Commission Regulation (EC) No 859/96 of 10 May 1996 on the partial refund of import duties paid on certain imports from Norway in 1995 under the agreements in the form of exchanges of letters between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, concerning certain agricultural products

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 859/96
• Articles: 3

Article 1

1. The difference between the import duty fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 and the levy or import duty actually paid at the moment of importation shall be refunded on imports of whey cheese from Norway effected between 1 January and 31 December 1995 on presentation of the import certificate and the declaration of release for free circulation for the importation in question.

2. Refund applications must be submitted within 30 days of the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

1. The difference referred to in Article 1 shall be calculated on the basis of the import duty actually paid in national currency and the import duty fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 converted into national currency using the applicable conversion rate on the day the declaration of release for free circulation was accepted.

2. In the case of imports effected between 1 and 31 January 1995 the import duty fixed in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 shall be divided by 1,207509.

Article 3

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

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

Done at Brussels, 10 May 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 327, 30. 12. 1995, p. 17.

(2) OJ No L 151, 1. 7. 1995, p. 12.

(3) OJ No L 97, 18. 4. 1996, p. 18.