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 Annex I to the Treaty
Date: 2000-02-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

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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 Annex I to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

The commitments entered into with regard to refunds
which may be granted for the export of agricultural
products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to
the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advance
of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take
in such situations without,
precautionary measures
long-term
however, preventing the
contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the
advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
these various objectives to be met.

conclusion of

(6)

(7)

(8)

Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 provides
that in the absence of the proof referred to in Article
4(5)(a) of
that Regulation, a reduced rate 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 (4), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98 (5), for the
basic product
in question, used during the assumed
period of manufacture of the goods.

It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
taking account of expenditure forecasts asnd funds avail-
able in the budget.

The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in
sugar (1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),

Whereas:

(f),

(d),

Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the differences between the prices in inter-
national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),
(g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices
(c),
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. Commis-
sion 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 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 238/
2000 (3), 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 (EC) No 2038/1999.

(1)

(2)

(3)

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for
each of the basic products in question must be fixed for
each month.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 and
Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture 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 refunds applicable to the basic products
The rates of
appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 and
listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.

(4)

The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in
few
advance as the market situation over the next
months cannot be established at the moment.

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.
(3) OJ L 24, 29.1.2000, p. 45.

(4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 February 2000.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

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

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

1,27

46,99

Other

1,27

46,99