Commission Regulation (EC) No 1170/2002 of 28 June 2002 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: 2002-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, primary product, processed foodstuff, sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1170/2002

of 28 June 2002

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 (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the market in su-
gar (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/
2002 (2), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 27(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1260/2001
provides that the differences between the prices in inter-
national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),
(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices with-
in 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. Commission Reg-
ulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000 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 cri-
teria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1052/2002 (4), specifies
the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed,
to be applied where these products are exported in the
form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001.

In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for
each of the basic products in question must be fixed for
each month.

Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and Arti-
cle 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 re-
fund applicable to that product when exported without
further processing.

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 160, 18.6.2002, p. 16.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

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

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

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in ac-
cordance with the opinion of the Management Commit-
tee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products ap-
pearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 2002.

For the Commission

Erkki LIIKANEN

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 2002 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

Product

White sugar:

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of
advance fixing of
refunds

45,70

Other

45,70