NoL239/8HENI OfficialJournalottheEuropeanCommunities 30.8.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1692/97
of29August1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
andquotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproductsin
themanufactureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothird
countriesandtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbrought
inunderinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and
(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;whereastherefundmustbe
fixedper100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountof
theexportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheintendedexports;whereas,inthecaseof
theproductsreferredtointhesaidArticle(1)(f)and(g),
therefundistobegrantedonlyforproductscomplying
withtheconditionsinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No
2135/95;whereas,fortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(h),therefundshallbegrantedonlyforproducts
complyingwiththeconditionsinArticle6ofRegulation
(EC)No2135/95;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(2),andinparticularArticle17(5)
thereof,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No
2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrules
ofapplicationforthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugar
sector(3),providesthattheexportrefundon100kilo­
gramsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothebasicamount
multipliedbythesucrosecontent,including,where
appropriate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereasthe
sucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdetermined
inaccordancewithArticle3ofCommissionRegulation
(EC)No2135/95;
WhereasArticle17(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1010/86of25March1986layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(4),lastamendedbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EC)No1126/96(*),totheproductslistedinthe
AnnextothelastmentionedRegulation;
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakesaccount,onthe
onehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithout
deficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,
exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbesetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
(3)OJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1997.(4)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.nOJNoL150,25.6.1996,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29August1997.
FortheCommission
RittBJERREGAARD
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29August1997fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
170240109100 37,400
170260109000 37,40(2)
170260909200 71,06(<)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
170260909800 0,3740(')
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
170290309000 37,40(2)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
;170290609000 0,3740(')
170290719000 0,3740(')
170290999900 0,37400)(3)
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
210690309000 37,40(2)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
210690599000 0,3740(')
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure
(Regulation(EC)No2135/95).Sucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordance
withArticle3ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(2)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)
No2135/95.
(3)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2ofthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).
(4)ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No
2135/95.
NB:Theproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamended
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.12.
1987,p.1).