CELEX: 31993R0349
Language: en
Date: 1993-02-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 349/93 of 17 February 1993 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

18 . 2. 93                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 41 /5
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 349/93
                                                     of 17 February 1993
                  fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                              state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          No 1 684/92 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for
                                                                    sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter
                                                                    must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be
                                                                    fixed per 1 % of the said content ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                    vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3814/92 (2), and in particular point (a) of           Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                   be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (8), as last
provides that the difference between quotations or prices           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (9), prohibits
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1            trade between the Community and the Republics of
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products           Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does
within the Community may be covered by an export                    not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative
refund :                                                            enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this
                                                                    should be taken into account when refunds are fixed :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June               Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                  1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (,0) are used to
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and             and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on           whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of         lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (»');
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account :
                                                                    Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
                                                                    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 (*) ; whereas, furthermore,        should be as set out in the Annex hereto :
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
refunds on sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Sugar,
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 7.                               O OJ    No L 176, 30. 6. 1992, p. 31 .
Ó OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                   (8) OJ  No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                                (') OJ  No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.
(0 OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                   (10) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
fó OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                   (") OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                               exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                            amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
                        Article 1                                                                           Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 18 February
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and                        1993.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 17 February 1993 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                       ,   Rene STEICHEN
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 17 February 1993 fixing the export refunds on white
                                      sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                            Product code                        Amount of refund (s)
                                                                                 — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                          1701  11 90 100                            34,77    (')
                                          1701  11 90 910                            34,35    (')
                                          1701  11 90 950                                     (2)
                                          1701  12 90 100                            34,77    (')
                                          1701  12 90 910          '                 34,35    (')
                                          1701  1290 950                                      (2)
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                          1701 91 00 000                               0,3780
                                                                                 — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                          1701 99 10 100                             37,80
                                          1701 99 10 910                             37,80
                                          1701 99 10950                              37,80
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                          1701 9990 100                                0,3780
                            (') 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 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .
                            (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).
                            (•') Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be
                                 granted for humanitarian aid supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling the
                                 conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                 No 1432/92.