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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No297/87
of30January1987
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugar
sectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3035/80
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeingfixed,
accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,ofrefunds,
aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalenteffect,applicable
inallMemberStatesinaccordancewiththeRegulation
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinthe
productinquestion,tothebasicproductslistedinAnnex
AtothatRegulationortoassimilatedproducts;
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 ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1785/
81of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No229/87(2)andinparticularArticle19(4)(a)and(7)
thereof;' I
WhereasArticle19(1)and(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providethatfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(l)(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;
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
whichusethird-country productsunderinward
processingarrangements ;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.(')OJNo'L177,1.7.1981,p.4.
2)OJNoL25,28.1.1987,p.1.
(3)OJNoL323,29.11.1980,p.27.
(<)OJNoL194,17.7.1986,p.1. 0OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.

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(a)applicableonthedateofexportofthegoods,when
therateisnotfixedinadvance;or
(b)ofwhichtherateisfixedinadvance,
willbereducedbytheamountoftheproductionrefund
applicableunderRegulation(EEC)No1010/86tothe
basicproductinquestiononthedateonwhichthe
exportdeclarationforthegoodsisaccepted.2.ForthechemicalproductslistedintheAnnexto
Regulation(EEC)No1010/86,therefundsgiveninthe
AnnextothisRegulationshallbeappliedonpresenta­
tion,attheaccomplishment ofthecustomsformalities
andtherequestforobtainingtheexportrefund,ofproof
thatthebasicproductsusedinthemanufactureofthe
chemicalproductstobeexportedhavenotbenefitedfrom
theproductionrefundprovidedforinthatRegulation,
andthatsuchrefundwillnotbeappliedfor.
Theproofreferredtointhefirstsubparagraph isprovided
bythepresentationbytheexporterofadeclarationfrom
theprocessorofthebasicproductinquestionattesting
thatthelatterproducthasnotbenefitedfromaproduc­
tionrefundasprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
1010/86,andthatnoapplicationforsuchrefundwillbe
made.
3.Whentheproofreferredtoinparagraph2isnot
provided,theexportrefund:Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1987.
FortheCommission
COCKFIELD
Vice-President

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30January1987fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnot
coveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
RateofrefundinECU/100kg: 43,68
36,99Whitesugar:
Rawsugar:
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar
containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(including
invertsugarexpressedassucrose):S(')43,68x
100
Molasses :
Isoglucose(2): 43,68(3)
(')'Srepresentsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatteris
notlessthan98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan
98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerization ofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%
fructoseandofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,inclu­
dingthedi-ortrisaccharidescontent,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(3)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.