Commission Regulation (EC) No 266/2008 of 19 March 2008 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

of 19 March 2008

fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in eggs ¹ , and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 8(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(1) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund where these goods are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 of 30 June 2005 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 3448/93 as regards the system of granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds ² , specifies the products for which a rate of refund is to be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75.

(3) In accordance with the second paragraph of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question is to be fixed for a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed.

(4) Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded under the Uruguay Round lays down that the export refund for a product contained in a good may not exceed the refund applicable to that product when exported without further processing.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1043/2005 and in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, and exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, shall be fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 March 2008.

Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 March 2008. For the Commission Heinz ZOUREK Director-General Enterprise and Industry

¹ OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 ( OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1 ).

² OJ L 172, 5.7.2005, p. 24 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1496/2007 ( OJ L 333, 19.12.2007, p. 3 ).

Rates of the refunds applicable from 20 March 2008 to eggs and egg yolks exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

CN code	Description	Destination ¹
0407 00	Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:
– Of poultry:
0407 00 30	– – Other:
(a): On exportation of ovalbumin of CN codes 3502 11 90 and 3502 19 90	02	0,00
03	20,00
04	0,00
(b): On exportation of other goods	01	0,00
0408	Birds' eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
– Egg yolks:
0408 11	– – Dried:
ex 0408 11 80	– – – Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened	01	50,00
0408 19	– – Other:
– – – Suitable for human consumption:
ex 0408 19 81	– – – – Liquid:
not sweetened	01	25,00
ex 0408 19 89	– – – – Frozen:
not sweetened	01	25,00
– Other:
0408 91	– – Dried:
ex 0408 91 80	– – – Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened	01	31,50
0408 99	– – Other:
ex 0408 99 80	– – – Suitable for human consumption:
not sweetened	01	8,00

¹ The destinations are as follows:

01	Third countries. For Switzerland and Liechtenstein these rates are not applicable to the goods listed in Tables I and II to Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972,
02	Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Turkey, Hong Kong SAR and Russia,
03	South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines,
04	all destinations except Switzerland and those of 02 and 03.

The destinations are as follows: ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴
. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1496/2007 (). ↩ ↩²