EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.3.2001 L 82/10
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 554/2001
of 21 March 2001
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the marketsin the sugar sector (
1), as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1527/2000 (2), and in particular point (a) of the
second subparagraph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that the difference between quotations or prices on theworld market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) ofthat Regulation and prices for those products within theCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2) Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides that whenrefunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured andexported in its unaltered state, are being fixed accountmust be taken of the situation on the Community andworld markets in sugar and in particular of the price andcost factors set out in Article 19 of that Regulation;whereas the same Article provides that the economicaspect of the proposed exports should also be taken intoaccount.
(3) The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of thestandard quality; the latter is defined in Article 1 ofCouncil Regulation (EC) No 431/68 of 9 April 1968determining the standard quality for raw sugar andfixing the Community frontier crossing point for calcu-lating cif prices for sugar (
3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 3290/94 (4); furthermore, this refund should be
fixed in accordance with Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC)No 2038/1999; candy sugar is defined in CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995laying down detailed rules of application for the grant of
export refunds in the sugar sector (
5); the refund thus
calculated for sugar containing added flavouring orcolouring matter must apply to their sucrose contentand, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content.
(4) The world market situation or the specific requirementsof certain markets may make it necessary to vary therefund for sugar according to destination.
(5) In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixedby other legal instruments.
(6) The refund must be fixed every two weeks; whereas itmay be altered in the intervening period.
(7) It follows from applying the rules set out above to thepresent situation on the market in sugar and in partic-ular to quotations or prices for sugar within theCommunity and on the world market that the refundshould be as set out in the Annex hereto.
(8) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, undenatured and exported inthe natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in theAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 March 2001.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 March 2001.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
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 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105. (5) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.3.2001 L 82/11
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 21 March 2001 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
exported in its unaltered state
Product code Destination Unit of measurement Amount of refund
1701 11 90 9100 A00 EUR/100 kg 39,35 (1)
1701 11 90 9910 A00 EUR/100 kg 35,62 (1)
1701 11 90 9950 A00 EUR/100 kg (2)
1701 12 90 9100 A00 EUR/100 kg 39,35 (1)
1701 12 90 9910 A00 EUR/100 kg 35,62 (1)
1701 12 90 9950 A00 EUR/100 kg (2)
1701 91 00 9000 A00 EUR/1 % of sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,4278
1701 99 10 9100 A00 EUR/100 kg 42,78
1701 99 10 9910 A00 EUR/100 kg 42,63
1701 99 10 9950 A00 EUR/100 kg 42,63
1701 99 90 9100 A00 EUR/1 % of sucrose ×net 100 kg
of product0,4278
(1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %, the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the
provisions of Article 19 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26.9.1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3251/85 (OJ L 309, 21.11.1985, p. 14).
NB:The product codes and the ‘A’ series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ
L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1) as amended.
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2032/2000 (OJ L 243, 28.9.2000,
p. 14).