CELEX: 31996R0170
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 170/96 of 31 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

1 . 2. 96             [ EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 25/ 5
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 170/96
                                                           of 31 January 1996
                      fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                   state
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (% as
                                                                          amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (7), prohibits
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  trade between the European Community and the Federal
  Community,                                                              Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
                                                                          this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
  of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                       and in Council Regulation (EC) No 28 1 5/95 (8) ; whereas
  markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­             account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
  tion (EC) No 1101 /95 (2), and in particular point (a) of the           refunds ;
  first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                          Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
  Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                       1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 38 1 3/92 (9), as last
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices               amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (10), 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , provides that                     lation (EEC) No 1068/93 ("), as last amended by Regula­
 when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                    tion (EC) No 2853/95 (12) ;
  exported in its unaltered state are being fixed account
  must be taken of the situation on the Community and                    Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
 world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and               whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation ;
 whereas the same Article provides that the economic                     Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into                to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
 account ;                                                               particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
                                                                         Community and on the world market that the refund
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect                should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
 of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                    Committee for Sugar,
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4) ; whereas, furthermore, this
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is
 defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7
 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application                                            Article 1
 for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (*) ;
 whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
 added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their               The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
 sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the              (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
 said content ;                                                          exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                         amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
 Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to                                            Article 2
vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
                                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1996.
Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
be fixed by other legal instruments ;
                                                                        (6) OJ  No  L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
                                                                        O OJ    No  L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
(')   OJ   No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               (8) OJ  No  L 297, 9. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
0     OJ   No  L 110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .                               0 OJ    No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 3    OJ   No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                 H OJ    No   L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(4)   OJ   No  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                            (") OJ  No   L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(5)   OJ   No  L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.                                H OJ    No   L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 31 January 1996.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                    and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                     Product code                        Amount of refund (3)
                                                                         — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                   1701  11 90   100                         37,38     (■)
                                   1701  11 90  910                          36,71     (')
                                   1701  11 90  950                                    0
                                   1701  12 90   100                         37,38     (■)
                                   1701  12 90  910                          36,71     (')
                                   1701  12 90  950                                    0
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 91 00 000                             0,4064
                                                                         — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                   1701 99 10 100                            40,64
                                   1701 99 10 910                            40,64
                                   1701 99 10 950                            40,64
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 99 90 100                             0,4064
                      (') 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 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).
                      (3) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
                          Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
                          Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 are observed.