EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.2000 L279/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2431/2000
of 31 October 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,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar(
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
providesthatthedifferencesbetweenthepricesininter-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 exportrefundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformofgoods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000laying down common implementing rules for grantingexportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex I to 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
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseprod-uctsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexIto Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2)In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No1520/2000,therateoftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach 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)TherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybefixedinadvance 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 agriculturalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixinginadvanceof 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)Itisnecessarytoensurecontinuityofstrictmanagementtakingaccountofexpenditureforecastsandfundsavail-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
appearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No1520/2000andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 October 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 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.11.2000 L279/29
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 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
RateofrefundinEUR/100 kg
Product Incaseof
advancefixingof
refundsOther
White sugar: 38,26 38,26