EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.1999 L256/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2071/1999
of 30 September 1999
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural 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 organization of the marketsin the sugar sector(
1), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpriceson the world market for the products listed in Article1(1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those productswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund;
(2)Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailedrules of application for the grant of export refunds inthe sugar sector(
2), provides that the export refund on
100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)ofRegulation(EEC)No2038/1999isequaltothebasicamount multiplied by the sucrose content, including,where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose;whereas the sucrose content of the product in questionis determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(3)WhereasArticle21(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorboseexported in the natural state must be equal to the basicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredthoftheproduc-tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe chemical industry(
3), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1148/98(4), to the products
listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;
(4)Whereas, according to the terms of Article 21(1) ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,thebasicamountoftherefund on the other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) ofthesaidRegulationexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention price for white sugar for the Communityareas without deficit for the month for which the basicamountisfixedandquotationsorpricesforwhitesugaron the world market and, on the other, of the need toestablishabalancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproducts in the manufacture of processed goods forexport to third countries and the use of third countryproducts brought in under inward processing arrange-ments;
(5)Whereas, according to the terms of Article 21(4) ofRegulation (EC) No 2038/1999, the application of thebasic amount may be limited to some of the productslisted in Article 1(1)(d) of the said Regulation;
(6)Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999makes provision for setting refunds for export in thenaturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and(g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refund mustbefixedper100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountoftheexportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode17023091 and for products referred to in Article1(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 and of theeconomic aspects of the intended exports; whereas, inthe case of the products referred to in the said Article(1)(f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only for prod-uctscomplyingwiththeconditionsinArticle5ofRegu-lation (EC) No 2135/95; whereas, for the productsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(h),therefundshallbegrantedonly for products complying with the conditions inArticle 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(7)Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixedevery month; whereas they may be altered in the inter-vening period;
(8)Whereas application of these quotas results in fixingrefunds for the products in question at the levels givenin the Annex to this Regulation;
(9)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.1999 L256/24
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)(f)(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,
exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.1999 L256/25
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1999 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other
sugar products exported in the natural state
Productcode Amountofrefund
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170240109100 48,67 (2)
170260109000 48,67 (2)
170260809100 92,47 (4)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170260959000 0,4867(1)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170290309000 48,67 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170290609000 0,4867(1)
170290719000 0,4867(1)
170290999900 0,4867(1)(3)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
210690309000 48,67 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
210690599000 0,4867(1)
(1) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85% pure
(Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance withArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(
2) ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(3) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).
(4) ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).