Commission Regulation (EC) No 531/2008 of 12 June 2008 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing
Date: 2008-06-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: export refund, sugar, syrup

13.6.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 531/2008

of 12 June 2008

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
the
20 February 2006 on the common organisation of
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 13 June 2008.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 12 June 2008.

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
L 283,
27.10.2007, p. 1). Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 will be replaced
by Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as
from 1 October 2008.

(EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ

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

lation (EC) No 1568/2007 (OJ L 340, 22.12.2007, p. 62).

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ANNEX

Export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported without further processing applicable from
13 June 2008

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 71 9000

1702 90 95 9100

1702 90 95 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

27,35

27,35

0,2735

27,35

0,2735

0,2735

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

0,2735 (1)

EUR/100 kg dry matter

EUR/1 % sucrose × 100 kg of net product

27,35

0,2735

NB: The destinations are defined as follows:

S00 — All destinations with the exception of:

(a) third countries: Andorra, Liechtenstein,

the Holy See (Vatican City State), Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia (*),

Montenegro, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(b) territories of the EU Member States not forming part of the customs territory of the Community: the Faeroe Islands,
Greenland, Heligoland, Ceuta, Melilla, the Communes of Livigno and Campione d’Italia, and the areas of the Republic of
Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control;

(c) European territories for whose external relations a Member State is responsible and not forming part of the customs

territory of the Community: Gibraltar.

(*) Including Kosovo, under the aegis of the United Nations, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244 of 10 June 1999.
(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).