# L_2008160EN.01002801.xml

| 19.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 160/28 |
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19.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 160/28

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 568/2008

of 18 June 2008

amending Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Export refunds on products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 were fixed from 13 June 2008 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 (2). |
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(1)

Export refunds on products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 were fixed from 13 June 2008 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 (2).

| (2) | In the light of additional information available to the Commission, related in particular to the change in the relation between prices in the internal and world market, it is necessary to adjust export refunds currently applying. |
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(2)

In the light of additional information available to the Commission, related in particular to the change in the relation between prices in the internal and world market, it is necessary to adjust export refunds currently applying.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 527/2008 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 June 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY

Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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(1)  
  OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 October 2008.

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(2)  
  OJ L 155, 13.6.2008, p. 5.

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ANNEX

Export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing applicable from 19 June 2008

| Product code | Destination | Unit of measurement | Amount of refund |
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| 1701 11 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 25,16  (1) |
| 1701 11 90 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 23,59  (1) |
| 1701 12 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 25,16  (1) |
| 1701 12 90 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 23,59  (1) |
| 1701 91 00 9000 | S00 | EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product | 0,2735 |
| 1701 99 10 9100 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 27,35 |
| 1701 99 10 9910 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 25,65 |
| 1701 99 10 9950 | S00 | EUR/100 kg | 25,65 |
| 1701 99 90 9100 | S00 | EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product | 0,2735 |
| NB: The destinations are defined as follows:







  S00 | — | All destinations with the exception of:






  (a) | third countries: Andorra, Liechtenstein, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia (), Montenegro, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; |

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1701 11 90 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

25,16  (1)

1701 11 90 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

23,59  (1)

1701 12 90 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

25,16  (1)

1701 12 90 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

23,59  (1)

1701 91 00 9000

S00

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,2735

1701 99 10 9100

S00

EUR/100 kg

27,35

1701 99 10 9910

S00

EUR/100 kg

25,65

1701 99 10 9950

S00

EUR/100 kg

25,65

1701 99 90 9100

S00

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,2735

NB: The destinations are defined as follows:

S00

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All destinations with the exception of:

(a)

third countries: Andorra, Liechtenstein, the Holy See (Vatican City State), Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia (), Montenegro, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

| (b) | territories of the EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Heligoland, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control; |
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(b)

territories of the EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: the Faeroe Islands, Greenland, Heligoland, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control;

| (c) | European territories for whose external relations a Member State is responsible and not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar. |
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(c)

European territories for whose external relations a Member State is responsible and not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: Gibraltar.

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(*1)  Including Kosovo, under the aegis of the United Nations, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.

(1)  This amount is applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %. Where the yield for exported raw sugar differs from 92 % the refund amount applicable shall be multiplied, for each exporting operation concerned, by a conversion factor obtained by dividing by 92 the yield of the raw sugar exported, calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of Point III of the Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

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