NoL51/22PEN!OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.96
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No373/96
of29February1996
fixingtheratesofrefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugarsector
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
tionswithout,however,preventingtheconclusionof
long-termcontracts;whereasthefixingofaspecific
refundratefortheadvancefixingofrefundsisameasure
whichenablesthesevariousobjectivestobemet;
WhereasArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94
providesthatintheabsenceoftheproofreferredtoin
Article4(5)(a)ofthatRegulation,areducedrateofexport
refundhastobefixed,takingaccountoftheamountof
theproductionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1010/86(s),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EC)No1101/95,forthebasicproductin
question,usedduringtheassumedperiodofmanufacture
ofthegoods;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No990/93(6)as
amendedbyRegulation (EC)No1380/95Q,prohibits
tradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandtheFederal
RepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);whereas
thisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsituationsas
comprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7thereof
andinCouncilRegulation(EC)No2185/95(8);whereas
accountshouldbetakenofthiswhenfixingthefunds;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1101/95(2)andinparticularArticle17(5)(a)and(15),
WhereasArticle17(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81providesthatthedifferencesbetweentheprices
ininternationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a),(c),(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofthatRegulationandprices
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformof
goodslistedintheAnnextothatRegulation;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1222/94of30May1994
layingdowncommonimplementing rulesforgranting
exportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexported
intheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatyandthecriteriaforfixingtheamountofsuch
refunds(3)aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
229/96(4)specifiestheproductsforwhicharateofrefund
shouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsare
exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No1222/94,therateoftherefundper100kilo­
gramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbe
fixedforeachmonth;
WhereasArticle17(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
andArticle11oftheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedundertheUruguayRoundlaydownthatthe
exportrefundforaproductcontainedinagoodmaynot
exceedtherefundapplicabletothatproductwhen
exportedwithoutfurtherprocessing,
WhereastherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybe
fixedinadvance;whereasthemarketsituationoverthe
nextfewmonthscannotbeestablishedatthemoment;
Whereasthecommitments enteredintowithregardto
refundswhichmaybegrantedfortheexportofagricul­
turalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnex
IItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixingin
advanceofhighrefundrates;whereasitistherefore
necessarytotakeprecautionary measuresinsuchsitua­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasic
productsappearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No
1222/94andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81,exportedintheformofgoodslisted
inAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,arefixedas
shownintheAnnexhereto.
2.RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicof
Yugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro)maybegrantedonly
wheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No
990/93asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No2815/95are
observed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1996.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
2OJNoL110,17.5.1995,p.1.(s)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(6)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.0OJNoL138,21.6.1995,p.1.0OJNoL297,9.12.1995,p.1.(3)OJNoL136,31.5.1994,p.5.h)OJNoL30,8.2.1996,p.24.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29February1996.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof29February1996fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
ProductRateofrefundinECU/100kg
Incaseof
advancefixing
ofrefundsOther
Whitesugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases0
36,351,69
39,35
Rawsugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases0
33,441,55
36,20
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar,otherthanthe
syrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugarin
thesolidstate,containing,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugar
expressedassucrose):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercasesonxso
100
36,35(4)xS(■)
1001,69(4)xS(')
100
39,35(*)xS(')
100
Forsyrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugar
inthesolidstate,whetherornotthedissolvingis
followedbyinversiontheratefixedabovefor100kgofwhiteorrawsugar
usedforthedissolution
Molasses — —
Isoglucose(2):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercaseso0
36,35(3)1,690
39,35(3)
(')'Srepresentsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotless
than98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerization ofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%fructose
andofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,includingthedi-or
trisaccharides content,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(')Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.
(*)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2oftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).