN code 1702  10 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN code ex 1901  90  90 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN code ex 1904 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN code 1905  90  50 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN codes ex 2008  92 and ex 2008  99 is deleted,
-  the information relating to CN codes ex 2101  10 and ex 2101  20 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN code ex 2106 is replaced by the following:
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-  the information relating to CN code 2208 is replaced by the following:
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-  the following information relating to CN code 3302 is inserted before CN code 3501:
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-  the information relating to CN code ex 3502 is replaced by the following:
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In Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75:
-  CN code 1702  10  10 is replaced by code 1702  11  00,
-  CN code 1702  10  90 is replaced by code 1702  19  00.
In Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 776/78, the information relating to CN code 0405 is  replaced by the following:
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Regulation (EEC) No 570/88 is hereby amended as follows:
-  In Article 4  (2)  (b), CN code 2106  90  99 is replaced by code 2106  90  98.
-  In Article 4  (4):
-  first indent: CN code 1902  20  90 is replaced by code 1902  20  99,
-  second indent: CN code 2104  10  00 is replaced by code 2104  10.
In Annex I.A Poland, I.B.1 Czech Republic and I.B.2 Slovak Republic to Regulation (EEC)  No 584/92, CN codes 0405  00  11 and 0405  00  19 are replaced by codes 0405  10  11 and 0405  10   19 respectively.
In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2219/92 and in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No  2883/94, the information relating to CN code 0405 is replaced by the following:
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In Article 8  (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95, CN codes 0405  00  90 and 0405  00  19  are replaced by codes 0405  10  90, 0405  90  10, 0405  90  90 and 0405  10  19.
In the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1598/95, the information relating to CN codes 0403   10, 0404  90 and 0405 is replaced by the information relating to CN codes 0403  10, 0404  90 and  0405 given in Annex I to this Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 is hereby amended as follows:
-  in order number 28 of Annex I, CN codes ex 0405  00  11 and ex 0405  00  19 are replaced by  codes ex 0405  10  11 and ex 0405  10  19 respectively,
-  in order number 1 of Annex IV, CN codes ex 0404  90  53 and ex 0404  90  93 are replaced by code  0404  90  83,
-  in Annex VI.A, CN codes ex 0404  90  53 and ex 0404  90  93 are replaced by code 0404  90  83,
-  in Annex VII:
-  in the section relating to New Zealand, CN codes 0405  00  11 and 0405  00  19 are replaced by  codes 0405  10  11 and 0405  10  19 respectively;
-  in the section relating to Switzerland, CN codes ex 0404  90  53 and ex 0404  90  83 are  replaced by code 0404  90  83.
-  in the Summary Table:
-  the information relating to CN headings 0403  10 to 0403  10  36 is replaced by the information  relating to CN headings 0403  10 to 0403  10  39 given in Annex II to this Regulation;
-  the information relating to CN headings 0404  90 to 0405  00  90 is replaced by the information  relating to CN headings 0404  90 to 0405  90  90 given in Annex II to this Regulation,
-  the information relating to CN headings 1702  10 is replaced by the information relating to CN  headings 1702  11  00 to 1702  19  00 given in Annex II to this Regulation.
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In Annex I.A, B and C to Regulation (EC) No 1713/95, CN codes 0405  00  11 and 0405   00  19 are replaced by codes 0405  10  11 and 0405  10  19 respectively.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.