NoL85/14 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.3.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No555/97
of26March1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproductsin
themanufactureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothird
countriesandtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbrought
inunderinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and
(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;whereastherefundmustbe
fixedper100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountof
theexportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81andoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheintendedexports;whereas,inthecaseof
theproductsreferredtointhesaidArticle(1)(f)and(g),
therefundistobegrantedonlyforproductscomplying
withtheconditionsinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No
2135/95;whereas,fortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(h),therefundshallbegrantedonlyforproducts
complyingwiththeconditionsinArticle6ofRegulation
(EC)No2135/95;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(2),andinparticularArticle17(5)
thereof,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasArticle3ofCommissionRegulation (EC)No
2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrules
ofapplicationforthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugar
sector(3),providesthattheexportrefundon100kilo­
gramsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothebasicamount
multipliedbythesucrosecontent,including,where
appropriate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereasthe
sucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdetermined
inaccordancewithArticle3ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No2135/95;
WhereasArticle17(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1010/86of25March1986layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(4),lastamendedbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EC)No1126/960,totheproductslistedinthe
AnnextothelastmentionedRegulation ;
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakesaccount,onthe
onehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithout
deficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixed
andquotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworldHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81,
exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbesetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
(3)OJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.
(")OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.nOJNoL150,25.6.1996,p.3. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1997.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26March1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

NoL85/16ImSM OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.3.97
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26March1997fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
170240109100 41,16(2)
170260109000 41,16(2)
170260909200 78,20(4)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
170260909800 0,4116(')
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
170290309000 41,16(2)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
170290609000 0,4116(')
170290719000 0,4116(')
170290999900 0,4116(')(3)
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
210690309000 41,16(2)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
210690599000 0,4116(')
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure
(Regulation (EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.
(2)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)
No1469/77.
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2ofthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).
0ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle13(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No394/70.
NB:Theproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamended
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.12.
1987,p.1).