CELEX: 31996R2128
Language: en
Date: 1996-11-06 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2128/96 of 6 November 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

7 . 11 . 96            EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 285/ 1
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                                                  (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2128 /96
                                                          of 6 November 1996
                    fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                   state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
                                                                          sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   said content;
 Community,
                                                                          Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
 of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                         the refund for sugar according to destination ;
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the            Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
 first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                            be fixed by other legal instruments;
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (6), as
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices                amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380 /95 0, prohibits
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                 trade between the European Community and the Federal
 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products               Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
 within the Community may be covered by an export                         this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 refund;                                                                  comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
                                                                          and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (8); whereas
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                        account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
                                                                          refunds ;
 when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and
 exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account
 must be taken of the situation on the Community and                      Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (9), as last
 cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation ;                 amended by Regulation ( EC) No 150/95 (10), are used to
 whereas the same Article provides that the economic                      convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
 account;
                                                                          detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                          these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect                (EEC) No 1068/93 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in                No 1482/96 (12);
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar               Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this                    Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)               to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is                  particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                    Community and on the world market that the refund
September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application                 should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (*);
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
                                                                         (6) OJ  No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993 , p. 14.
                                                                         O OJ    No L 138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
(')   OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                 H OJ    No L 65, 15. 3 . 1996, p. 1 .
(2)   OJ  No  L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.                                0 OJ    No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O     OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                   H OJ    No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(4)   OJ  No  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                              (") OJ  No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(5    OJ  No  L 214, 8 . 9 . 1995, p. 16 .                               (I2j OJ No L 188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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 Whereas, in the light of the amendment introduced by                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EC) No 1222/96 ('), the figure 9 after the first
 eight digits corresponding to the combined nomenclature                                                     Article 1
 subheadings should be regarded as forming part of the
 refund nomenclature code from 1 January 1997;                                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
                                                                               (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
                                                                               exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                               amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
                                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 November
 Committee for Sugar,                                                          1996 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 6 November 1996 .
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 6 November 1996 fixing the export refunds on white
                                        sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                             Product code                          Amount of refund (3)
                                                                                    — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                            1701 11 90 100                              39,60    (')
                                            1701 11 90 910                              39,27    (')
                                            1701 11 90 950                                       0
                                            1701 12 90 100                              39,60    (')
                                            1701 1290 910                               39,27    (')
                                            1701 12 90 950                                       (2)
                                                                         — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                            1701 91 00 000                               0,4305
                                                                                    — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                            1701 99 10 100                             43,05
                                            1701 99 10 910                             43,67
                                            1701 99 10 950                             43,67
                                                                         — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                            1701 99 90 100                               0,4305
                               (') 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 No L 255,
                                   26. 9 . 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ No L 309,
                                   21 . 11 . 1985, p. 14).
                               (3) Refunds on exports to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and
                                   Montenegro) may be granted only where the conditions laid down in amended
                                   Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 and Regulation (EC) No 462/96 are observed .
(') OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1996, p. 62.