Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/2002 of 3 July 2002 altering the export refunds on milk and milk productsOfficial Journal L 174 , 04/07/2002 P. 0014 - 0018

**Avis juridique important** _|_ # 32002R1196 **Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/2002 of 3 July 2002 altering the export refunds on milk and milk products** _ Official Journal L 174 , 04/07/2002 P. 0014 - 0018 _ Commission Regulation (EC) No 1196/2002 of 3 July 2002 altering the export refunds on milk and milk products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002(2), and in particular Article 31(3), last indent thereof, Whereas: (1) The export refunds on milk and milk products were fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1131/2002(3). (2) Negotiations on the liberalisation of trade between the EU and certain candidate countries relate to concessions that will apply retroactively from 1 July 2002. To avoid prejudicing the application of the concessions on the planned date, the refunds for milk products exported from the EU to those countries should be abolished, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The export refunds referred to in Article 31 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on products exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1131/2002 are hereby altered, in respect of the products set out in the Annex hereto, to the amounts set out therein. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 July 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 3 July 2002. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. (2) OJ L 79, 22.3.2002, p. 15. (3) OJ L 169, 28.6.2002, p. 24. ANNEX to the Commission Regulation of 3 July 2002 altering the export refunds on milk and milk products >TABLE> NB: The product codes and the "A" series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1), as amended. The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001, p. 6). The other destinations are defined as follows: L03 Ceuta, Melilla, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See (often referred to as Vatican City), Malta, Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Australia and New Zealand, L04 Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, L05 all destinations except Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United States of America. L06 all destinations except Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the United States of America. 970 includes the exports referred to in Articles 36(1)(a) and (c) and 44(1)(a) and (b) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11) and exports under contracts with armed forces stationed on the territory of a Member State which do not come under its flag.