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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 689/2000
of 31 March 2000
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar(
1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
Whereas:
(1)Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
providesthatthedifferencesbetweenthepricesininter-national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and priceswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformofgoods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994laying down common implementing rules for grantingexportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex I to theTreaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds(
2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No238/
2000(3), specifies the products for which a rate of
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseprod-uctsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexIto Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2)In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms foreachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach month.
(3)Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 andArticle 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concludedunder the Uruguay Round lay down that the exportrefund for a product contained in a good may notexceed the refund applicable to that product whenexported without further processing.
(4)TherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybefixedinadvance as the market situation over the next fewmonths cannot be established at the moment.(5)The commitments entered into with regard to refundswhich may be granted for the export of agriculturalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixinginadvanceof high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to takeprecautionary measures in such situations without,however, preventing the conclusion of long-termcontracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for theadvance fixing of refunds is a measure which enablesthese various objectives to be met.
(6)Article4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94providesthat in the absence of the proof referred to in Article4(5)(a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of exportrefundhastobefixed,takingaccountoftheamountofthe production refund applicable, pursuant to CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 1010/86(
4), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98(5), for the
basic product in question, used during the assumedperiod of manufacture of the goods.
(7)Itisnecessarytoensurecontinuityofstrictmanagementtakingaccountofexpenditureforecastsasndfundsavail-able in the budget.
(8)TheManagementCommitteeforSugarhasnotdeliveredan opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5. (4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 45. (5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the CommissionRegulationof 31 March 2000 fixin g the rates of the refun ds applicable to certainproducts in
the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
RateofrefundinEUR/100 kg
Product Incaseof
advancefixingof
refundsOther
White sugar:
— pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1222/940,59 0,59
— in all other cases 46,41 46,41