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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1535/1999
of 13 July 1999
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 (EEC) No 1785/81 of 1
June1981onthecommonorganizationofthemarketsinthesugar sector(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98(2), and in particular point (a) of the first
subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithinthe Community may be covered by an export refund;
(2) WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthatwhen
refundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin its unaltered state, are being fixed account must betaken of the situation on the Community and worldmarkets in sugar and in particular of the price and costfactors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation; whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectoftheproposed exports should also be taken into account;
(3) Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined inArticle 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 of 9April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand fixing the Community frontier crossing point forcalculating cif prices for sugar(
3), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 3290/94(4); whereas, furthermore, this
refundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle17a(4)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas candy sugar isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationfor the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector(
5);
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containingadded flavouring or colouring matter must apply to theirsucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1% of thesaid content;
(4) Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequire-
ments of certain markets may make it necessary to varythe refund for sugar according to destination;
(5) Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmaybe
fixed by other legal instruments;
(6) Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
(7) Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
to the present situation on the market in sugar and inparticular 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) WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured and exported inthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamountsshownintheAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 July 1999.
(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(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.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 13 July 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 13 July 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported
in its unaltered state
Productcode Amountofrefund
—EUR/100kg—
170111909100 42,32 (1)
170111909910 42,29 (1)
170111909950 (2)
170112909100 42,32 (1)
170112909910 42,29 (1)
170112909950 (2)
—EUR/1%ofsucrose×100kg—
170191009000 0,4600
—EUR/100kg—
170199109100 46,00
170199109910 45,97
170199109950 45,97
—EUR/1%ofsucrose×100kg—
170199909100 0,4600
(1) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92%; if the yield is other than 92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle 17a
(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.
(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).