CELEX: 31991R1091
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1091/91 of 30 April 1991 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

1 . 5. 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 110/ 11
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1091/91
                                                         of 30 April 1991
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                         the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general
                                                                    rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
                                                                    chemical industry (7), to the products listed in the Annex
                                                                    to the last mentioned Regulation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
tion (EEC) No 464/91 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4)          one hand, of the difference between the intervention
thereof,
                                                                    price for white sugar for the Community areas without
                                                                    deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
                                                                    and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
                                                                    market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             balance between the use of Community basic products in
                                                                    the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
                                                                    countries and the use of third country products brought
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                   in under inward processing arrangements ;
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
(1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund :                                                            Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
                                                                    limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
                                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export           Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article           makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the           natural state of products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (f) and
basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, includ­             (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed
ing, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ;         per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the
whereas the sucrose content of the product in question is           export refund for products falling within CN code
determined in accordance with Article 13 of Commission               1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed              of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
rules for granting export refunds on sugar (s), as last             aspects of the intended exports ; whereas the refund is to
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 (6);                         be granted only for products complying with the condi­
                                                                    tions in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1469/77 of 30 June 1977 laying down rules for applying
                                                                    the levy and the refund in respect of isoglucose and
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                     amending Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (8), as amended by
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose             Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 ;
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­
tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation
(') OJ  No   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
0   OJ  No   L 54, 28. 2. 1991 , p. 22.                             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
0   OJ  No   L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.
0   OJ  No   L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.
0   OJ  No   L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 170, 27. 6 . 1978 , p. 9 .
M OJ No L 152, 18. 6. 1988, p. 23.                                  O OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 19 77, p. 9 .
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         in accordance with the opinion of the Management
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        Committee for Sugar,
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                     Article 1
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
                                                                  (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported
 Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every        in the natural state, shall be set our in the Annex hereto.
 month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
 period ;
Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing                                        Article 2
 refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
 the Annex to this Regulation ;                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 April 1991 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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                                                              ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1991 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                             certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                (ECU)
                                                  Basic amount per percentage point
                       Product code
                                                       of sucrose content and          Amount of refund per 100 kg
                                                   per 100 kg net of the product             of dry matter (2)
                                                            in question (')
                     1702 40 10 100                                                               37,58
                     1702 60 10 000                                                               37,58
                     1702 60 90 000                            0,3758
                     1702 90 30 000                                                               37,58
                     1702 90 60 000                            0,3758
                     1702 90 71 000                            0,3758
                     1702 90 90 900                            0,3758
                     2106 90 30 000                                                               37,58
                     2106 90 59 000                            0,3758
          (') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70).
              Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 .
          (2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77.
          NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                 No 3846/87 (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ).