CELEX: 31996R0837
Language: en
Date: 1996-05-07 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 837/96 of 7 May 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

No L 114/2          fENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   8 . 5. 96
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 837/96
                                                          of 7 May 1996
                   fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (*), as
                                                                       amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 Q, prohibits
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                trade between the European Community and the Federal
 Community,                                                           Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
                                                                      this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (8); whereas
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
 tion (EC) No 1101 /95 (2), and in particular point (a) of the        refunds;
 first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (9), as last
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices            amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (10), are used to
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products             and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
within the Community may be covered by an export                      conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 refund;                                                              detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                      these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                     (EEC) No 1068/93 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                  No 2853/95 C2);
 exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account
 must be taken of the situation on the Community and                  Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;
whereas the same Article provides that the economic                   Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into              to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
account;                                                              particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
                                                                      Community and on the world market that the refund
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect              should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                  Committee for Sugar,
calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7
September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application                                         Article 1
for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector ^;
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the             (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
said content;
                                                                      exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                      amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary                                         Article 2
the refund for sugar according to destination;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 May 1996.
Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
be fixed by other legal instruments;
                                                                      (6) 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 65, 15. 3. 1996, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L  110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                  (10) OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(«) OJ   No L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                             (") OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
0   OJ  No  L 214, 8 . 9. 1995, p. 16.                                 12 OJ No L 299, 12. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 7 May 1996.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 7 May 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                         36,34     (')
                                    1701  11 90  910                         36,65     (')
                                    1701  11 90  950                                   (2)
                                   1701   12 90  100                         36,34     C)
                                   1701   12 90  910                         36,65     (')
                                   1701   12 90  950                                   (2)
                                                               — ECU/1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 91 00 000                             0,3950
                                                                         — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                   1701 99 10 100                            39,50
                                   1701 99 10 910                            39,84
                                   1701 99 10 950                            39,84
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 99 90 100                             0,3950
                      {') 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.