CELEX: 31997R1954
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-08 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1954/97 of 8 October 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

9 . 10 . 97             EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 L 276/31
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1954/97
                                                       of 8 October 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 381 3/92 (6), as last
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (^ 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
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices           (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
                                                                      No 1482/96 (9);
(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
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                    to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                 particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account             Community and on the world market that the refund
must be taken of the situation on the Community and                  should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
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
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                                             Article 1
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)            The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is              (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                     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
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their                                         Article 2
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content;
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 October 1997.
(') OJ   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
0   OJ   L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.                                  («) OJ L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O   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.                               o   OJ L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(5) 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, 8 October 1997 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 8 October 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                             36,00     (')
                                1701  11   90 9910                          33,53     (')
                                1701  11   90 9950                                    0
                                1701  12   90 9100                          36,00     (')
                                1701  12   90 9910                          33,53     (')
                                1701  12   90 9950                                    (2)
                                                             — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1701 91 00 9000                               0,3914
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                1701 99 10 9100                             39,14
                                1701 99 10 9910                             40,20
                                1701 99 10 9950                             40,20
                                                             — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1701 99 90 9100                               0,3914
                     (') 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).