EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.1999 L256/59
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2087/1999
of 30 September 1999
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar(
1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
(1)Whereas Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No1785/81providesthatthedifferencesbetweenthepricesininternationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1(1) (a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation andprices within the Community may be covered by anexportrefundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheform of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994layingdowncommonimplementingrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIto the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount ofsuchrefunds(
2)aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
1702/1999(3)specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseprod-uctsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexIto Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999;
(2)Whereas, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation(EC) No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilo-gramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbefixed for each month;
(3)WhereasArticle18(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999and Article 11 of the Agreement on AgricultureconcludedundertheUruguayRoundlaydownthattheexport refund for a product contained in a good maynot exceed the refund applicable to that product whenexported without further processing;
(4)WhereastherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybefixedinadvance;whereasthemarketsituationoverthenextfewmonthscannotbeestablishedatthemoment;(5)Whereas the commitments entered into with regard torefundswhichmaybegrantedfortheexportofagricul-turalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexI to the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing inadvance of high refund rates; whereas it is thereforenecessarytotakeprecautionarymeasuresinsuchsitua-tions without, however, preventing the conclusion oflong-term contracts; whereas the fixing of a specificrefund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is ameasure which enables these various objectives to bemet;
(6)WhereasArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94providesthatintheabsenceoftheproofreferredtoinArticle 4(5)(a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate ofexport refund has to be fixed, taking account of theamountoftheproductionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86(
4), as last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98,for the basic product in question, used during theassumed period of manufacture of the goods;
(7)WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSugarhasnotdelivered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 30. (4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.Done at Brussels, 30 September 1999.
For the Commission
Mario MONTI
Member of the Commission
White sugar:RateofrefundinEUR/100 kgANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain
products in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
48,67— 2,75 — pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1222/94
— — in all other casesIncaseof
advancefixingof
refundsProduct
Other