1.11.97 IEN1OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L298/55
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2173/97
of31October1997
fixingtheratesofrefundsapplicabletocertainproductsfromthesugarsector
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1599/96(2)andinparticularArticle17(5)(a)and(15),Whereasthecommitmentsenteredintowithregardto
refundswhichmaybegrantedfortheexportofagricul­
turalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnex
IItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixingin
advanceofhighrefundrates;whereasitistherefore
necessarytotakeprecautionary measuresinsuchsitua­
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(5),aslastamendedby
CommissionRegulation(EC)No1126/96(%forthebasic
productinquestion,usedduringtheassumedperiodof
manufactureofthegoods;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,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(*)aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
1909/97(4)specifiestheproductsforwhicharateof
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwherethese
productsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedin
AnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No1785/81;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EC)No1222/94,therateoftherefundper100kilo­
gramsforeachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbe
fixedforeachmonth;Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicabletothebasicproducts
appearinginAnnexAtoRegulation(EC)No1222/94
andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexI
toRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,arefixedasshownin
theAnnexhereto.WhereasArticle17(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
andArticle11oftheAgreementonAgriculture
concludedundertheUruguayRoundlaydownthatthe
exportrefundforaproductcontainedinagoodmaynot
exceedtherefundapplicabletothatproductwhen
exportedwithoutfurtherprocessing;
Article2WhereastherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybe
fixedinadvance;whereasthemarketsituationoverthe
nextfewmonthscannotbeestablishedatthemoment;ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1997.
(')OJL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
0OJL136,31.5.1994,p.5.
4)OJL268,1.10.1997,p.20.0OJL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(«)OJL150,25.6.1996,p.3

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31October1997.
FortheCommission
MartinBANGEMANN
MemberoftheCommission

I.II.97PEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities L298/57
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof31October1997fixingtheratesoftherefunds
applicabletocertainproductsinthesugarsectorexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
ProductRateofrefundinECU/100kg
Incaseof
advancefixing
ofrefundsOther
Whitesugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases8,57
40,568,57
40,56
Rawsugar:
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation (EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases7,89
37,317,89
37,31
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugar,otherthanthe
syrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugarin
thesolidstate,containing ,inthedrystate,85%or
morebyweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugar
expressedassucrose):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases8,57(4)xS(') 8,57(4)xS(')
100
40,56(4)xS(')
100100
40,56(4)xS(')
100
Forsyrupsobtainedbydissolvingwhiteorrawsugar
inthesolidstate,whetherornotthedissolvingis
followedbyinversiontheratefixedabovefor100kgofwhiteorrawsugar
usedforthedissolution
Molasses— —
Isoglucose(2):
—pursuanttoArticle4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)
No1222/94
—inallothercases8,570
40,5608,57f)
40,56f)
(')'S'representsin100kilogramsofsyrup
—thesucrosecontent(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)ofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotless
than98%pure,
—theextractablesugarcontentofthesyrupinquestion,wherethelatterisnotlessthan85%,butlessthan98%pure.
(2)Productsobtainedbyisomerizationofglucose,whichhaveacontentbyweightinthedrystateofatleast41%fructose
andofwhichthetotalcontentbyweightinthedrystateofpolysaccharides andoligosaccharides ,includingthedi-or
trisaccharides content,doesnotexceed8,5%.
(-1)Amountofrefundper100kilogramsofdrymatter.
(4)Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletotheproductdefinedunderpoint2oftheAnnextoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3513/92(OJNoL355,5.12.1992,p.12).