19.12.96EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL329/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2408/96
of18December 1996
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(6),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No1380/95f7),prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No462/96(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthisfactwhenfixingthe
refunds;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of1June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(2),andinparticularpoint(a)ofthe
firstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1785/81providesthat
whenrefundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinitsunalteredstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunityand
worldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle17aofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(3),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No3290/94(4);whereas,furthermore ,this
refundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle17a(4)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;whereascandysugaris
definedinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7
September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplication
forthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugarsectorQ;
whereastherefundthuscalculatedforsugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmattermustapplytotheir
sucrosecontentand,accordingly ,befixedper1%ofthe
saidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(9),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(l0),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93("),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96(12);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
Whereas,inthelightoftheamendmentintroducedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/96(13),thefigure9
afterthefirsteightdigitscorresponding tothecombined
nomenclaturesubheadingsshouldberegardedasforming
partoftherefundnomenclature codefrom1January
1997;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
(6)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.
(8)OJNoL65,15.3.1996,p.1.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
HOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(")OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(12)OJNoL188,27.7.1996,p.22.
03OJNoL161,29.6.1996,p.62.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
1OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(4)OJNoL349,31.12.1994,p.105.
(5)OJNoL214,8.9.1995,p.16.

NoL329/4 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.96
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtotheamounts
shownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19December1996.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18December1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18December1996fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexported ,initsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 40,19(')
17011190910 38,19(')
17011190950 0
17011290100 40,19(')
17011290910 38,19(■)
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 0,4369
—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 43,69
17019910910 43,29
17019910950 43,29
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,4369
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92/o,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(Serbiaand
Montenegro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninamended
Regulation(EEC)No990/93andRegulation(EC)No462/96areobserved.