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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 455/2000
of 28 February 2000
fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by AnnexI to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganisationofthemarketinsugar(
1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
Whereas:
(1)Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
providesthatthedifferencesbetweenthepricesininter-national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and priceswithin the Community may be covered by an exportrefundwheretheseproductsareexportedintheformofgoods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-sion Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994laying down common implementing rules for grantingexportrefundsoncertainagriculturalproductsexportedin the form of goods not covered by Annex I to theTreaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of suchrefunds(
2),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No238/
2000(3), specifies the products for which a rate of
refundshouldbefixed,tobeappliedwheretheseprod-uctsareexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexIto Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
(2)In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms foreachofthebasicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach month.
(3)Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 andArticle 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concludedunder the Uruguay Round lay down that the exportrefund for a product contained in a good may notexceed the refund applicable to that product whenexported without further processing.
(4)TherefundsfixedunderthisRegulationmaybefixedinadvance as the market situation over the next fewmonths cannot be established at the moment.(5)The commitments entered into with regard to refundswhich may be granted for the export of agriculturalproductscontainedingoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexItotheTreatymaybejeopardizedbythefixinginadvanceof high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to takeprecautionary measures in such situations without,however, preventing the conclusion of long-termcontracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for theadvance fixing of refunds is a measure which enablesthese various objectives to be met.
(6)Article4(5)(b)ofRegulation(EC)No1222/94providesthat in the absence of the proof referred to in Article4(5)(a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of exportrefundhastobefixed,takingaccountoftheamountofthe production refund applicable, pursuant to CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 1010/86(
4), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98(5), for the
basic product in question, used during the assumedperiod of manufacture of the goods.
(7)Itisnecessarytoensurecontinuityofstrictmanagementtakingaccountofexpenditureforecastsasndfundsavail-able in the budget.
(8)TheManagementCommitteeforSugarhasnotdeliveredan opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 andlistedinArticle1(1)and(2)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,exportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EC)No2038/1999,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 2000.
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5. (4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 45. (5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000.
For the Commission
Erkki LIIKANEN
Member of the Commission
White sugar:RateofrefundinEUR/100 kgANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain products
in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
46,991,27 1,27 — pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1222/94
46,99 — in all other casesIncaseof
advancefixingof
refundsProduct
Other