L 102/32 Official Journal of the European Union 7.4.2004 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 643/2004 of 6 April 2004 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 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 ('), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof, Whereas: 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. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli- cation of 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 (3, speci- fies 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 Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75. In accordance 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 a period of the same duration as that for which refunds are fixed for the same products exported unprocessed. 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. () OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 806/2003 (O] L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). ® OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, lation (EC) No 740/2003 (O] L 106, 29.4.2003, p. 16). p- 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- ( 4) By Regulations (EC) No 1039/2003 (®), (EC) No 1086/ 2003 (%), (EC) No 1087/2003 (), (EC) No 1088/2003 (°, (EC) No 1089/2003 () and (EC) No 1090/2003 (%) the Council adopted autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agri- cultural products originating in Estonia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic and the exportation of certain processed agricultural products to those countries.. Those Regulations provide that 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 the Czech Republic, shall not be eligible for export refunds. In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 999/ 2003 of 2 June 2003 adopting autonomous and transi- tional measures concerning the import of certain processed agricultural products originating in Hungary and the export of certain processed agricultural products to Hungary (°), with effect from 1 July 2003, the goods referred to in its Article 1(2) which are exported to Hungary shall not be eligible for export refunds. In accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 1890/ 2003 of 27 October 2003 adopting autonomous and transitional measures concerning the importation of certain processed agricultural products originating in Malta and the exportation of certain processed agri- cultural products to Malta (%), with effect from 1 November 2003, processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I to the Treaty which are exported to Malta are not eligible for export refunds. With a view to enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004, and in order to encourage the gradual alignment of prices in the acceding states on the Com- munity level and to prevent any abuse through the reim- port or reintroduction into the Community of products in receipt of export refunds, the setting of all remaining export refunds has been discontinued in the milk and milk products, sugar, cereals and rice sectors in relation to the products concerned when exported unprocessed to the acceding states. Agricultural products from these sectors account for more than 95% of the amounts of export refunds granted on certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty. ,19.6.2003, p. 1. ,1.7.2003, p. 1. ,1.7.2003, p. 19. ,1.7.2003, p. 38. ,1.7.2003, p. 56. ,1.7.2003, p. 73. L 146, 13.6.2003, p. 10. J L 278,29.10.2003, p. 1.