CELEX: 31997R2401
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-03 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2401/97 of 3 December 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

L 332/26                 EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 4. 12. 97
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2401 /97
                                                       of 3 December 1997
                     fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                      rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                      the refund for sugar according to destination;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                            Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                      be fixed by other legal instruments;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (6), as last
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­           amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (7), are used to
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                         and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                      conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                      detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                      these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     (EEC) No 1068 /93 (s), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
provides that the difference between quotations or prices             No 1482/96 (9);
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products            Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
within the Community may be covered by an export
                                                                      whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
refund;
                                                                      Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
                                                                      to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                     particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                  Community and on the world market that the refund
exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account              should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
must be taken of the situation on the Community and
world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and
cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
whereas the same Article provides that the economic                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into              Committee for Sugar,
account;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar                                         Article 1
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)             (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is               exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                 amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application
for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector f5);
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing                                           Article 2
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content;                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 December
                                                                       1997.
(')  OJ   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ   L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.                                  (") OJ L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0    OJ   L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                    P)  OJ L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
n    OJ   L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                               (") OJ L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O    OJ   L 214, 8 . 9 . 1995, p. 16.                                 H   OJ L  188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 3 December 1997.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 3 December 1997 fixing the export refunds on white
                              sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                   Product code                          Amount of refund
                                                                        — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                 1701 11 90 9100                             36,59     (')
                                 1701 11 90 9910                             32,12     (')
                                 1701 11 90 9950                                       0
                                 1701 12 90 9100                             36,59     (')
                                 1701 12 90 9910                             32,12     (')
                                 1701 12 90 9950                                       0
                                                              — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                 1701 91 00 9000                               0,3978
                                                                        — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                 1701 99 10 9100                             39,78
                                 1701 99 10 9910                             39,20
                                 1701 99 10 9950                             39,20
                                                              — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                 1701 99 90 9100                               0,3978
                      (') 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 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 .
                      (2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ L 255, 26.
                          9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ L 309, 21 . 11 .
                          1985, p. 14).