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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 255/98
of30January 1998
fixing the rates ofrefunds applicable tocertain products from the sugar sector
exported inthe form ofgoods not covered byAnnex IItothe Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European
Community,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
market insugar (1),aslast amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1599/96 (2)and inparticular Article 17(5)(a)and (15),
Whereas Article 17 (1) and (2) ofRegulation (EEC) No
1785/81 provides that the differences between the prices
ininternational trade for the products listed inArticle 1
(1)(a), (c), (d), (f),(g)and (h) ofthat Regulation and prices
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund where these products are exported inthe form of
goods listed in the Annex tothat Regulation; whereas
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of30May 1994
laying down common implementing rules for granting
export refunds on certain agricultural products exported
in the form ofgoods not covered by Annex IItothe
Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds (3)aslast amended by Regulation (EC) No
1909/97 (4)specifies the products for which arate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these
products are exported in the form of goods listed in
Annex ItoRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
Whereas, inaccordance with Article 4(1) ofRegulation
(EC) No 1222/94, the rate ofthe refund per 100 kilo-
grams for each ofthe basic products inquestion must be
fixed for each month;
Whereas Article 17 (3) ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81
and Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture
concluded under the Uruguay Round lay down that the
export refund for aproduct contained inagood may not
exceed the refund applicable to that product when
exported without further processing;
Whereas the refunds fixed under this Regulation may be
fixed inadvance; whereas the market situation over the
next few months cannot beestablished atthe moment;Whereas the commitments entered into with regard to
refunds which may be granted for the export ofagricul-
tural products contained ingoods not covered by Annex
IIto the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in
advance of high refund rates; whereas itistherefore
necessary totake precautionary measures insuch situa-
tions without, however, preventing the conclusion of
long-term contracts; whereas the fixing of aspecific
refund rate for the advance fixing ofrefunds isameasure
which enables these various objectives tobe met;
Whereas Article 4(5) (b) ofRegulation (EC) No 1222/94
provides that inthe absence ofthe proof referred toin
Article 4(5)(a)ofthat Regulation, areduced rate ofexport
refund has tobe fixed, taking account ofthe amount of
the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 (5),as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/96 (6),for the basic
product inquestion, used during the assumed period of
manufacture ofthe goods;
Whereas the measures provided for inthis Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates ofthe refunds applicable tothe basic products
appearing inAnnex AtoRegulation (EC) No 1222/94
and listed inArticle 1(1)and (2)ofRegulation (EEC) No
1785/81, exported inthe form ofgoods listed inAnnex I
toRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81, are fixed asshown in
the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1February 1998.
(1)OJL177, 1.7.1981, p.4.
(2)OJL206, 16. 8.1996, p.43.
(3)OJL136, 31. 5.1994, p.5.
(4)OJL268, 1.10. 1997, p.20.(5)OJL94, 9.4.1986, p.9.
(6)OJL150, 25. 6.1996, p.3.
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This Regulation shall be binding inits entirety and directly applicable inall Member
States.
Done atBrussels, 30 January 1998.
For the Commission
Hans VAN DEN BROEK
Member ofthe Commission
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1998 fixing the rates of the refunds
applicable tocertain products inthe sugar sector exported inthe form ofgoods not covered by
Annex IItothe Treaty
ProductRate ofrefund inECU/100 kg
In case of
advance fixing
ofrefundsOther
White sugar:
— pursuant toArticle 4(5)(b) ofRegulation (EC)
No 1222/945,53 5,53
— inall other cases 40,22 40,22
Raw sugar:
— pursuant toArticle 4(5)(b) ofRegulation (EC)
No 1222/945,09 5,09
— inall other cases 37,00 37,00
Syrups ofbeet sugar orcane sugar, other than the
syrups obtained by dissolving white orraw sugar in
the solid state, containing, inthe dry state, 85% or
more by weight ofsucrose (including invert sugar
expressed assucrose):
— pursuant toArticle 4(5)(b) ofRegulation (EC)
No 1222/945,53 (4)×S(1)
1005,53 (4)×S(1)
100
— inall other cases 40,22 (4)×S(1)
10040,22 (4)×S(1)
100
For syrups obtained bydissolving white orraw sugar
inthe solid state, whether ornot the dissolving is
followed by inversionthe rate fixed above for 100 kgofwhite orraw sugar
used for the dissolution
Molasses — —
Isoglucose (2):
— pursuant toArticle 4(5)(b) ofRegulation (EC)
No 1222/945,53 (3) 5,53 (3)
— inall other cases 40,22 (3) 40,22 (3)
(1)‘S’ represents in100 kilograms ofsyrup
— the sucrose content (including invert sugar expressed assucrose) ofthe syrup inquestion, where the latter isnot less
than 98% pure,
— the extractable sugar content ofthe syrup inquestion, where the latter isnot less than 85%, but less than 98%pure.
(2)Products obtained byisomerization ofglucose, which have acontent byweight inthe dry state ofatleast 41%fructose
and ofwhich the total content by weight inthe dry state ofpolysaccharides and oligosaccharides, including the di- or
trisaccharides content, does not exceed 8,5 %.
(3)Amount ofrefund per 100 kilograms ofdry matter.
(4)The basic amount isnot applicable tothe product defined under point 2ofthe Annex toCommission Regulation (EEC)
No 3513/92 (OJ No L355, 5.12. 1992, p.12).