EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.2000 L279/8
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2422/2000
of 31 October 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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketsinthesugarsector(
1),asamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(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
thatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplica-tion for the grant of export refunds in the sugarsector(
3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo-
gramsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula-tion (EC) No 2038/1999 is equal to the basic amountmultiplied by the sucrose content, including, whereappropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EC) No 2135/95.
(3)Article21(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredthoftheproductionrefundapplicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthechemicalindustry(
4),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(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)No2038/1999,thebasicamountoftherefundonthe other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the saidRegulationexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithoutdeficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand 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)No2038/1999,theapplicationofthebasicamountmaybelimitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 makesprovision for setting refunds for export in the naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;therefundmustbefixedper100kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the exportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula-tion(EC)No2038/1999andoftheeconomicaspectsoftheintendedexports;inthecaseoftheproductsreferredto 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 theconditionsinArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(7)The refunds referred to above must be fixed everymonth; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8)ApplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixingrefundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenintheAnnexto 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 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.2000 L279/9
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)(f)(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,
exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.2000 L279/10
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 2000 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar
products exported in the natural state
Productcode Destination Unitofmeasurement Amountofrefund
170240109100 A00 EUR/100 kgdrymatter 38,26(2)
170260109000 A00 EUR/100 kgdrymatter 38,26(2)
170260809100 A00 EUR/100 kgdrymatter 72,69(4)
170260959000 A00 EUR/1%sucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3826(1)
170290309000 A00 EUR/100 kgdrymatter 38,26(2)
170290609000 A00 EUR/1%sucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3826(1)
170290719000 A00 EUR/1%sucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3826(1)
170290999900 A00 EUR/1%sucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3826(1)(3)
210690309000 A00 EUR/100 kgdrymatter 38,26(2)
210690599000 A00 EUR/1%sucrose ×net100 kg
ofproduct0,3826(1)
(1) Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EC)No2135/95).Sucrosecontentisdetermined
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:Theproductcodesandthe‘A’seriesdestinationcodesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJ
L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
ThenumericdestinationcodesaresetoutinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2543/1999(OJL307,2.12.1999,p.
46).