NoL239/34EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.8.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1703/97
of29August1997
fixingtheratesofrefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugarsector
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1599/96(2)andinparticularArticle17(5)(a)and(15),Whereasthecommitments enteredintowithregardto
refundswhichmaybegrantedfortheexportofagricul­
turalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnex
IItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixingin
advanceofhighrefundrates;whereasitistherefore
necessarytotakeprecautionary measuresinsuchsitua­
tionswithout,however,preventingtheconclusionof
long-termcontracts;whereasthefixingofaspecific
refundratefortheadvancefixingofrefundsisameasure
whichenablesthesevariousobjectivestobemet;
WhereasArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94
providesthatintheabsenceoftheproofreferredtoin
Article4(5)(a)ofthatRegulation ,areducedrateofexport
refundhastobefixed,takingaccountoftheamountof
theproductionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1010/86(5),aslastamendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1126/96(6),forthebasic
productinquestion,usedduringtheassumedperiodof
manufactureofthegoods;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,WhereasArticle17(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81providesthatthedifferencesbetweentheprices
ininternationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a),(c),(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofthatRegulationandprices
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformof
goodslistedintheAnnextothatRegulation;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994
layingdowncommonimplementing rulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatyandthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3)aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
1341/97(4)specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No1222/94,therateoftherefundper100kilo­
gramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbe
fixedforeachmonth;Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasicproducts
appearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No1222/94
andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexI
toRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,arefixedasshownin
theAnnexhereto.WhereasArticle17(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
andArticle11oftheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedundertheUruguayRoundlaydownthatthe
exportrefundforaproductcontainedinagoodmaynot
exceedtherefundapplicabletothatproductwhen
exportedwithoutfurtherprocessing;
Article2WhereastherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybe
fixedinadvance;whereasthemarketsituationoverthe
nextfewmonthscannotbeestablishedatthemoment;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1997.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
(3)OJNoL136,31.5.1994,p.5.HOJNoL184,12.7.1997,p.12.oOJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(')OJNoL150,25.6.1996,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29August1997.
FortheCommission
RittBJERREGAARD
MemberoftheCommission

NoL239/36EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.8.97
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof29August1997fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
ProductRateofrefundinECU/100kg
Incaseof
advancefixing
ofrefundsOther
Whitesugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases3,33
37,403,33
37,40
Rawsugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases3,06
34,403,06
34,40
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar,otherthanthe
syrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugarin
thesolidstate,containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugar
expressedassucrose):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases3,33(4)xS(')
100
37,40(4)xS(')
1003,33(4)xS(')
100
37,40(4)xS(')
100
Forsyrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugar
inthesolidstate,whetherornotthedissolvingis
followedbyinversiontheratefixedabovefor100kgofwhiteorrawsugar
usedforthedissolution
Molasses — —
Isoglucose(2):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases3,33(3)
37,40(3)3,33(3)
37,400
(')'Srepresentsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotless
than98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerizationofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%fructose
andofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,includingthedi-or
trisaccharides content,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(3)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.
(4)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2oftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).