CELEX: 31999R2024
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2024/1999 of 22 September 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

L 250/6                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                     23. 9. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2024/1999
                                                         of 22 September 1999
                   fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      down detailed rules of application for the grant of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            export refunds in the sugar sector (5); whereas the refund
Community,                                                                       thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or
                                                                                 colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 1                        and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content;
June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation               (4)     Whereas the world market situation or the specific
(EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular point (a) of the first                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                                          to vary the refund for sugar according to destination;
(1)     Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                (5)     Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
        provides that the difference between quotations or prices                be fixed by other legal instruments;
        on the world market for the products listed in Article 1         (6)     Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
        (1) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products                 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
        within the Community may be covered by an export
        refund;                                                          (7)     Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
                                                                                 to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
(2)     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        (8)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
        cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
        whereas the same Article provides that the economic                      Committee for Sugar,
        aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into
        account;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3)     Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in
        respect of the standard quality; whereas the latter is
        defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
        431/68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a) of
        quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier          Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, undenatured and exported in
        crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as      the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas,              Annex hereto.
        furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance
        with Article 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;                                          Article 2
        whereas candy sugar is defined in Commission Regula-
        tion (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 23 September 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 22 September 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L  159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L  89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(4) OJ L  349, 31.12.1994,  p. 105.                                      (5) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
 ---pagebreak--- 23. 9. 1999         EN                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              L 250/7
                                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 September 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
                                                       exported in its unaltered state
                                            Product code                             Amount of refund
                                                                                     — EUR/100 kg —
                                        1701 11 90 9100                                 43,51     (1)
                                        1701 11 90 9910                                 41,58     (1)
                                        1701 11 90 9950                                           (2)
                                        1701 12 90 9100                                 43,51     (1)
                                        1701 12 90 9910                                 41,58     (1)
                                        1701 12 90 9950                                           (2)
                                                                              — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
                                        1701 91 00 9000                                   0,4730
                                                                                     — EUR/100 kg —
                                        1701 99 10 9100                                 47,30
                                        1701 99 10 9910                                 45,20
                                        1701 99 10 9950                                 45,20
                                                                              — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
                                        1701 99 90 9100                                   0,4730
                              ( ) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %,
                               1
                                  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).