Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/1999 of 31 August 1999 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 1999-08-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

1. 9. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1874/1999

of 31 August 1999

fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

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 organisation of the market in
sugar (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1148/98 (2) and in particular Article 17(5) (a) and (15),

(1) Whereas Article 17 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1785/81 provides that the differences between the prices
in international trade for the products listed in Article 1
(1) (a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and
prices within the Community may be covered by an
export refund where these products are exported in the
form of goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation;
whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30
May 1994 laying down common implementing rules for
granting export refunds on certain agricultural products
exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I
to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of
such refunds (3) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1702/1999 (4) specifies the products for which a rate of
refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-
ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I
to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;

(2) Whereas, in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilo-
grams for each of the basic products in question must be
fixed for each month;

(5) Whereas the commitments entered into with regard to
refunds which may be granted for the export of agricul-
tural products contained in goods not covered by Annex
I to the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in
advance of high refund rates; whereas it is therefore
necessary to take precautionary measures in such situa-
tions without, however, preventing the conclusion of
long-term contracts; whereas the fixing of a specific
refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a
measure which enables these various objectives to be
met;

(6) Whereas Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
provides that in the absence of the proof referred to in
that Regulation, a reduced rate of
Article 4(5)(a) of
export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the
amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 (5), as
last
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98,
in question, used during the
for the basic product
assumed period of manufacture of the goods;

(7) Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not
delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(3) Whereas Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
the Agreement on Agriculture
and Article 11 of
concluded under the Uruguay Round lay down that the
export refund for a product contained in a good may
not exceed the refund applicable to that product when
exported without further processing;

The rates of
the refunds applicable to the basic products
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 and
listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81,
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
(EEC) No 1785/81, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.

(4) Whereas the refunds fixed under this Regulation may be
fixed in advance; whereas the market situation over the
next few months cannot be established at the moment;

Article 2

(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 30.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 1999.

(5) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.

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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

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1999 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

ANNEX

Product

White sugar:

— pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No

1222/94

— in all other cases

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of
advance fixing of
refunds

—

—

Other

0,56

47,30