15.2.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL37/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No276/96
of14February1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1101/95(2),andinparticularpoint(a)ofthe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthat
whenrefundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinitsunalteredstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunityand
worldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle17aofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(3),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No3290/94(4);whereas,furthermore ,this
refundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle17a(4)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;whereascandysugaris
definedinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7
September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplication
forthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugarsector(*);
whereastherefundthuscalculatedforsugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmattermustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper1%ofthe
saidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/950,prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No2815/95(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(l0),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(n),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No2853/95(12);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL110,17.5.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(6)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(8)OJNoL297,9.12.1995,p.1.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
HOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(")OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(12)OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.(4)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.0OJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.

NoL37/2HEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.2.96
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamounts
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15February1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14February1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof14February1996fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 37,38(')
17011190910 36,70(')
17011190950 0
17011290100 37,38(')
17011290910 36,70(')
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 0,4064
—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 40,64
17019910910 39,90
17019910950 39,90
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,4064
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(Serbiaand
Montenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No2815/95areobserved.