NoL25/10HenIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.2.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No173/96
of31January1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,1101/95,totheproductslistedintheAnnextothelast
mentionedRegulation ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakesaccount,onthe
onehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithout
deficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixed
andquotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproductsin
themanufactureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothird
countriesandtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbrought
inunderinwardprocessingarrangements ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1101/95(2),andinparticularArticle17(5)
thereof,
WhereasArticle17ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund:Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
WhereasArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No
2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrules
ofapplicationforthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugar
sector(3),providesthattheexportrefundon100kilo­
gramsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothebasicamount
multipliedbythesucrosecontent,including,where
appropriate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereas
thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle3ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EC)No2135/95;WhereasArticle17ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and
(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;whereastherefundmustbe
fixedper100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountof
theexportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheintendedexports;whereas,inthecaseof
theproductsreferredtointhesaidArticle(1)(f)and(g),
therefundistobegrantedonlyforproductscomplying
withtheconditionsinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No
2135/95;whereas,fortheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(h),therefundshallbegrantedonlyforproducts
complyingwiththeconditionsinArticle6ofRegulation
(EC)No2135/95;
WhereasArticle17(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1010/86of25March1986layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(4),lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)NoWhereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL110,17.5.1995,p.1.
(3)OJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.
(4)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation;

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,
exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbesetoutintheAnnex
hereto.WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93('),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95(2),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No2815/95(3);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
*
(')OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
(2)OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
P)OJNoL297,9.12.1995,p.1.

NoL25/12rgNl OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.2.96
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1996fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
l—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
17024010100 40,640(3)
17026010000 40,64(2)0
17026090200 77,2200
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
17026090800 0,4064(')0
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
17029030000 40,64O0
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
17029060000 0,4064O0
17029071000 0,4064(')0
17029099900 0,4064O00
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
21069030000 40,64O0
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
21069059000 0,4064(-)0
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure
(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.
(2)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No1469/77.
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(Serbiaand
Montenegro )maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No2815/95areobserved.
(4)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2ofthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).
(*)ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle13(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No394/70.
NB:Theproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamended
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.12.
1987,p.1).