# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 142/2009

of 19 February 2009

fixing the maximum export refund for skimmed milk powder in the framework of the standing invitation to tender provided for in Regulation (EC) No 619/2008

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) [^1] , and in particular Article 164(2), in conjunction with Article 4, thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Commission Regulation (EC) No 619/2008 of 27 June 2008 opening a standing invitation to tender for export refunds concerning certain milk products [^2] provides for a standing invitation to tender procedure.

**(2)** Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1454/2007 of 10 December 2007 laying down common rules for establishing a tender procedure for fixing export refunds for certain agricultural products [^3] and following an examination of the tenders submitted in response to the invitation to tender, it is appropriate to fix a maximum export refund for the tendering period ending on 17 February 2009.

**(3)** The Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chair,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

For the standing invitation to tender opened by Regulation (EC) No 619/2008, for the tendering period ending on 17 February 2009, the maximum amount of refund for the products and destinations referred to in Article 1(c) and in Article 2 of that Regulation shall be EUR 21,98/100 kg.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February 2009.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 February 2009. *For the Commission* Jean-Luc DEMARTY *Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development*

[^1] [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) .

[^2] [OJ L 168, 28.6.2008, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_168_R_TOC) .

[^3] [OJ L 325, 11.12.2007, p. 69](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_325_R_TOC) .

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