31.10.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL309/97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3296/87
of30October1987
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugar
sectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,whichusethird-country productsunderinward,
processingarrangements ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,ofrefunds,
aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect,applicable
inallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeRegulation
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,tothebasicproductslistedinAnnex
AtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1785/
81of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No229/87(2)andinparticularArticle19(4)(a)and(7)
thereof;
whereasArticle19(1)and(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providethatfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a),(c),(d),(f)and(g)ofthatRegulationanexport
refundmaybegrantedwhenthesegoodsareexportedin
theformofgoodslistedinAnnexItothatsameRegula­
tion;whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3035/80of
11November1980layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsforcertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treaty,andthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2223/86(4),specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexIofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81;whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1010/86of26
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesforproduction
refundsoncertainproductsofthechemicalindustry^
providesforthegrantingofproductionrefundsofwhite
sugar,rawsugar,certainsucrosesyrupsfallingwithin
subheading17.02DexIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff
havingacertainpurity,andunprocessedisoglucosefalling
withinsubheading17.02DI,whichareusedinthe
manufactureofthechemicalproductslistedintheAnnex
thereto;whereasthisproductionrefunds'schemehas
beenestablishedinparticulartobringtheconditions
underwhichCommunityprocessorsoperateprogressively
intolinewiththoseofprocessorsemployingsugarat
worldmarketprices;whereastherefore,intheabsenceof
proofthatthebasicproducthasnotbenefitedfromthe
productionrefund,theamountoftheexportrefundmust
bereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefundappli­
cabletothebasicproductonthedayofacceptanceofthe
exportdeclaration ;whereasthissystemistheonlyone
whichdiscardstheriskoffraud;whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No3035/80,therateof
therefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;and
whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthatArticle,
thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticularreferenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustriesin
obtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsonthe
Communitymarketandthepricesrulingonthe
worldmarket;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessedagri­
culturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
whicharemanufactured undersimilarconditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsandthose'whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No565/80of4
March1980ontheadvancepaymentofexportrefundsin
respectofagriculturalproducts(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2026/83(7),andCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No798/80of31March1980layingdown
generalrulesontheadvancepaymentofexportrefunds
andpositivemonetarycompensatory amountsinrespect
ofagriculturalproducts(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No471/87(9),laydownrulesontheadvance
paymentofexportrefundsthatmustbeadheredtowhen
theseareadjusted;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL25,28.1.1987,p.1.OOJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(6)OJNoL62,7.3.1980,p.5.0OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.12.
(8)OJNoL87,1.4.1980,p.42.
0OJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.10. 0OJNoL194,17.7.1986,p.1.(3)OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraphs2and3,theratesof
therefundsapplicabletothebasicproductsappearingin
AnnexAtoRegulation(EEC)No3035/80andlistedin
Article1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,
exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81,arefixedasshowninthe
Annexhereto.
(2)ForthechemicalproductslistedintheAnnexto
Regulation(EEC)No1010/86,therefundsgiveninthe
AnnextothisRegulationshallbeappliedonpresenta­
tion,attheacceptanceoftheexportdeclarationandthe
requestforobtainingtheexportrefund,ofproofthatthe
basicproductsusedinthemanufactureofthechemical
productstobeexportedhavenotbenefitedfromthe
productionrefundprovidedforinthatRegulation,and
thatsuchrefundwillnotbeappliedfor.Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraphisprovided
bythepresentationbytheexporterofadeclarationfrom
theprocessorofthebasicproductinquestionattesting
thatthelatterproducthasnotbenefitedfromaproduc­
tionrefundasprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
1010/86,andthatnoapplicationforsuchrefundwillbe
made.
3.Whentheproofreferredtoinparagraph2isnot
provided,theexportrefund:
(a)applicableonthedateofexportofthegoods,when
therateisnotfixedinadvance;or
(b)ofwhichtherateisfixedinadvance,
willbereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefund
applicableunderRegulation(EEC)No1010/86tothe
basicproductinquestiononthedayofacceptanceofthe
exportdeclarationforthegoods,oronthedayspecified
inArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No798/80,ifthe
goodshavebeenplacedundertheexportrefundadvance
paymentarrangements .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30October1987.
FortheCommission
WillyDECLERCQ
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof30October1987fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnot
coveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
RateofrefundinECU/100kg: 44,99
38,75Whitesugar:
Rawsugar:
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar
containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(including
invertsugarexpressedassucrose):
Molasses :
Isoglucose(2):so44,99x
100
44,99(3)
(')'S'representsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatteris
notlessthan98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan
98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerizationofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%
fructoseandofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,inclu­
dingthedi-ortrisaccharidescontent,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(3)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.