CELEX: 31996R0056
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 56/96 of 17 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

18 . 1 . 96              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 13/ 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 56/96
                                                        of 17 January 1996
                    fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
                                                                      said content ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                            Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                      requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                     Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­           be fixed by other legal instruments ;
tion (EC) No 1101 /95 (2), and in particular point (a) of the
first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (*), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 Q, prohibits
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     trade between the European Community and the Federal
provides that the difference between quotations or prices             Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1              this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products            comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
within the Community may be covered by an export                      and in Council Regulation (EC) No 28l5/95 (8); whereas
refund ;                                                              account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
                                                                      refunds ;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , provides that
when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
exported in its unaltered state are being fixed account               1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (9), as last
must be taken of the situation on the Community and                   amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (10), are used to
world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation ;              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
whereas the same Article provides that the economic                   conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into              whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
account ;
                                                                      tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                      lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (n), as last amended by Regula­
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect              tion (EC) No 2853/95 (,2) ;
of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in            Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                 whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­           to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4) ; whereas, furthermore, this                 particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)             Community and on the world market that the refund
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is               should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector ^;                Committee for Sugar,
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
                                                                      (') OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
                                                                      0 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 .
(2)  OJ   No L  110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .                              (9) 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 .
C)   OJ   No L  349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                           (") OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
Is) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.                                   H OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                             Article 1
           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
           1785/81 , undenatured and exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts
           shown in the Annex hereto.
                                                             Article 2
          This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 January 1996.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 17 January 1996.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                     and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                      Product code                        Amount of refund (3)
                                                                          — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                    1701  11 90   100                         38,65     (')
                                    1701  11 90   910                         39,24     (')
                                    1701  U 90    950                                   (2)
                                    1701  1290    100                         38,65     (')
                                    1701  1290    910                         39,24     (')
                                    1701  1290    950                                   <2)
                                                                — ECU/1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                    1701 91 00 000                              0,4202
                                                                          — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                    1701 99 10 100                            42,02
                                    1701 99 10 910                            42,66
                                    1701 99 10 950                            42,66
                                                                — ECU/1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                    1701 99 90 100                             0,4202
                       (') Applicable to taw 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 .
                       O 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.