CELEX: 31989R0507
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 507/89 of 28 February 1989 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 507/89
                                                       of 28 February 1989
                    fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                         the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general
                                                                     rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                chemical industry (*), to the products listed in the Annex
Economic Community,                                                  to the last mentioned Regulation ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                            Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
                                                                     products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    one hand, of the difference between the intervention
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         price for white sugar for the Community areas without
tion (EEC) No 2306/88 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4)          deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
 thereof,                                                            and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
                                                                      market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
                                                                     balance between the use of Community basic products in
                                                                      the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              countries and the use of third country products brought
                                                                      in under inward processing arrangements ;
 Whereas Article 19 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
 (1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products            Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
 within the Community may be covered by an export                     limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
 refund ;                                                             of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
 Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for
 granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by             Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export            makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
  refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article           natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (f) and
  1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the           (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed
 basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, includ­              per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the
 ing, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ;          export refund for products falling within CN code
 whereas the sucrose content of the product in question is             1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
  determined in accordance with Article 13 of Commission              of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
  Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed              aspects of the intended exports ; whereas the refund is to
  rules for granting export refunds on sugar (5), as last              be granted only for products complying with the condi­
  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 (*) ;                         tions in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       1469/77 of 30 June 1977 laying down rules for applying
                                                                       the levy and the refund in respect of isoglucose and
                                                                       amending Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (8), as amended by
  Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                      Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 ;
  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
  (') OJ   No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p, 4.                              Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
  (2) OJ   No  L 210, 27. 7. 1988, p. 65.                              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
  (3) OJ   No  L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.
  (4) OJ   No  L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.
  0   OJ   No  L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9.
  (6) OJ   No  L 152, 18. 6. 1988, p. 23.                              («) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band         the case of exports to Portugal ;
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
    tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        Committee for Sugar,
    tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2);
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
period ;                                                         (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported
Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing            in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                 hereto.
refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession                                   Article 2
of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1989.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 28 February 1989.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6> 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1989 fixing die export refunds on syrups and
                             certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                (ECU)
                                                  Basic amount per percentage point
                       Product code
                                                       of sucrose content and          Amount of refund per 100 kg
                                                   per 100 kg net of the product            of dry matter (2) "
                                                            in question (')
                     1702 40 10 100                                                               34,58
                     1702 60 10 000                                                               34,58
                     1702 60 90 000                            0,3458
                     1702 90 30 000                                                               34,58
                     1702 90 60 000                            0,3458
                     1702 90 71 000                            0,3458
                     1702 90 90 900                            0,3458
                     2106 90 30 000             II                                                34,58
                     2106 90 59 000                            0,3458
          (') 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.
           NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
                 as amended (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 ).