EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 1999 L 231/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1878/1999
of 31 August 1999
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30
June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in thesugar sector (
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5) thereof,
(1) Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81provides that the difference between quotations or priceson the world market for the products listed in Article 1(1) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those productswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefund;
(2) Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailedrules of application for the grant of export refunds inthe sugar sector (
3), provides that the export refund on
100 kilograms of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basicamount multiplied by the sucrose content, including,where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose;whereas the sucrose content of the product in questionis determined in accordance with Article 3 of Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(3) Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorboseexported in the natural state must be equal to the basicamount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc-tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying downgeneral rules for the production refund on sugar used inthe chemical industry (
4), as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98, to the products listed in the Annex tothe last mentioned Regulation;
(4) Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the otherproducts listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC)No 1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equalto one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on
the one hand, of the difference between the interventionprice for white sugar for the Community areas withoutdeficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixedand 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) Whereas the application of the basic amount may belimited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
(6) Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81makes provision for setting refunds for export in thenatural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (f)and (g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refundmust be fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, takingaccount of the export refund for products falling withinCN code 1702 30 91 and for products referred to inArticle 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and ofthe economic aspects of the intended exports; whereas,in the case of the products referred to in the said Article(1) (f) and (g), the refund is to be granted only forproducts complying with the conditions in Article 5 ofRegulation (EC) No 2135/95; whereas, for the productsreferred to in Article 1 (1) (h), the refund shall begranted only for products complying with the condi-tions in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95;
(7) Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixedevery month; whereas they may be altered in the inter-vening period;
(8) Whereas application of these quotas results in fixingrefunds for the products in question at the levels givenin the Annex to this Regulation;
(9) Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has notdelivered an opinion within the time limit set by itschairman,(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 1999 L 231/18
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No
1785/81, exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 31 August 1999.
For the Commission
Karel VAN MIERT
Member of the Commission
EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 1999 L 231/19
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1999 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar
products exported in the natural state
Product code Amount of refund
— EUR/100 kg dry matter —
1702 40 10 9100 47,30 (2)
1702 60 10 9000 47,30 (2)
1702 60 80 9100 89,87 (4)
— EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
1702 60 95 9000 0,4730 (1)
— EUR/100 kg dry matter —
1702 90 30 9000 47,30 (2)
— EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
1702 90 60 9000 0,4730 (1)
1702 90 71 9000 0,4730 (1)
1702 90 99 9900 0,4730 (1)(3)
— EUR/100 kg dry matter —
2106 90 30 9000 47,30 (2)
— EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
2106 90 59 9000 0,4730 (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) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(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) Applicable only to products defined under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
NB:The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).