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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1697/1999
of 30 July 1999
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 (EEC) No1785/81 of 30
June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in thesugar sector(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98(2), and in particular Article 17 (5) thereof,
(1)Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpriceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those productswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund;
(2)Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailedrules of application for the grant of export refunds inthe sugar sector(
3), provides that the export refund on
100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basicamount multiplied by the sucrose content, including,where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose;whereas the sucrose content of the product in questionis determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(3)WhereasArticle17(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorboseexported in the natural state must be equal to the basicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredthoftheproduc-tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe chemical industry(
4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC)No1148/98,totheproductslistedintheAnnextothe last mentioned Regulation;
(4)Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the otherproducts listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC)No1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltoone-hundredthofanamountwhichtakesaccount,on
theonehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheinterventionprice for white sugar for the Community areas withoutdeficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand 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)Whereas the application of the basic amount may belimitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
(6)Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81makes 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 refundmust be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, takingaccount of the export refund for products falling withinCN code 17023091 and for products referred to inArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andofthe economic aspects of the intended exports; whereas,inthecaseoftheproductsreferredtointhesaidArticle(1) (f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only forproducts complying with the conditions in Article 5 ofRegulation (EC) No 2135/95; whereas, for the productsreferred to in Article 1 (1) (h), the refund shall begranted only for products complying with the condi-tions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(7)Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixedevery month; whereas they may be altered in the inter-vening period;
(8)Whereas application of these quotas results in fixingrefunds for the products in question at the levels givenin the Annex to this Regulation;
(9)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.7.1999 L201/19
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 August 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 July 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 july 1999 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar
products exported in the natural state
Productcode Amountofrefund
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170240109100 45,89 (2)
170260109000 45,89 (2)
170260809100 87,19 (4)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170260959000 0,4589(1)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170290309000 45,89 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170290609000 0,4589(1)
170290719000 0,4589(1)
170290999900 0,4589(1)(3)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
210690309000 45,89 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
210690599000 0,4589(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) ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(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) ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).