Commission Regulation (EC) No 1568/2007 of 21 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 in respect of export refunds to certain sugars used in certain products processed from fruit and vegetables
Date: 2007-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export licence, export refund, fruit product, raw sugar, vegetable product, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1568/2007

of 21 December 2007

amending Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 in respect of export refunds to certain sugars used in
certain products processed from fruit and vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 markets in
the sugar sector (1),
(g) of Article 40(1)
in particular point
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 of 26 September
2007 laying down specific rules as regards the fruit and
vegetable sector, amending Directives 2001/112/EC and
2001/113/EC and Regulations (EEC) No 827/68, (EC) No
2200/96, (EC) No 2201/96, (EC) No 2826/2000, (EC)
No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 318/2006 and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 2202/96 (2) introduced a reform in
the processed fruit and vegetables sector. Following that
reform, export refund can no longer be granted under
Regulation (EC) No 1182/2007 or Council Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 of 28 October 1996 on the
common organization of the markets in processed fruit
and vegetable products (3)
for the sugar used for the
manufacture of certain products processed from fruit
and vegetables.
In turn, Article 53 of Regulation (EC)
No 1182/2007 amended Regulation (EC) No 318/2006
in order to make eligible for refund under that Regu-
lation certain sugar products contained in processed
fruit and vegetables, listed previously in Regulation (EC)
No 2201/96.

The reference prices for white sugar are laid down by
In
Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006.
accordance with that provision the white
sugar
reference price will be reduced as from the marketing
certain
year 2008/2009. Community producers of
products processed from fruit and vegetables with
significant added sugar content would therefore face
competitive disadvantage on their export markets as
they are to continue to pay a sugar price above the
world price without being eligible for export refunds.
such
In order
to maintain the competitiveness of
Community producers on the export markets,
is,
it
therefore,
justified to allow for the granting of export
refund for the sugar that they use for their production.

The detailed rules for the granting of export refund in
respect of the sugar products concerned contained in
certain processed fruit and vegetables, falling under the
scope of Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96,
are laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No
2315/95 of 29 September 1995 laying down detailed
rules for the application of export refunds to certain
the
sugars covered by the common organization of
market
in sugar used in certain products processed
from fruit and vegetables (4). Due to the amendments
under the reform of the processed fruit and vegetables
it is appropriate to transfer those provisions to
sector,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 of 30 June
2006 laying down detailed rules for the implementation
of Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 as regards trade
with third countries in the sugar sector (5).

(4)

(5)

(6)

In the light of the provisions of Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22
July 1972 and in order to avoid the imposition of unne-
cessary costs on operators, Commission Regulation (EC)
No 389/2005 (6)
laid down derogations from Article
18(6) of Regulation (EC) No 2201/96 and Article 16
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/1999 (7)
regarding the export to third countries other than Swit-
zerland and Liechtenstein of certain products processed
from fruit and vegetables. Article 18(6) of Regulation
(EC) No 2201/96 was deleted by Article 48(2) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1182/2007. However, a derogation from
Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999, in so far as
it requires proof of import in the case of differentiated
refunds, should continue to apply. It is also appropriate,
where no export refunds have been fixed for Switzerland
and Liechtenstein, not to take account of that fact when
the lowest rate of refund is determined. For the sake of
legal clarity it is appropriate to transfer that derogation to
Regulation (EC) No 951/2006.

It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No
951/2006 accordingly and to repeal Regulations (EC)
No 2315/95 and (EC) No 389/2005.

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

(4) OJ L 233, 30.9.1995, p. 70. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 548/2007.

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

(5) OJ L 178, 17.7.2006, p. 24. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007 p. 1).

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

(2) OJ L 273, 17.10.2007, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 297, 21.11.1996, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(6) OJ L 62, 9.3.1995, p. 12.
(7) OJ L 102, 17.4.1999, p. 11. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1212/2007 (OJ L 274, 18.10.2007, p. 7).

lation (EC) No 1001/2007 (OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 9).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Regulation (EC) No 951/2006 is amended as follows:

Article 1

1. In Chapter II the following Articles 4a and 4b are added:

‘Article 4a

Export
products processed from fruit and vegetables

refund for certain sugars used in certain

falling

1.
In accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No
318/2006, an export refund may be granted in respect of
white sugar and raw sugar falling within CN code 1701,
1702 40 10,
isoglucose
1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30 and beet syrup and cane
syrup falling within CN code 1702 90 95 used for the
manufacture of the products of the processed fruit and vege-
tables sector referred to in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No
318/2006.

within

codes

CN

2.
The amount of the refund shall equal the amount of
the periodic export refund as fixed on the sugar products
referred to in paragraph 1 exported without
further
processing.

In order to benefit from the refund, processed products
3.
shall be accompanied, upon export, by a declaration from
the applicant stating the quantities of raw and white sugar
and beet and cane syrups and isoglucose used for the manu-
facture.

Member States shall check the accuracy of the declaration on
a sample of at least 5 % selected on the basis of a risk
analysis. Such checks shall be carried out on the stock
records kept by the manufacturer.

The refund shall be paid upon submission of proof

4.
that:

(a)

the products have been exported from the Community,
and

that

the customs import
zerland or Liechtenstein, proof
formalities have been completed shall not be a condition
for payment of the refund in respect of the sugar products
referred to in Article 4a(1) used for the manufacture of the
products processed from fruit and vegetables referred to in
Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 and listed in
Tables I and II to Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the
European Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22
July 1972.

