CELEX: 31999R2054
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2054/1999 of 29 September 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

30. 9. 1999            EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                        L 255/19
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2054/1999
                                                         of 29 September 1999
                   fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      export refunds in the sugar sector (4); whereas the refund
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or
Community,                                                                       colouring matter must apply to their sucrose content
                                                                                 and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets                 (4)     Whereas the world market situation or the specific
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular point (a) of the second               requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
subparagraph of Article 18(5) thereof,                                           to vary the refund for sugar according to destination;
(1)     Whereas Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999               (5)     Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
        provides that the difference between quotations or prices                be fixed by other legal instruments;
        on the world market for the products listed in Article
        1(1)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those products         (6)     Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
        within the Community may be covered by an export                         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
        refund;                                                          (7)     Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
(2)     Whereas Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 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 19 of that Regulation;           (8)     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
        whereas the same Article provides that the economic                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
        aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into                 Committee for Sugar,
        account;
(3)     Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        respect of the standard quality; whereas the latter is
        defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                           Article 1
        431/68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard
        quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier          The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) of
        crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (2), as      Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, undenatured and exported in
        amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (3); whereas,              the natural state, are hereby fixed to the amounts shown in the
        furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance           Annex hereto.
        with Article 19(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999;
        whereas candy sugar is defined in Commission Regula-                                          Article 2
        tion (EC) No 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying
        down detailed rules of application for the grant of              This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 September 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 29 September 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105.                                        (4) OJ L 214, 8.9.1995, p. 16.
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                                                                    ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1999 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar
                                                   exported in its unaltered state
                                         Product code                             Amount of refund
                                                                                 — EUR/100 kg —
                                     1701 11 90 9100                                43,51     (1)
                                     1701 11 90 9910                                42,64     (1)
                                     1701 11 90 9950                                          (2)
                                     1701 12 90 9100                                43,51     (1)
                                     1701 12 90 9910                                42,64     (1)
                                     1701 12 90 9950                                          (2)
                                                                          — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
                                     1701 91 00 9000                                  0,4730
                                                                                 — EUR/100 kg —
                                     1701 99 10 9100                                47,30
                                     1701 99 10 9910                                48,67
                                     1701 99 10 9950                                48,67
                                                                          — EUR/1 % of sucrose × 100 kg —
                                     1701 99 90 9100                                  0,4730
                           ( ) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 %; if the yield is other than 92 %,
                            1
                               the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 19
                               (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
                           (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).