COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1112/96 of 20 June 1996 amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 laying down special detailed rules of application for 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 (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95 (2), and in particular Articles 13 (3) and 17 (4) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 995/96 (4), lays down special detailed rules of application for export refunds on milk and milk products;

Whereas Article 1b of Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 introduces special arrangements for exports of certain cheeses to Switzerland; whereas it should be stipulated that those arrangements apply only to exports benefiting from an exemption from or a reduction in customs duties on import into Switzerland; whereas the cheeses referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1953/82 (5), repealed by Regulation (EC) No 823/96 (6), should be added to the list of cheeses covered by those arrangements so as to include all the cheeses benefiting from preferential duties on import into Switzerland;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1466/95 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 1b (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. This Article lays down special detailed rules governing exports to Switzerland of the cheeses listed in the Annex, which benefit from an exemption from or a reduction in customs duties on import.`;

2. The Annex is replaced by the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 5 May 1996.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 June 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 307, 20. 12. 1995, p. 10.

(3) OJ No L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 22.

(4) OJ No L 133, 4. 6. 1996, p. 13.

(5) OJ No L 212, 21. 7. 1982, p. 5.

(6) OJ No L 111, 4. 5. 1996, p. 9.

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