NoL299/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.11.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3401/88
of31October1988
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugar
sectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,ofrefunds,
aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect,applicable
inallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeRegulation
onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,tothebasicproductslistedinAnnex
AtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/
81of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2306/88(2)andinparticularArticle19(4)(a)and(7)
thereof:
WhereasArticle19(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81providethatfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(l)(a),(c),(d),(f)and(g)ofthatRegulationanexport
refundmaybegrantedwhenthesegoodsareexportedin
theformofgoodslistedinAnnexItothatsameRegula­
tion;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3035/80of
11November1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
expbrtrefundsforcertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3209/88(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexIofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1010/86of26
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesforproduction
refundsoncertainproductsofthechemicalindustry(*),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)2306/88(6),provides
forthegrantingofproductionrefundsofwhitesugar,raw
sugar,certainsucrosesyrupsfallingwithinsubheadingsex
17026090andex17029090ofthecombinednomen­
claturehavingacertainpurity,andunprocessedisoglu­
cosefallingwithinsubheadings17023010,17024010,
17026010and17029030,whichareusedinthemanu­
factureofthechemicalproductslistedintheAnnex
thereto;whereasthisproductionrefunds'schemehas
beenestablishedinparticulartobringtheconditions
underwhichCommunityprocessorsoperateprogressively
intolinewiththoseofprocessorsemployingsugarat
worldmarketprices;whereastherefore,intheabsenceof
proofthatthebasicproducthasnotbenefitedfromthe
productionrefund,theamountoftheexportrefundmust
bereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefundappli­
cabletothebasicproductonthedayofacceptanceofthe
exportdeclaration;whereasthissystemistheonlyone
whichdiscardstheriskoffraud;Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;and
whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthatArticle,
thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticularreferenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustriesin
obtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsonthe
Communitymarketandthepricesrulingonthe
worldmarket;/
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessedagri­
culturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
whicharemanufactured undersimilarconditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsandthose
whichusethird-country productsunderinward
processingarrangements ;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No565/80of4
March1980ontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsin
respectofagriculturalproducts(J),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2026/83(8),andCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No798/80of31March1980layingdowngeneral
rulesontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsandposi­
tivemonetarycompensatoryamountsinrespectofagri­
culturalproducts(9),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No471/87(10),laydownrulesontheadvancepaymentof
exportrefundsthatmustbeadheredtowhentheseare
adjusted;
0OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(6)OJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.65.
Ì7)OJNoL62,7.3.1980,p.5.
(•)OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.12.
(9)OJNoL87,1.4.1980,p.42.HOJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.10.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.65.0OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.
(4)OJNoL286,20.10.1988,p.6.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs2and3,theratesof
therefundsapplicabletothebasicproductsappearingin
AnnexAtoRegulation(EEC)No3035/80andlistedin
Article1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,
exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81,arefixedasshowninthe
Annexhereto.
(2)ForthechemicalproductslistedintheAnnexto
Regulation(EEC)No1010/86,therefundsgiveninthe
AnnextothisRegulationshallbeappliedonpresenta­
tion,attheacceptanceoftheexportdeclarationandthe
requestforobtainingtheexportrefund,ofproofthatthe
basicproductsusedinthemanufactureofthechemical
productstobeexportedhaveriotbenefitedfromthe
productionrefundprovidedforinthatRegulation,and
thatsuchrefundwillnotbeappliedfor.Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph isprovided
bythepresentationbytheexporterofadeclarationfrom
theprocessorofthebasicproductinquestionattesting
thatthelatterproducthasnotbenefitedfromaproduc­
tionrefundasprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
1010/86,andthatnoapplicationforsuchrefundwillbe
made.
3.Whentheproofreferredtoinparagraph2isnot
provided,theexportrefund:
(a)applicableonthedateofexportofthegoods,when
therateisnotfixedinadvance;or
(b)ofwhichtherateisfixedinadvance,
willbereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefund
applicableunderRegulation (EEC)No1010/86tothe
basicproductinquestiononthedayofacceptanceofthe
exportdeclarationforthegoods,oronthedayspecified
inArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No798/80,ifthe
goodshavebeenplacedundertheexportrefundadvance
paymentarrangements .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1988.
FortheCommission
COCKFIELD
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31October1988fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnot
coveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
RateofrefundinECU/100kg: 38,01
33,23Whitesugar:
Rawsugar:
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar
containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(including
invertsugarexpressedassucrose):S(')38,01x100
Molasses :
Isoglucose(2): 38,013
(')'S'representsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatteris
notlessthan98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan
98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerizationofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%
fructoseandofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,inclu­
dingthedi-ortrisaccharidescontent,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(3)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.