EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.9.2000 L243/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2030/2000
of 27 September 2000
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered 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 point (a) of the
second subparagraph 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)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides that whenrefunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured andexported in its unaltered state, are being fixed accountmust be taken of the situation on the Community andworldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost factors set out in Article 19 of that Regulation;whereas the same Article provides that the economicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetakenintoaccount.
(3)Therefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespectofthestandard quality; the latter is defined in Article 1 ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 431/68 of 9 April 1968determining the standard quality for raw sugar andfixing the Community frontier crossing point for calcu-lating cif prices for sugar(
3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 3290/94(4); furthermore, this refund should be
fixedinaccordancewithArticle19(4)ofRegulation(EC)No 2038/1999; candy sugar is defined in CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationforthegrantof
export refunds in the sugar sector(
5); the refund thus
calculated for sugar containing added flavouring orcolouring matter must apply to their sucrose contentand, accordingly, be fixed per 1% of the said content.
(4)The world market situation or the specific requirementsof certain markets may make it necessary to vary therefund for sugar according to destination.
(5)In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixedby other legal instruments.
(6)The refund must be fixed every two weeks; whereas itmay be altered in the intervening period.
(7)It follows from applying the rules set out above to thepresent situation on the market in sugar and in partic-ular to quotations or prices for sugar within theCommunity and on the world market that the refundshould be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(8)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, undenatured and exported inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamountsshownintheAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 September 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. (5) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.9.2000 L243/7
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 27 September 2000 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
exported in its unaltered state
Productcode Destination Unitofmeasurement Amountofrefund
170111909100 A00 EUR/100 kg 35,78 (1)
170111909910 A00 EUR/100 kg 32,22 (1)
170111909950 A00 EUR/100 kg (2)
170112909100 A00 EUR/100 kg 35,78 (1)
170112909910 A00 EUR/100 kg 32,22 (1)
170112909950 A00 EUR/100 kg (2)
170191009000 A00 EUR/1%ofsucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3890
170199109100 A00 EUR/100 kg 38,90
170199109910 A00 EUR/100 kg 38,90
170199109950 A00 EUR/100 kg 38,90
170199909100 A00 EUR/1%ofsucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3890
(1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92%; if the yield is other than 92%, the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the
provisions of Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26.9.1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3251/85 (OJ L 309, 21.11.1985, p. 14).
NB:Theproductcodesandthe‘A’seriesdestinationcodesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJ
L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999,
p. 46).