NoL311/38fEN 30.11.96 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2299/96
of29November 1996
fixingtheratesofrefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugarsector
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
tionswithout,however,preventingtheconclusionof
long-termcontracts;whereasthefixingofaspecific
refundratefortheadvancefixingofrefundsisameasure
whichenablesthesevariousobjectivestobemet;
WhereasArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)No1222/94
providesthatintheabsenceoftheproofreferredtoin
Article4(5)(a)ofthatRegulation ,areducedrateofexport
refundhastobefixed,takingaccountoftheamountof
theproductionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1010/86(5),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EC)No1126/96,forthebasicproductin
question,usedduringtheassumedperiodofmanufacture
ofthegoods;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(6)as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No1380/95Q,prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia (SerbiaandMontenegro );whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation (EC)No462/95f);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthiswhenfixingthefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)
No1599/96(2)andinparticularArticle17(5)(a)and(15),
WhereasArticle17(1)and(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providesthatthedifferencesbetweentheprices
ininternationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a),(c),(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofthatRegulationandprices
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformof
goodslistedintheAnnextothatRegulation ;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994
layingdowncommonimplementing rulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatyandthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3)aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
229/96(4)specifiestheproductsforwhicharateofrefund
shouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsare
exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No1222/94,therateoftherefundper100kilo­
gramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbe
fixedforeachmonth;
WhereasArticle17(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
andArticle11oftheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedundertheUruguayRoundlaydownthatthe
exportrefundforaproductcontainedinagoodmaynot
exceedtherefundapplicabletothatproductwhen
exportedwithoutfurtherprocessing;
WhereastherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybe
fixedinadvance;whereasthemarketsituationoverthe
nextfewmonthscannotbeestablishedatthemoment;
Whereasthecommitments enteredintowithregardto
refundswhichmaybegrantedfortheexportofagricul­
turalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnex
IItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixingin
advanceofhighrefundrates;whereasitistherefore
necessarytotakeprecautionary measuresinsuchsitua­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation (EC)No
1222/94andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81,exportedintheformofgoodslisted
inAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No1785/81,arefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto.
2.RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro )maybegrantedonly
wheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No
990/93asamendedbyRegulation (EC)No462/96are
observed .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1996.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
(3)OJNoL136,31.5.1994,p.5.h)OJNoL30,8.2.1996,p.24.(5)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.(jOJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
8OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.

30.11.96 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL311/39
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1996.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof29November1996fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
RateofrefundinECU/100kg
Product Incaseof
advancefixing
ofrefundsOther
Whitesugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)
No1222/949,12 9,12
—inallothercases 43,69 43,69
Rawsugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/948,39 8,39
—inallothercases 40,19 40,19
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar,otherthanthe
syrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugarin
thesolidstate,containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugar
expressedassucrose):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)9,12OxS(') 9,12(4)xS(')
No1222/94100 100
—inallothercases 43,69(4)xS(')43,69(4)xS(')
I100 100
Forsyrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugar
inthesolidstate,whetherornotthedissolvingis
followedbyinversiontheratefixedabovefor100kgofwhiteorrawsugar
usedforthedissolution
Molasses — —
Isoglucose(2):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)
No1222/949,12(3) 9,12(3)
—inallothercases 43,69(3) 43,69(3)
(')'Srepresentsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotless
than98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerization ofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%fructose
andofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,includingthedi-or
trisaccharides content,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(3)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.
(4)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2oftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).