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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1699/2000
of 31 July 2000
fixingthe export refunds on syrups and certain other sug ar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the marketsin the sugar sector(
1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000(2), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that the difference between quotations or prices on theworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplica-tion for the grant of export refunds in the sugarsector(
3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo-
gramsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula-tion (EC) No 2038/1999 is equal to the basic amountmultiplied by the sucrose content, including, whereappropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdeterminedin accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation(EC) No 2135/95.
(3)Article21(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasicamountofthe refund less one-hundredth of the production refundapplicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthechemicalindustry(
4), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC)No1148/98(5),totheproductslistedintheAnnex
to the last mentioned Regulation;
(4)According to the terms of Article 21(1) of Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999, the basic amount of the refund onthe other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the saidRegulationexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheinterventionprice for white sugar for the Community areas withoutdeficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand quotations or prices for white sugar on the worldmarket and, on the other, of the need to establish abalance between the use of Community basic productsin the manufacture of processed goods for export tothird countries and the use of third country productsbrought in under inward processing arrangements.
(5)According to the terms of Article 21(4) of Regulation(EC)No2038/1999,theapplicationofthebasicamountmay be limited to some of the products listed in Article1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 makesprovision for setting refunds for export in the naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;therefundmustbefixedper100kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the exportrefund for products falling within CN code 17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula-tion(EC)No2038/1999andoftheeconomicaspectsoftheintendedexports;inthecaseoftheproductsreferredto in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to begranted only for products complying with the condi-tions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; forthe products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refundshall be granted only for products complying with theconditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7)The refunds referred to above must be fixed everymonth; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8)Application of these quotas results in fixing refunds fortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenintheAnnexto this Regulation.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)(f)(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,
exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 July 2000.
For the Commission
Pedro SOLBES MIRA
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 2000 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar
products exported in the natural state
Productcode Amountofrefund
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170240109100 39,20(2)
170260109000 39,20(2)
170260809100 74,48(4)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170260959000 0,3920(1)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170290309000 39,20(2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170290609000 0,3920(1)
170290719000 0,3920(1)
170290999900 0,3920(1)(3)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
210690309000 39,20(2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
210690599000 0,3920(1)
(1) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85% pure
(Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance withArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(
2) ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(3) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).
(4) ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).