CELEX: 31999R0924
Language: en
Date: 1999-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 924/1999 of 30 April 1999 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

L 114/50                   EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1. 5. 1999
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 924/1999
                                                           of 30 April 1999
                      fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector
                           exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas the commitments entered into with regard to
                                                                        refunds which may be granted for the export of agricul-
                                                                        tural products contained in goods not covered by Annex
                                                                        II to the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   advance of high refund rates; whereas it is therefore
Community,                                                              necessary to take precautionary measures in such situa-
                                                                        tions without, however, preventing the conclusion of
                                                                        long-term contracts; whereas the fixing of a specific
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a measure
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                       which enables these various objectives to be met;
market in sugar (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1599/96 (2) and in particular Article 17 (5) (a) and (15),
                                                                        Whereas Article 4 (5) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
                                                                        provides that in the absence of the proof referred to in
                                                                        Article 4 (5) (a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of export
Whereas Article 17 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                   refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of
1785/81 provides that the differences between the prices                the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council
in international trade for the products listed in Article 1             Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 (5), as last amended by
(1) (a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices       Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/96 (2), for the basic
within the Community may be covered by an export                        product in question, used during the assumed period of
refund where these products are exported in the form of                 manufacture of the goods;
goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation; whereas
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994
laying down common implementing rules for granting                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
export refunds on certain agricultural products exported                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the                     Committee for Sugar,
Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such
refunds (3) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1909/
97 (4) specifies the products for which a rate of refund
should be fixed, to be applied where these products are
exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1785/81;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas, in accordance with Article 4 (1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilo-
grams for each of the basic products in question must be
fixed for each month;                                                                              Article 1
Whereas Article 17 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                   The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
and Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture                          appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94
concluded under the Uruguay Round lay down that the                     and listed in Article 1 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
export refund for a product contained in a good may not                 1785/81, exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I
exceed the refund applicable to that product when                       to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, are fixed as shown in
exported without further processing;                                    the Annex hereto.
Whereas the refunds fixed under this Regulation may be
fixed in advance; whereas the market situation over the                                            Article 2
next few months cannot be established at the moment;
(1) OJ  L  177,   1.7.1981, p. 4.                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1999.
(2) OJ  L  159,   3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ  L  136,   31.5.1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ  L  184,   27.6.1998, p. 25.                                     (5) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, 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 April 1999.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Martin BANGEMANN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1999 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable to
           certain products in the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II
                                                      to the Treaty
                                                                           Rate of refund in EUR/100 kg
                                  Product                              In case of
                                                                    advance fixing of              Other
                                                                        refunds
           White sugar:
            pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No            5,79                      8,38
               1222/94
            in all other cases                                          49,35                     51,94