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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 678/2000
of 31 March 2000
fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketsin the sugar sector(
1), and in particular the second subpara-
graph of Article 18(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
thatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunity may be covered by an export refund.
(2)Article3ofCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplica-tion for the grant of export refunds in the sugarsector(
2), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo-
grams of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) ofRegulation (EC) No 2038/1999 is equal to the basicamount multiplied by the sucrose content, including,where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose;thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisdeter-mined in accordance with Article 3 of CommissionRegulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3)Article21(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredthoftheproductionrefundapplicable, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthechemicalindustry(
3),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1148/98(4),totheproductslistedintheAnnex
to the last mentioned Regulation;
(4)According to the terms of Article 21(1) of Regulation(EC)No2038/1999,thebasicamountoftherefundonthe other products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of the saidRegulationexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithoutdeficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand quotations or prices for white sugar on the worldmarket and, on the other, of the need to establish abalance between the use of Community basic productsin the manufacture of processed goods for export tothird countries and the use of third country productsbrought in under inward processing arrangements.
(5)According to the terms of Article 21(4) of Regulation(EC)No2038/1999,theapplicationofthebasicamountmaybelimitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d) of the said Regulation.
(6)Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 makesprovision for setting refunds for export in the naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and(g)and(h)ofthatRegulation;therefundmustbefixedper100kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the exportrefundforproductsfallingwithinCNcode17023091andforproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula-tion(EC)No2038/1999andoftheeconomicaspectsoftheintendedexports;inthecaseoftheproductsreferredto in the said Article (1)(f) and (g), the refund is to begranted only for products complying with the condi-tions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95; forthe products referred to in Article 1(1)(h), the refundshall be granted only for products complying with theconditionsinArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(7)The refunds referred to above must be fixed everymonth; they may be altered in the intervening period.
(8)ApplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixingrefundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenintheAnnexto this Regulation.
(9)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(4) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)(f)(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,
exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 2000 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar
products exported inthe n atural state
Productcode Amountofrefund
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170240109100 46,41 (2)
170260109000 46,41 (2)
170260809100 88,18 (4)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170260959000 0,4641(1)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
170290309000 46,41 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
170290609000 0,4641(1)
170290719000 0,4641(1)
170290999900 0,4641(1)(3)
— EUR/100 kgdrymatter —
210690309000 46,41 (2)
— EUR/1%sucrose×100 kg —
210690599000 0,4641(1)
(1) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85% pure
(Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance withArticle 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(
2) ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
(3) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).
(4) ApplicableonlytoproductsdefinedunderArticle6ofRegulation(EC)No2135/95.
NB:TheproductcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).