EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 8. 1999 L 212/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1777/1999
of 11 August 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
June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in thesugar 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 1785/81provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those productswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund;
(2) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides thatwhen refunds 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 17a of that Regulation;whereas the same Article provides that the economicaspect of the proposed exports should also be taken intoaccount;
(3) Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed inrespect of the standard quality; whereas the latter isdefined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No431/68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standardquality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontiercrossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (
3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas,
furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordancewith Article 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;whereas candy sugar is defined in Commission Regula-tion (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 layingdown detailed rules of application for the grant of
export refunds in the sugar sector (
5); whereas 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) Whereas the world market situation or the specificrequirements of certain markets may make it necessaryto vary the refund for sugar according to destination;
(5) Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund maybe 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 aboveto 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) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Cereals,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, 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 12 August 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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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 11 August 1999.
For the Commission
Monika WULF-MATHIES
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 11 August 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
exported in its unaltered state
Product code Amount of refund
— EUR/100 kg —
1701 11 90 9100 42,21 (1)
1701 11 90 9910 42,78 (1)
1701 11 90 9950 (2)
1701 12 90 9100 42,21 (1)
1701 12 90 9910 42,78 (1)
1701 12 90 9950 (2)
— EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
1701 91 00 9000 0,4589
— EUR/100 kg —
1701 99 10 9100 45,89
1701 99 10 9910 46,50
1701 99 10 9950 46,50
— EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
1701 99 90 9100 0,4589
(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 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).