31.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No728/94
of30March1994
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,(EEC)No1400/78of20June1978layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustryQ,totheproductslistedintheAnnex
tothelastmentionedRegulation;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No133/94(2),andinparticularArticle19(4)
thereof,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 ;WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund:
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthattheexport
refundon100kilogramsoftheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothe
basicamountmultipliedbythesucrosecontent,includ­
ing,whereappropriate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;
whereasthesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionis
determinedinaccordancewithArticle13ofCommission
Regulation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970ondetailed
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1684/92(^;WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArtide1(1)(f)and
(g)ofthatRegulation;whereastherefundmustbefixed
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountofthe
exportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andoftheeconomic
aspectsoftheintendedexports;whereastherefundisto
begrantedonlyforproductscomplyingwiththecondi­
tionsinArticle3ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1469/77of30June1977layingdownrulesforapplying
thelevyandtherefundinrespectofisoglucoseand
amendingRegulation(EEC)No192/75(8),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1714/88(9);WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL22,27.1.1994,p.7.0OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(*)OJNoL176,30.6.1992,p.31.0OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9.
(8)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.9.0OJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.

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tionsascomprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7
thereof;whereasaccountshouldbetakenofthisfact
whenfixingtherefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92Q,as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(2),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(3),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94(4);
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(*)prohi­
bitstradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);
whereasthisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsitua­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbesetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(2)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.h)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(<)OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.ftOJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.

31.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/29
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1994fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
17024010100 33,00(2)(3)
17026010000 33,00(2)(3)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
17026090000 0,3300(')(3)
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
17029030000 33,00(2)(3)
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
17029060000 0,3300(')(3)
17029071000 0,330000
17029090900 0,3300000
—ECU/100kgdrymatter—
21069030000 33,0000
—ECU/1%sucrosex100kg—
21069059000 0,330000
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure
(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordance
withArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.
(2)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No1469/77.
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMonte­
negro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No990/93areobserved.
(4)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2ofthe
AnnextoRegulation(EEC)No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinCommission
Regulation(EEC)No3846/87(OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3567/93(OJNoL327,
28.12.1993,p.1).