Commission Regulation (EC) No 662/2005 of 28 April 2005 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: 2005-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, white sugar

29.4.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 662/2005

of 28 April 2005

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
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of
in
sugar (1), and in particular Article 27(5)(a) and (15),

the market

(4)

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(f),

(d),

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),
(g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund where these products are exported in the form
listed in Annex V to that Regulation.
of goods
Commission Regulation (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 criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds (2) 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 kg for each of
the basic products in question must be fixed for each
month.

Article 27(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lays
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 fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in
advance as the market situation over
few
months cannot be established at the moment.

the next

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 jeopardised by the fixing in
advance of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary
in such situations
to take precautionary measures
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 objectives to be met.

(6)

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 rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products listed
in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and in Article
1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, and exported in
the form of goods listed in Annex V to Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001, are fixed as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April 2005.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2005.

For the Commission

Günter VERHEUGEN
Vice-President

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004,
p. 16).

(2) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 886/2004 (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 14).

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Official Journal of the European Union

29.4.2005

ANNEX

Rates of refunds applicable from 29 April 2005 to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form
of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty (1)

CN code

Description

Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg

In case of advance fixing of
refunds

1701 99 10

white sugar

37,30

Other

37,30

(1) The rates set out in this Annex are not applicable to exports to Bulgaria, with effect from 1 October 2004, and to the goods listed in
Tables I and II to Protocol No 2 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972
exported to the Swiss Confederation or to the Principality of Liechtenstein with effect from 1 February 2005.