1.9.88 NoL241/72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2717/88
of31August1988
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugar
sectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,ofrefunds,
aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect,applicable
inallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeRegulation
onthecommonorganizationofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,tothebasicproductslistedinAnnex
AtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingfegardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
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
(1)(a),(c),(d),(f)and(g)ofthatRegulationanexport
refundmaybegrantedwhenthesegoodsareexportedin
theformofgoodslistedinAnnexItothatsameRegula­
tion;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3035/80of
11November1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsforcertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4055/87(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexIofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1010/86of26
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesforproduction
refundsoncertainproductsofthechemicalindustry(*)
providesforthegrantingofproductionrefundsofwhite
sugar,rawsugar,certainsucrosesyrupsfallingwithin
subheadingsex17026090andex17029090ofthe
combinednomenclature havingacertainpurity,and
unprocessedisoglucosefallingwithinsubheadings
17023010,17024010,17026010and17029030,
whichareusedinthemanufacture ofthechemical
productslistedintheAnnexthereto;whereasthis
productionrefunds'schemehasbeenestablishedinparti­
culartobringtheconditionsunderwhichCommunity
processorsoperateprogressivelyintolinewiththoseof
processorsemployingsugaratworldmarketprices;
whereastherefore,intheabsenceofproofthatthebasic
producthasnotbenefitedfromtheproductionrefund,
theamountoftheexportrefundmustbereducedbythe
amountoftheproductionrefundapplicabletothebasic
productonthedayofacceptanceoftheexportdeclara­
tion;whereasthissystemistheonlyonewhichdiscards
theriskoffraud;Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;andwhereas,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(6),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2026/83(*),andCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No798/80of31March1980layingdown
generalrulesontheadvancepaymentofexportrefunds
andpositivemonetarycompensatoryamountsinrespect
ofagriculturalproducts(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No471/87(9),laydownrulesontheadvance
paymentofexportrefundsthatmustbeadheredtowhen
theseareadjusted;
(*)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(6)OJNoL62,7.3.1980,p.5.
I7)OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.12.
(«)OJNoL87,1.4.1980,p.42.0OJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.10.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.h)OJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.65.
3OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.0OJNoL379,31.12.1987,p.1.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraphisprovided
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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1988.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
productstobeexportedhavenotbenefitedfromthe
productionrefundprovidedforinthatRegulation,and
thatsuchrefundwillnotbeappliedfor.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,31August1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President