Commission Regulation (EC) No 853/2007 of 19 July 2007 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing
Date: 2007-07-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, sugar, syrup

20.7.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 188/11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 853/2007

of 19 July 2007

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
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,

(5)

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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)(c), (d) and (g) of that
those products on the
for
Regulation and prices
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.

Refunds should be granted only on products that are
allowed to move freely in the Community and that
comply with the requirements of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June 2006 laying down detailed

rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No
318/2006 as regards trade with third countries in the
sugar sector (2).

and

third

Export refunds may be set to cover the competitive gap
between Community
exports.
Community exports to certain close destinations and to
third countries granting Community products a prefer-
ential
treatment are currently in a particular
favourable competitive position. Therefore, refunds for
exports to those destinations should be abolished.

country's

import

(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

Export refunds as provided for in Article 32 of Regulation
1.
(EC) No 318/2006 shall be granted on the products and for the
amounts set out in the Annex to this Regulation subject to the
conditions provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.

2.
To be eligible for a refund under paragraph 1 products
must meet the relevant requirements laid down in Articles 3
and 4 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 July 2007.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2007.

For the Commission

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

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

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 247/2007 (OJ L 69, 9.3.2007,
p. 3).

(2) OJ L 178, 1.7.2006, p. 24. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2031/2006 (OJ L 414, 30.12.2006, p. 43).

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ANNEX

Export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing applicable from
20 July 2007 (a)

Product code

Destination

Unit of measurement

Amount of refund

1702 40 10 9100

1702 60 10 9000

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

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

34,70

34,70

0,3470

34,70

0,3470

0,3470

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,3470 (1)

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

34,70

0,3470

NB: The destinations are defined as follows:

S00: all destinations except Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, Andorra, Gibraltar, Ceuta, Melilla, Holy See (Vatican City), Liechtenstein, Communes of Livigno and Campione
d'Italia, Heligoland, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic
of Cyprus does not exercise effective control.

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

(OJ L 355, 5.12.1992, p. 12).