EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.12.2000 L 326/22
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2811/2000
of 21 December 2000
fixingthe rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sug ar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market insugar (
1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1527/2000 (2), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
Whereas:
(1) Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the differences between the prices in inter-national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and priceswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund where these products are exported in the form ofgoods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000laying down common implementing rules for grantingexport refunds on certain agricultural products exportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex Ito theTreaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds (
3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2390/
2000 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex Ito Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2) In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms foreach of the basic products in question must be fixed foreach month.
(3) Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 andArticle 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concludedunder the Uruguay Round lay down that the exportrefund for a product contained in a good may notexceed the refund applicable to that product when
exported without further processing.
(4) The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed inadvance as the market situation over the next fewmonths cannot be established at the moment.
(5) The commitments entered into with regard to refundswhich may be granted for the export of agriculturalproducts contained in goods not covered by Annex Itothe Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advanceof high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to takeprecautionary measures in such situations without,however, preventing the conclusion of long-termcontracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for theadvance fixing of refunds is a measure which enablesthese various objectives to be met.
(6) It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict managementtaking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-able in the budget.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 andlisted in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,exported in the form of goods listed in Annex Ito Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 December 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 276, 28.10.2000, p. 3.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.12.2000 L 326/23
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain
products in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg
Product In case of
advance fixing of
refundsOther
White sugar: 40,59 40,59