EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.12.2000 L 302/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2624/2000
of 30 November 2000
fixingthe export refunds on syrups and certain other sug ar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the marketsin the sugar sector (
1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000 (2), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that the difference between quotations or prices on theworld market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) ofthat Regulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of applica-tion 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 (EC) No 2038/1999 is equal to the basic amountmultiplied by the sucrose content, including, whereappropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; thesucrose content of the product in question is determinedin accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation(EC) No 2135/95.
(3)Article 21(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 providesthat the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exportedin the natural state must be equal to the basic amount ofthe refund less one-hundredth of the production refundapplicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general rulesfor the production refund on sugar used in the chemicalindustry (
4), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1888/2000 (5), to the products listed in the
Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;
(4)According to the terms of Article 21(1) of Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999, the basic amount of the refund onthe other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the saidRegulation exported in the natural state must be equal to
one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, onthe 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 productsin the manufacture of processed goods for export tothird countries and the use of third country productsbrought in under inward processing arrangements.
(5)According to the terms of Article 21(4) of Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999, the application of the basic amountmay be limited to some of the products listed in Article1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 makesprovision for setting refunds for export in the naturalstate of products referred to in Article 1(1)(f) and (g) and(h) of that Regulation; the refund must be fixed per 100kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the exportrefund for products falling within CN code 1702 30 91and for products referred to in Article 1(1)(d) of Regula-tion (EC) No 2038/1999 and of the economic aspects ofthe intended exports; in the case of the products referredto in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to begranted only for products complying with the condi-tions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; forthe products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refundshall be granted only for products complying with theconditions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(7)The refunds referred to above must be fixed everymonth; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8)Application of these quotas results in fixing refunds forthe products in question at the levels given in the Annexto this Regulation.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 227, 7.9.2000, p. 15.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropean Communities 1.12.2000 L302/22
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION:
Article 1
Theexportrefundsontheproducts listedinArticle1(1)(d)(f)(g) and(h)ofRegulation (EC)No2038/1999,
exported inthenaturalstate,shallbesetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon1December 2000.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember States.
DoneatBrussels, 30November 2000.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
Member oftheCommission
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.12.2000 L 302/23
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 2000 altering the export refunds on syrups and certain other
sugar products exported in the natural state
Product code Destination Unit of measurement Amount of refund
1702 40 10 9100 A00 EUR/100 kg dry matter 38,22 (2)
1702 60 10 9000 A00 EUR/100 kg dry matter 38,22 (2)
1702 60 80 9100 A00 EUR/100 kg dry matter 72,62 (4)
1702 60 95 9000 A00 EUR/1 % sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,3822 (1)
1702 90 30 9000 A00 EUR/100 kg dry matter 38,22 (2)
1702 90 60 9000 A00 EUR/1 % sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,3822 (1)
1702 90 71 9000 A00 EUR/1 % sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,3822 (1)
1702 90 99 9900 A00 EUR/1 % sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,3822 (1)(3)
2106 90 30 9000 A00 EUR/100 kg dry matter 38,22 (2)
2106 90 59 9000 A00 EUR/1 % sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,3822 (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 with Article 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 ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ
L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2543/1999 (OJ L 307, 2.12.1999, p.
46).