CELEX: 31996R2211
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-20 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2211/96 of 20 November 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

21 . 11 . 96             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 296/3
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2211/96
                                                          of 20 November 1996
                       fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                   state
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                            be fixed by other legal instruments;
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
   Community,
                                                                            whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (% as
                                                                           amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 0, prohibits
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    trade between the European Community and the Federal
   of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                        Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
   markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­             this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
   tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the            comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
   first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                           and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (8); whereas
                                                                           account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
                                                                           refunds;
   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 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products               Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
  within the Community may be covered by an export                         1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (9), as last
  refund;                                                                  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (10), are used to
                                                                           convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
                                                                           and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                       conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
  when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                    detailed rules on the application and determination of
  exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account                these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
  must be taken of the situation on the Community and                     (EEC) No 1068/93 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and               No 1482/96 (12);
  cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;
  whereas the same Article provides that the economic
  aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into               Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
  account;
                                                                         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
 of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in              Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                   to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar               particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                   Community and on the world market that the refund
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­            should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is                Whereas, in the light of the amendment introduced by
 defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                  Regulation (EC) No 1222/96 (n), the figure 9 after the first
 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application               eight digits corresponding to the combined nomenclature
 for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector 0;                 subheadings should be regarded as forming part of the
 whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing                refund nomenclature code from 1 January 1997;
 added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
 sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
 said content;                                                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­               Committee for Sugar,
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
the refund for sugar according to destination;                           6) OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
                                                                         ^ OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
                                                                         8) OJ   No  L  65, 15. 3 . 1996, p. 1 .
(')   OJ   No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                9) OJ   No  L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)   OJ   No  L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.                                10) OJ  No  L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
 3    OJ   No  L 89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3 .                                ") OJ    No  L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4    OJ   No  L 349 , 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                            I2) OJ   No  L  188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
(5)   OJ   No L  214, 8 . 9 . 1995, p. 16.                               ■ 3) OJ  No  L  161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 62.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 296/4      EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                          21 . 11 . 96
            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 21 November 1996.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 20 November 1996 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 20 November 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                            39,60     (')
                                      1701 11 90 910                            38,80     (')
                                      1701  11 90   950                                   (2)
                                      1701  12 90   100                         39,60     (')
                                      1701  1290    910                         38,80     (')
                                      1701  12 90   950                                   0
                                                                  — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                     1701 91 00 000                              0,4305
                                                                            — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                     1701 99 10 100                             43,05
                                     1701 99 10 910                             43,97
                                     1701 99 10 950                             43,97
                        l                                         — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                     1701 99 90 100                              0,4305
                        (') 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 462/96 are observed.