CELEX: 31998R2570
Language: en
Date: 1998-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2570/98 of 30 November 1998 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2570/98
                                                    of 30 November 1998
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                       the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
                                                                    one hand, of the difference between the intervention
                                                                    price for white sugar for the Community areas without
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
Community,                                                          and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
                                                                    market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
                                                                    balance between the use of Community basic products in
                                                                    the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                countries and the use of third country products brought
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   in under inward processing arrangements;
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5)
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
                                                                    limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                    of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 (1)
(d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within
the Community may be covered by an export refund;
                                                                    Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                    makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                  natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (f) and
2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules              (g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refund must be
of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar         fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of
sector (3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo-            the export refund for products falling within CN code
grams of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regula-        1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 (1)
tion (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basic amount                  (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where                 aspects of the intended exports; whereas, in the case of
appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; whereas the         the products referred to in the said Article (1) (f) and (g),
sucrose content of the product in question is determined            the refund is to be granted only for products complying
in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation               with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
(EC) No 2135/95;                                                    2135/95; whereas, for the products referred to in Article 1
                                                                    (1) (h), the refund shall be granted only for products
                                                                    complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation
                                                                    (EC) No 2135/95;
Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc-
tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation              Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general               month; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
rules for the production refund on sugar used in the                period;
chemical industry (4), last amended by Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1126/96 (5), to the products listed in the
Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;
                                                                    Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing
                                                                    refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other                 the Annex to this Regulation;
products listed in Article 1 (1) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
(1) OJ  L  177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ  L  159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
(3) OJ  L  214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.
(4) OJ  L  94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(5) OJ  L  150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.                                  Committee for Sugar,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                     exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex
                                                                 hereto.
                         Article 1                                                        Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1)       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
(d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81,            1998.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 November 1998.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 1998 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                         certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                   Product code                          Amount of refund
                                                                  — ECU/100 kg dry matter —
                                1702 40 10 9100                            46,04   (2)
                                1702 60 10 9000                            46,04   (2)
                                1702 60 80 9100                            87,48   (4)
                                                                — ECU/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
                                1702 60 95 9000                             0,4604 (1)
                                                                  — ECU/100 kg dry matter —
                                1702 90 30 9000                            46,04   (2)
                                                                — ECU/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
                                1702 90 60 9000                             0,4604 (1)
                                1702 90 71 9000                             0,4604 (1)
                                1702 90 99 9900                             0,4604 (1) (3)
                                                                  — ECU/100 kg dry matter —
                                2106 90 30 9000                            46,04   (2)
                                                                — ECU/1 % sucrose × 100 kg —
                                2106 90 59 9000                             0,4604 (1)
                     (1) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure
                         (Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance with
                         Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2135/95.
                     (2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                         2135/95.
                     (3) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
                         Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 12).
                     (4) Applicable only to products defined under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
                         2135/95.
                     NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended
                            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12. 1987,
                            p. 1).