Commission Regulation (EC) No 1298/2006 of 31 August 2006 fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing
Date: 2006-08-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, raw sugar, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1298/2006

of 31 August 2006

fixing the export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
the
market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular the second
subparagraph of Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 provides that
the difference between prices on the world market for
the products listed in Article 1(1)(b) of that Regulation
and prices for those products on the Community market
may be covered by an export refund.

Given the present situation on the sugar market, export
refunds should therefore be fixed in accordance with the
rules and certain criteria provided for in Articles 32 and
33 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.

The first subparagraph of Article 33(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 318/2006 provides that the world market situation
or the specific requirements of certain markets may make
it necessary to vary the refund according to destination.

(4)

(5)

(6)

Refunds should be granted only on products that are
allowed to move freely in the Community and that
comply with the requirements of Regulation (EC) No
318/2006.

The negotiations within the framework of the Europe
Agreements between the European Community and
Romania and Bulgaria aim in particular to liberalise
trade in products covered by the common organisation
of the market concerned. For those two countries export
refunds should therefore be abolished.

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

Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC)
No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the
amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2006.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Export refunds on white and raw sugar exported without further processing applicable from 1 September
2006 (a)

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

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

EUR/100 kg

29,40 (1)

29,40 (1)

29,40 (1)

29,40 (1)

0,3197

31,97

31,97

31,97

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,3197

NB: The destinations are defined as follows:

S00: all destinations except Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, the former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

(a) The amounts set out in this Annex are not applicable with effect from 1 February 2005 pursuant to Council Decision 2005/45/EC of
22 December 2004 concerning the conclusion and application of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products (OJ L 23, 26.1.2005,
p. 17).

(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 multiplied, for each exporting operation concerned, by a conversion factor obtained by dividing by 92 the
yield of the raw sugar exported, calculated in accordance with paragraph 3 of Point III of the Annex I of Regulation (EC) 318/2006.