CELEX: 31991R0217
Language: en
Date: 1991-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 217/91 of 30 January 1991 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

31 . 1 . 91                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 26/5
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 217/91
                                                        of 30 January 1991
                  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
                                                                      requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                      vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic 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
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
tion (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular point (a) of
                                                                      — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                           tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                           of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                           the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­
                                                                           lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regu­
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                          lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (9)>
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1              — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
within the Community may be covered by an export                          Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
refund ;                                                                   a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                           cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 1 8 June
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                   Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state            Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on             to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of           Community and on the world market that the refund
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that              should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account ;                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                      Committee for Sugar,
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
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             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore,
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5
                                                                                                 Article 1
(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                    The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
refunds on sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
No 1714/88 0 ; whereas the refund thus calculated for                 exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                      amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter
must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be
fixed per 1 % of the said content ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
(') OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ   No L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 January
(3) OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                1991 .
O   OJ   No L  167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.
O OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3.
O OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                      (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 152, 18 . 6. 1988 , p. 23.                                  O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 30 January 1991 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 January 1991 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                     and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                                                                                     (ECU)
                                                                            Amount of refund
                                      Product code                               per percentage point of
                                                                                  sucrose content and
                                                                per 100 kg        per 100 kg net of the
                                                                                  product in question
                                    1701 11 90 100                35,07 (')
                                    1701 11 90 910                35,63 (')
                                    1701 11 90 950                   (2)
                                    1701 12 90 100                35,07 (')
                                    1701 12 90 910                35,63 0
                                    1701 12 90 950                   0
                                    1701 91 00 000                                       0,3812
                                    1701 99 10 100                38,12
                                    1701 99 10 910                38,73
                                    1701 99 10 950                38,73
                                    1701 99 90 100                                       0,3812
                       (') 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).