CELEX: 31997R2293
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-19 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2293/97 of 19 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

20 . 11 . 97          I EN I            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   L 316/3
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2293/97
                                                         of 19 November 1997
                         fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                  state
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                          rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                          the refund for sugar according to destination;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Community,                                                            Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                          be fixed by other legal instruments;
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
    of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                      1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (% as last
    markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 Q, are used to
    tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the        convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
    first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                        and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                         conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                         detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                         these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
   Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
   provides that the difference between quotations or prices             No 1482/96 (9);
   on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
   ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products
   within the Community may be covered by an export                     Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
   refund;                                                              whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
                                                                        Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
                                                                        to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                    particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
   when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                 Community and on the world market that the refund
   exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account             should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
   must be taken of the situation on the Community and
  world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and
  cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  whereas the same Article provides that the economic                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into              Committee for Sugar,
  account;
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
                                                                                                    Article 1
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)             (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is               exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
 defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                 amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application
 for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (*);
 whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing                                            Article 2
 added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
 sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content;                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 November
                                                                       1997 .
(')   OJ   L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)   OJ   L  206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.                               (6)  OJ  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0     OJ   L  89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3.                                 0    OJ  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(4)   OJ   L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                              (8)  OJ  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 !    OJ   L 214, 8 . 9. 1995, p. 16.                                 0    OJ  L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States.
        Done at Brussels, 19 November 1997.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                        ANNEX
        to the Commission Regulation of 19 November 1997 fixing the export refunds on white
                            sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                 Product code                         Amount of refund
                                                                     — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                              1701 11    90 9100                          37,31     (')
                              1701.11    90 9910                          33,02     (')
                              1701 11    90 9950                                    (2)
                              1701 12    90 9100                          37,31     (')
                              1701 12    90 9910                          33,02     (')
                              1701 12    90 9950                                    O
                                                            — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                              1701 91 00 9000                              0,4056
                                                                     — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                              1701 99 10 9100                            40,56
                              1701 99 10 9910                            39,62
                              1701 99 10 9950                            39,62
                   l                                        — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                              1701 99 90 9100                              0,4056
                   (') 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 L 255, 26.
                       9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ L 309, 21 . 11 .
                       1985, p. 14).