EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 L 157/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1107/98
of 29 May 1998
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of themarkets in the sugar sector (
1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5)
thereof,
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1 (1)(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products withinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rulesof application for the grant of export refunds in the sugarsector (
3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo-
grams of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regula-tion (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basic amountmultiplied by the sucrose content, including, whereappropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; whereas thesucrose content of the product in question is determinedin accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation(EC) No 2135/95;
Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorboseexported in the natural state must be equal to the basicamount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc-tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down generalrules for the production refund on sugar used in thechemical industry (
4), last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1126/96 (5), to the products listed in the
Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;
Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal toone-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
one hand, of the difference between the interventionprice for white sugar for the Community areas withoutdeficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixedand quotations or prices for white sugar on the worldmarket and, on the other, of the need to establish abalance between the use of Community basic products inthe manufacture of processed goods for export to thirdcountries and the use of third country products broughtin under inward processing arrangements;
Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
makes provision for setting refunds for export in thenatural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (f) and(g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refund must befixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account ofthe export refund for products falling within CN code1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 (1)(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economicaspects of the intended exports; whereas, in the case ofthe products referred to in the said Article (1) (f) and (g),the refund is to be granted only for products complyingwith the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No2135/95; whereas, for the products referred to in Article 1(1) (h), the refund shall be granted only for productscomplying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation(EC) No 2135/95;
Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
month; whereas they may be altered in the interveningperiod;
Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing
refunds for the products in question at the levels given inthe Annex to this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 L 157/27
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1)
(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81,exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex
hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 29 May 1998.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 5. 98 L 157/28
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 29 May 1998 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
Product code Amount of refund
¾ECU/100 kg dry matter ¾
1702 40 10 9100 44,48 (2)
1702 60 10 9000 44,48 (2)
1702 60 80 9100 84,51 (4)
¾ECU/1 % sucrose ý 100 kg ¾
1702 60 95 9000 0,4448 (1)
¾ECU/100 kg dry matter ¾
1702 90 30 9000 44,48 (2)
¾ECU/1 % sucrose ý 100 kg ¾
1702 90 60 9000 0,4448 (1)
1702 90 71 9000 0,4448 (1)
1702 90 99 9900 0,4448 (1)(3)
¾ECU/100 kg dry matter ¾
2106 90 30 9000 44,48 (2)
¾ECU/1 % sucrose ý 100 kg ¾
2106 90 59 9000 0,4448 (1)
(1) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure
(Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance withArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(
2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
2135/95.
(3) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 12).
(4) Applicable only to products defined under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
2135/95.
NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987,p. 1).