30.8.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 218/41 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1542/2003 of 29 August 2003 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain milk products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty 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 15 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (3), and in particular Article 31(3) thereof, Whereas: Article 31(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides that the difference between prices in international trade for the products listed in Article 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of that Regulation and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund. Whereas Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common implementing rules for granting export refunds on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 740/ 2003 (%, specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999. In accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each month. Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be taken, where necessary, of production refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applic- able in all Member States in accordance with the Regula- tion on the common organisation of the market in the product in question to the basic products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to assimilated products. L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. L 122,16.5.2003, p. 1. L 177,15.7.2000, p. 1. L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 12. (4) 5 Article 12(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 provides for the payment of aid for Community-produced skimmed milk processed into casein if such milk and the casein manufactured from it fulfil certain conditions. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2571/97 of 15 December 1997 on the sale of butter at reduced prices and the granting of aid for cream, butter and concen- trated butter for use in the manufacture of pastry products, ice-cream and other foodstuffs (°), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 635/2000 (%), lays down that butter and cream at reduced prices should be made available to industries which manufacture certain goods. In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1039/ 2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transi- tional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Estonia and the exportation of certain agricultural products to Estonia ("), Council Regulation (EC) No 1086/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Slovenia and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to Slovenia (f), Council Regulation (EC) No 1087/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Latvia and the exportation of certain processed agricul- tural products to Latvia (°), Council Regulation (EC) No 1088/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Lithuania and the exportation of certain processed agri- cultural products to Lithuania (*°), Council Regulation (EC) No 1089/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autono- mous and transitional measures concerning the importa- tion of certain processed agricultural products origi- nating in the Slovak Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to the Slovak Republic (') and Council Regulation (EC) No 1090/2003 of 18 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain processed agri- cultural products to the Czech Republic (*?) with effect from 1 July 2003, processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia or Czech Republic are not eligible for export refunds. L 350, 20.12.1997, p. 3. L 76, 25.3.2000, p. 9. L 151,19.6.2003, p. 1. L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 1. L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 19. L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 38. L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 56. L 163, 1.7.2003, p. 73.