EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 2. 2000 L 25/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 247/2000
of 31 January 2000
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by AnnexI to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market insugar (
1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
Whereas:
(1)Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the differences between the prices in inter-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 exportrefund where these products are exported in the form ofgoods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994laying down common implementing rules for grantingexport refunds on certain agricultural products exportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex I to theTreaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds (
2) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1702/
1999 (3) specifies the products for which a rate of refund
should be fixed, to be applied where these products areexported in the form of goods listed in Annex I toRegulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2)In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms foreach of the basic products in question must be fixed foreach 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)The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed inadvance 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 agriculturalproducts contained in goods not covered by Annex I tothe Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advanceof 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)Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 providesthat in the absence of the proof referred to in Article4(5)(a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of exportrefund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount ofthe 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)It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict managementtaking account of expenditure forecasts asnd funds avail-able in the budget.
(8)The Management Committee for Sugar has not deliveredan opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 andlisted in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 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 201, 31.7.1999, p. 30. (5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 2. 2000 L 25/23
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 31 January 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
White sugar:Rate of refund in EUR/100 kgANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products
in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
47,101,38 1,38 — pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1222/94
47,10 — in all other casesIn case of
advance fixing of
refundsProduct
Other