CELEX: 31994R2908
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2908/94 of 30 November 1994 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

1 . 12. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 307/ 17
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2908/94
                                                       of 30 November 1994
                    fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                 state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                       be fixed by other legal instruments ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (8) prohi­
                                                                       bits trade between the European Community and the
                                                                       Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
                                                                       whereas this prohibition does not apply in certain situa­
                                                                       tions as comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­           thereof ; whereas account should be taken of this fact
 tion (EC) No 1 33/94 (2), and in particular point (a) of the
 first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                         when fixing the refunds ;
                                                                       Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (9), as
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices             amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (!0), are used to
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1              convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products             and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
within the Community may be covered by an export                       conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 refund ;                                                              whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                       tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                  lation (EEC) No 1068/93 ("), as amended by Regulation
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                    (EC) No 547/94 (12) ;
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and               Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
 raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state            whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on
 the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of            to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that               particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also                Community and on the world market that the refund
be taken into account ;                                                should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                  Committee for Sugar,
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
calculating cif prices for sugar (5) ; whereas, furthermore,
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
                                                                                                Article 1
2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
refunds on sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 2529/94 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter                  (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be               exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
fixed per 1 % of the said content ;                                    amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas the world market situation or the specific                                              Article 2
requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
                                                                       1994.
(>)  OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ   No L 22, 27. 1 . 1994, p. 7.
 J)  OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.                               (8) OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
H    OJ  No  L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                                0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3 .                                 H OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(6)  OJ  No  L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                  (") OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
o    OJ  No  L 269, 20. 10. 1994, p. 14.                               (12 OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 30 November 1994.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 1994 fixing the export refunds on white
                                 sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                       Product code                        Amount of refund (3)
                                                                           — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                     1701  11 90 100                           26,67     (')
                                     1701  11 90 910                           26,24     (')
                                     1701  11 90 950                                     (2)
                                     1701  1290 100                            26,67     (')
                                     1701  12 90 910                           26,24     (')
                                     1701  12 90 950                                     (2)
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                     1701 91 00 000                             0,2899
                                                                           — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                     1701 99 10 100                            28,99
                                     1701 99 10 910                            28,99
                                     1701 99 10950                             28,99
                                                                 — ECU/1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                     1701 9990 100                              0,2899
                        (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 % ,
                            the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of
                            Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .
                        (2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ No L 255,
                            26. 9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ No L 309,
                            21 . 11 . 1985, p. 14).
                        (J) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte­
                            negro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in Regulation
                            (EEC) No 990/93 are observed.