Commission Regulation (EC) No 587/2003 of 31 March 2003 altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
Date: 2003-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, raw sugar, white sugar

1.4.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 587/2003

of 31 March 2003

altering the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 third subparagraph of
Article 27(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

The refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in
the natural state were fixed by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 550/2003 (3).

It follows from applying the detailed rules contained in
Regulation (EC) No 550/2003 to the information known
to the Commission that the export refunds at present in
force should be altered to the amounts set out in the
Annex hereto,

Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of
Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, undenatured and exported in
the natural state, as fixed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
550/2003 are hereby altered to the amounts shown in the
Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2003.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 81, 28.3.2003, p. 19.

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ANNEX

REFUNDS ON WHITE SUGAR AND RAW SUGAR EXPORTED WITHOUT FURTHER PROCESSING

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1701 11 90 9100

1701 11 90 9910

1701 12 90 9100

1701 12 90 9910

1701 91 00 9000

1701 99 10 9100

1701 99 10 9910

1701 99 10 9950

1701 99 90 9100

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

S00

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

40,93 (1)

40,93 (1)

40,93 (1)

40,93 (1)

EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg product net

0,4449

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg of net
product

44,49

44,49

44,49

0,4449

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 1779/2002 (OJ L 269, 5.10.2002, p.
6).

The other destinations are:
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 in UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999) and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, save for sugar incorporated in 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) This amount is applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %. Where the yield for exported raw sugar differs from 92 %, the refund

amount applicable shall be calculated in accordance with Article 28(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.