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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No15/98
of7January 1998
fixing theexport refunds onwhite sugar andrawsugar exported initsunaltered
state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No1785/81
of1June 1981 onthe common organization ofthe
markets inthesugar sector (1),aslastamended byRegula-
tion (EC) No1599/96 (2),and inparticular point (a)ofthe
first subparagraph ofArticle 19(4)thereof,
Whereas Article 19ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that thedifference between quotations orprices
ontheworld market fortheproducts listed inArticle 1
(1)(a)ofthat Regulation and prices forthose products
within the Community may becovered byanexport
refund;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that
when refunds onwhite and raw sugar, undenatured and
exported initsunaltered state, arebeing fixed account
must betaken ofthesituation ontheCommunity and
world markets insugar and inparticular oftheprice and
cost factors setout inArticle 17a ofthat Regulation;
whereas the same Article provides that the economic
aspect oftheproposed exports should also betaken into
account;
Whereas therefund onrawsugar must befixed inrespect
ofthestandard quality; whereas thelatter isdefined in
Article 1ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No431/68 of9
April 1968 determining thestandard quality forrawsugar
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
calculating cifprices forsugar (3),asamended byRegula-
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4);whereas, furthermore, this
refund should befixed inaccordance with Article 17a(4)
ofRegulation (EEC) No1785/81; whereas candy sugar is
defined inCommission Regulation (EC) No2135/95 of7
September 1995 laying down detailed rules ofapplication
forthe grant ofexport refunds inthe sugar sector (5);
whereas therefund thus calculated forsugar containing
added flavouring orcolouring matter must apply totheir
sucrose content and, accordingly, befixed per1%ofthe
said content;Whereas theworld market situation orthespecific requi-
rements ofcertain markets may make itnecessary tovary
therefund forsugar according todestination;
Whereas, inspecial cases, theamount oftherefund may
befixed byother legal instruments;
Whereas therepresentative market rates defined inArticle
1ofCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6),aslast
amended byRegulation (EC) No150/95 (7),areused to
convert amounts expressed inthird country currencies
and areused asthebasis fordetermining theagricultural
conversion rates oftheMember States’ currencies; whereas
detailed rules onthe application and determination of
these conversions were setbyCommission Regulation
(EEC) No1068/93 (8),aslastamended byRegulation (EC)
No1482/96 (9);
Whereas the refund must befixed every two weeks;
whereas itmay bealtered intheintervening period;
Whereas itfollows from applying therules setoutabove
tothepresent situation onthemarket insugar and in
particular toquotations orprices forsugar within the
Community and onthe world market that the refund
should beassetoutintheAnnex hereto;
Whereas themeasures provided forinthis Regulation are
inaccordance with the opinion ofthe Management
Committee forSugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds ontheproducts listed inArticle 1(1)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured and
exported inthe natural state, arehereby fixed tothe
amounts shown intheAnnex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on8January 1998.
(1)OJL177, 1.7.1981, p.4.
(2)OJL206, 16.8.1996, p.43.
(3)OJL89,10.4.1968, p.3.
(4)OJL349, 31.12.1994, p.105.
(5)OJL214, 8.9.1995, p.16.(6)OJL387, 31.12.1992, p.1.
(7)OJL22,31.1.1995, p.1.
(8)OJL108, 1.5.1993, p.106.
(9)OJL188, 27.7.1996, p.22.
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety and directly applicable inallMember
States.
Done atBrussels, 7January 1998.
FortheCommission
Franz FISCHLER
Member oftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulation of7January 1998 fixing theexport refunds onwhite sugar
and raw sugar exported initsunaltered state
Product code Amount ofrefund
—ECU/100 kg—
1701 11909100 36,66 (1)
1701 11909910 32,35 (1)
1701 11909950 (2)
1701 12909100 36,66 (1)
1701 12909910 32,35 (1)
1701 12909950 (2)
—ECU/1 %ofsucrose ×100 kg—
1701 91009000 0,3985
—ECU/100 kg—
1701 99109100 39,85
1701 99109910 39,20
1701 99109950 39,20
—ECU/1 %ofsucrose ×100 kg—
1701 99909100 0,3985
(1)Applicable torawsugar with ayield of92%;iftheyield isother than 92%,
the refund applicable iscalculated inaccordance with the provisions of
Article 17a (4)ofRegulation (EEC) No1785/81.
(2)Fixing suspended byCommission Regulation (EEC) No2689/85 (OJL255, 26.
9.1985, p.12),asamended byRegulation (EEC) No3251/85 (OJL309, 21.11.
1985, p.14).