Commission Regulation (EC) No 1908/2003 of 30 October 2003 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
Date: 2003-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, raw sugar, white sugar

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Official Journal of the European Union

31.10.2003

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1908/2003

of 30 October 2003

fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
that the difference between quotations or prices on the
world market for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of
that Regulation and prices for those products within the
Community may be covered by an export refund.

Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides that when
refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and
exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account
must be taken of the situation on the Community and
world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and
cost factors set out in Article 28 of that Regulation. The
same Article provides that the economic aspect of the
proposed exports should also be taken into account.

The refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the
standard quality. The latter is defined in Annex I, point
II, to Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Furthermore, this
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 28(4)
of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. Candy sugar
is
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of
7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of applica-
refunds in the sugar
tion for
sector (3). The refund thus calculated for sugar containing
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content.

the grant of export

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The world market situation or the specific requirements
of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the
refund for sugar according to destination.

In special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed
by other legal instruments.

The refund must be fixed every two weeks. It may be
altered in the intervening period.

It follows from applying the rules set out above to the
present situation on the market in sugar and in parti-
cular
to quotations or prices for sugar within the
Community and on the world market that the refund
should be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 does not make provision
to continue the compensation system for storage costs
from 1 July 2001. This should accordingly be taken into
account when fixing the refunds granted when the
export occurs after 30 September 2001.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the
Annex hereto.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 October 2003.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 30 October 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 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.

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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

45,72 (1)

45,72 (1)

45,72 (1)

45,72 (1)

EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg product net

0,4970

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

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

49,70

49,70

49,70

0,4970

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.