Commission Regulation (EC) No 431/2003 of 7 March 2003 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing
Date: 2003-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: beet sugar, export (EU), export refund, isoglucose, syrup

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 431/2003

of 7 March 2003

fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further
processing

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 markets in the
sugar sector (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 680/2002 (2), and in particular the second subparagraph of
Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, the
difference between world market quotations or prices
for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regula-
tion and prices in the Community may be covered by
export refunds.

Under Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed
rules of application for the grant of export refunds in
the sugar sector (3), the export refund on 100 kilograms
of the products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 is equal to the basic amount multi-
plied by the sucrose content plus, where applicable,
other
sugars calculated in sucrose equivalent. The
sucrose content of the product in question is determined
in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2135/95.

the refund less one-hundredth of

Under Article 30(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported
without further processing is equal to the basic amount
of
the production
refund in force, set
in accordance with Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June 2001 laying
down detailed rules for the application of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 as regards granting the production
refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical
industry (4), to the products listed in the Annex to that
Regulation.

Under Article 30(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
the basic amount of the refund on the other products
that Regulation exported
listed in Article 1(1)(d) of
without
to one-
further processing must be equal
hundredth of an amount obtained by taking account, on
the one hand, of the difference between the intervention
price for white sugar for the non-deficit Community
areas for the month for which the basic amount is fixed

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 63.

and the quotations or prices for white sugar recorded on
the world market and, on the other, of the need to strike
a balance between the use of Community basic products
in the manufacture of processed goods for export to
third countries and the use of third country products
brought in under inward-processing arrangements.

Under Article 30(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
the application of the basic amount may be restricted to
specific products listed in Article 1(1)(d) of that Regula-
tion.

refund for products

Under Article 27(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
refunds may be granted for export without
further
processing of the products listed in Article 1(1)(f), (g)
and (h) of that Regulation. The refund must be fixed per
100 kilograms of dry matter taking particular account of
falling within CN code
the
1702 30 91 and for the products listed in Article 1(1)(d)
of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 and of the economic
aspects of
the
products listed in Article (1)(1)(f) and (g) of that Regula-
tion, the refund is granted only to products complying
with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
2135/95, and in the case of the products listed in Article
1(1)(h),
to products
refund is granted only
complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation
(EC) No 2135/95.

the planned exports.

In the case of

the

The above refunds must be fixed every month. They
may be altered in the intervening period.

Under the first subparagraph of Article 27(5) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/2001, the situation on the world
market or the specific requirements of certain markets
may make it necessary to vary the refund for the
products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation, depending
on their destination.

The significant and rapid increase in preferential imports
of sugar from the countries of the western Balkans since
the start of 2001 and in exports of Community sugar to
those countries appears to be highly artificial in nature.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

To prevent any abuse through reimportation into the
European Union of sugar products in receipt of an
export refund, no refund should be fixed for the coun-
tries of the western Balkans for the products listed in this
Regulation.

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(11)

(12)

In light of the above, the refunds for the products in question should be set at the appropriate rates.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(d)(f)(g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001,
exported without further processing, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

EXPORT REFUNDS ON SYRUPS AND CERTAIN OTHER SUGAR PRODUCTS EXPORTED WITHOUT
FURTHER PROCESSING

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1702 40 10 9100

1702 60 10 9000

1702 60 80 9100

1702 60 95 9000

1702 90 30 9000

1702 90 60 9000

1702 90 71 9000

1702 90 99 9900

2106 90 30 9000

2106 90 59 9000

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/100 kg dry matter

43,75 (1)

43,75 (1)

83,13 (2)

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of product net

0,4375 (3)

EUR/100 kg dry matter

43,75 (1)

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of product net

0,4375 (3)

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of product net

0,4375 (3)

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of product net

0,4375 (3) (4)

EUR/100 kg dry matter

43,75 (1)

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of product net

0,4375 (3)

NB The product codes and the 'A' series destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ

L 366, 24.12.1987, p. 1).
The numeric destination codes are set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2020/2001 (OJ L 273, 16.10.2001,
p. 6).

The other destinations are defined as follows:
S00: all destinations (third countries, other territories, victualling and destinations treated as exports from the
Community) with the exception of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro
(including Kosovo as defined by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999) and
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, except for sugar incorporated into the products referred to in
Article 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 (OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29).

(1) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
(3) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is deter-

mined in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.

(4) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92

(OJ 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).