CELEX: 31996R0973
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 973/96 of 31 May 1996 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

1 . 6. 96            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 131 / 19
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 973/96
                                                         of 31 May 1996
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                        the natural state
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1101 /95, to the products listed in the Annex to the last
                                                                    mentioned Regulation;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
  Community,
                                                                    products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
                                                                    one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
                                                                    one hand, of the difference between the intervention
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81              price for white sugar for the Community areas without
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
 tion (EC) No 1 101 /95 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5)       market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
 thereof,                                                           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
                                                                    in under inward processing arrangements;
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1          Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
 (1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products          limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
 within the Community may be covered by an export                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
 refund;
                                                                   Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules            natural state of products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (f) and
 of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar       (g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refund must be
 sector (3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo­          fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of
 grams of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regula­      the export refund for products falling within CN code
 tion (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basic amount                 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
 multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where               of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
 appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; whereas the       aspects of the intended exports; whereas, in the case of
 sucrose content of the product in question is determined          the products referred to in the said Article ( 1 ) (f) and (g),
 in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation             the refund is to be granted only for products complying
(EC) No 2135/95;                                                   with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   2135/95; whereas, for the products referred to in Article 1
                                                                   ( 1 ) (h), the refund shall be granted only for products
                                                                   complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation
                                                                   (EC) No 2135/95;
Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­            Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation             month; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general              period;
rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
chemical industry (4), last amended by Regulation (EC) No
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                              Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing
(2) OJ No L 110, 17. 5. 1 995, p. 1 .
(j OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.                                refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
b) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                                  the Annex to this Regulation;
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  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 ('), as             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (2), prohibits
  trade between the European Community and the Federal                                    Article 1
  Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
  this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as       The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
  comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof       (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ,
  and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (J); whereas          exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex
  account should be taken of this fact when fixing the           hereto.
  refunds;
  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                Article 2
  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  Committee for Sugar,                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 May 1996.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 102, 28. 4. 1993, p. 14.
f) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1996 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                          certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                  Product code                          Amount of refund
                                                                  — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                1702 40 10 100                            38,48    0 (3)
                                1702 60 10 000                            38,48    (2){3)
                                1702 60 90 200                            73,11    on
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1702 60 90 800                             0,3848 (') (3)
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                1702 90 30 000                            38,48    (2) (3)
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1702 90 60 000                             0,3848 0 )(3)
                                1702 90 71 000                             0,3848 (') (3)
                                1702 90 99 900                             0,3848 (') 0 (4)
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                2106 90 30 000                            38,48    (2)(3)
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                2106 90 59 000                             0,3848 (·){3)
                     (') 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.
                     (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 462/96 are observed.
                     (4) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
                         Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ No L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 12).
                     (*) Applicable only to products defined under Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                         No 394/70 .
                     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 ).