15.8.96PEN!OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL205/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1633/96
of14August1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
sucrosecontentand,accordingly ,befixedper1%ofthe
saidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(%as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(7),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("),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)ofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(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
forthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugarsector(^j
whereastherefundthuscalculatedforsugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmattermustapplytotheir
(<)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL150,25.6.1996,p.3.
(3)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(6)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
OOJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(8)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(10)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(")OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(,2)OJNoL299,12.12.1995,p.1.(<)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.hOJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamounts
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15August1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14August1996.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof14August1996fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 35,62(')
17011190910 36,78(')
17011190950 0
17011290100 35,62(')
17011290910 36,78(»)
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 0,3872
l—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 38,72
17019910910 40,47
17019910950 40,47
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,3872
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
0FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(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.