EN Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 2. 98 L 48/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 377/98
of 18 February 1998
fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of themarkets in the sugar sector (
1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the
first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those productswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that
when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured andexported in its unaltered state, are being fixed accountmust be taken of the situation on the Community andworld markets in sugar and in particular of the price andcost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;whereas the same Article provides that the economicaspect of the proposed exports should also be taken intoaccount;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined inArticle 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 of 9April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugarand fixing the Community frontier crossing point forcalculating cif prices for sugar (
3), as amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas candy sugar isdefined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7September 1995 laying down detailed rules of applicationfor the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (
5);
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containingadded flavouring or colouring matter must apply to theirsucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of thesaid content;Whereas the world market situation or the specific
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary tovary the refund for sugar according to destination;
Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
be fixed by other legal instruments;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (
6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (7), are used
to convert amounts expressed in third country currenciesand are used as the basis for determining the agriculturalconversion rates of the Member States’ currencies;whereas detailed rules on the application and determina-tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu-lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (
8), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1482/96 (9);
Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
to the present situation on the market in sugar and inparticular to quotations or prices for sugar within theCommunity and on the world market that the refundshould be as set out in the Annex hereto;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1)
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured andexported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to theamounts shown in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 February
1998.
(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43. (6) OJ L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. (7) OJ L 22, 31. 1. 1995, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. (8) OJ L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(5) OJ L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16. (9) OJ L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.2.98 L48/12
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1998.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18February1998fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
¾ECU/100kg¾
170111909100 37,00(1)
170111909910 34,87(1)
170111909950 (2)
170112909100 37,00(1)
170112909910 34,87(1)
170112909950 (2)
¾ECU/1%ofsucrose×100kg¾
170191009000 0,4022
¾ECU/100kg¾
170199109100 40,22
170199109910 40,79
170199109950 40,79
¾ECU/1%ofsucrose×100kg¾
170199909100 0,4022
(1)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJL255,26.
9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJL309,21.11.
1985,p.14).