18.7.96 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL179/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1378/96
of17July1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
sucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper1%ofthe
saidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95f),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(10),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(u),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No2853/95(12);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1126/96(2),andinparti­
cularpoint(a)ofthefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)
thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthat
whenrefundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinitsunalteredstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunityand
worldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle17aofthatRegulation;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(3),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No3290/94(4);whereas,furthermore ,this
refundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle17a(4)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;whereascandysugaris
definedinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7
September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplication
forthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugarsectorQ;
whereastherefundthuscalculatedforsugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmattermustapplytotheir
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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamounts
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18July1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17July1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof17July1996fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(')
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 34,49(')
17011190910 35,35(')
17011190950 0
17011290100 34,49(')
17011290910 35,35f)
17011290950 0
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 0,3749
—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 37,49
17019910910 38,43
17019910950 38,43
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,3749
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(Serbiaand
Montenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96areobserved.