The fact

2.
that no export refund has been fixed in
respect of the export to Switzerland or Liechtenstein of the
sugar products referred to in Article 4a(1) used for the
manufacture of the products processed from fruit and vege-
tables referred to in Annex VIII
to Regulation (EC) No
318/2006 and listed in Tables I and II to Protocol 2 to
the Agreement between the European Community and the
Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, shall not be taken into
account in determining the lowest rate of refund within the
meaning of Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 800/1999.’

2. Article 5(1) is replaced by the following:

‘1.
All exports of products listed in Article 1(1) of Regu-
lation (EC) No 318/2006, except those under point (h) of
that Article, as well as exports with refund of the products
referred to in Annex VIII to that Regulation shall require the
issuing of an export licence.’

3. In Article 6 the following paragraph 2a is inserted:

As regards the refund to be granted pursuant

‘2a.
to
Article 4a, Section 20 of the licence application and of the
licence shall contain one of the entries listed in Part E of the
Annex.’

4. In Article 8 the following paragraph is added:

Export

licences for the export with refund of

‘4.
the
products referred to in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No
318/2006 shall be valid from the actual day of issue until
the end of the third month following that of issue.’

(b) in the case of a differentiated refund, the products have
reached the destination indicated on the licence or
another destination for which the refund was fixed.

5. In Article 12 the following paragraph is added:

Article 4b

Derogations from Regulation (EC) No 800/1999

1.
By way of derogation from Article 16 of Regulation
(EC) No 800/1999, where the differentiation of the refund is
the result solely of a refund not having been fixed for Swit-

‘3.
The security to be lodged in respect of licences for the
export with refund of the products referred to in Annex VIII
to Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 shall be calculated in
accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, based
on the net content of the sugar products referred to in
Article 4a of this Regulation used for the manufacture of
the products listed in Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No
318/2006.’

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6. In the Annex, the text set out in the Annex to this Regu-

Article 3

lation is added.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
that of
the European
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

Regulations (EC) No 2315/95 and (EC) No 389/2005 are
repealed.

It shall be applicable from 1 January 2008.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2007.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

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‘E.

Indications referred to in Article 6(2a):

ANNEX

— in Bulgarian:

Захар, използвана в един или повече продукти, изброени в приложение VIII към Регламент
(ЕО) № 318/2006.

— in Spanish:

— in Czech:

— in Danish:

— in German:

— in Estonian:

— in Greek:

— in English:

— in French:

— in Italian:

— in Latvian:

— in Lithuanian:

— in Hungarian:

— in Maltese:

— in Dutch:

— in Polish:

— in Portuguese:

— in Romanian:

— in Slovak:

— in Slovenian:

— in Finnish:

— in Swedish:

Azúcar utilizado en uno o varios productos enumerados en el anexo VIII del Reglamento
(CE) no 318/2006.

Cukr použitý v jednom nebo v několika produktech uvedených v příloze VIII nařízení
(ES) č. 318/2006.

Sukker anvendt i et eller flere produkter som omhandlet i bilag VIII til forordning (EF)
nr. 318/2006.

Zucker, einem oder mehreren der in Anhang VIII der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 318/2006
genannten Erzeugnissen zugesetzt.

Suhkur, mida on kasutatud ühes või mitmes määruse (EÜ) nr 318/2006 VIII
loetletud tootes.

lisas

Ζάχαρη χρησιμοποιούμενη σε ένα ή περισσότερα προϊόντα απαριθμούμενα στο παράρτημα VIII
του κανονισμού (ΕΚ) αριθ. 318/2006.

Sugar used in one or more products listed in Annex VIII of Regulation (EC) No
318/2006.

Sucre mis en œuvre dans un ou plusieurs produits énumérés à l’annexe VIII du règlement
(CE) no 318/2006.

Zucchero utilizzato in uno o più prodotti elencati nell'allegato VIII del regolamento (CE)
n. 318/2006.

Cukurs, ko izmanto vienā vai vairākos produktos, kas minēti Regulas (EK) Nr. 318/2006
VIII pielikumā.

Cukrus, naudojamas vienam arba keliems Reglamento (EB) Nr. 318/2006 VIII priede
išvardytiems produktams.

A 318/2006/EK rendelet VIII. mellékletében felsorolt egy vagy több termékben használt
cukor.

Zokkor użat f'wieħed jew aktar mill-prodotti elenkati fl-Anness VIII tar-Regolament (KE)
Nru 318/2006.

Suiker die wordt gebruikt in een of meer van de in bijlage VIII bij Verordening (EG)
nr. 318/2006 opgenomen producten.

Cukier używany w co najmniej jednym z produktów wymienionych w załączniku VIII do
rozporządzenia (WE) nr 318/2006.

Açúcar utilizado em um ou mais produtos constantes do anexo VIII do Regulamento (CE)
n.o 318/2006.

Zahăr folosit la prepararea unuia sau a mai multor produse enumerate în anexa VIII la
Regulamentul (CE) nr. 318/2006.

Cukor použitý v jednom alebo vo viacerých výrobkoch uvedených v prílohe VIII k
nariadeniu (ES) č. 318/2006.

Sladkor, uporabljen v enem ali več proizvodih, naštetih v Prilogi VIII k Uredbi
št. 318/2006.

(ES)

Yhdessä tai useammassa asetuksen (EY) N:o 318/2006 liitteessä VIII luetellussa tuotteessa
käytetty sokeri.

Socker som används i en eller flera av de produkter som förtecknas i bilaga VIII till
förordning (EG) nr 318/2006.’