CELEX: 32000R2068
Language: en
Date: 2000-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2068/2000 of 29 September 2000 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

30.9.2000                EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 246/23
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2068/2000
                                                           of 29 September 2000
               fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
                                       form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                        exceed the refund applicable to that product when
                                                                                   exported without further processing.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                                 (4)     The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in
                                                                                   advance as the market situation over the next few
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13                        months cannot be established at the moment.
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in                 (5)     The commitments entered into with regard to refunds
sugar (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No                             which may be granted for the export of agricultural
1527/2000 (2), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),                        products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to
                                                                                   the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advance
Whereas:                                                                           of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take
                                                                                   precautionary measures in such situations without,
(1)     Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                       however, preventing the conclusion of long-term
        provides that the differences between the prices in inter-                 contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the
        national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),                 advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
        (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices                   these various objectives to be met.
        within the Community may be covered by an export
        refund where these products are exported in the form of            (6)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
        goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-                      taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
        sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000                          able in the budget.
        laying down common implementing rules for granting
        export refunds on certain agricultural products exported           (7)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the                         accordance with the opinion of the Management
        Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such                      Committee for Sugar,
        refunds (3) specifies the products for which a rate of
        refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I
        to Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
                                                                                                         Article 1
(2)     In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No              The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
        1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for            appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
        each of the basic products in question must be fixed for           listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,
        each month.                                                        exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
                                                                           (EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
(3)     Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 and
        Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded                                             Article 2
        under the Uruguay Round lay down that the export
        refund for a product contained in a good may not                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 2000.
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                        Done at Brussels, 29 September 2000.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 175, 14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L 177, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
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                                                            ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 2000 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to certain
            products in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
                                                                               Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg
                              Product                                 In case of
                                                                   advance fixing of                        Other
                                                                       refunds
         White sugar:                                                  38,90                                38,90