CELEX: 31999R1874
Language: en
Date: 1999-08-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/1999 of 31 August 1999 fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty

1. 9. 1999              EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                       L 231/9
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1874/1999
                                                             of 31 August 1999
               fixing the rates of refunds applicable to certain products from the sugar sector exported in the
                                        form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                (5)     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
                                                                                   I 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
                                                                                   refund rate for the advance fixing of refunds is a
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30                         measure which enables these various objectives to be
June 1981 on the common organisation of the market in                              met;
sugar (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1148/98 (2) and in particular Article 17(5) (a) and (15),
                                                                           (6)     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
(1)     Whereas Article 17 (1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                      export refund has to be fixed, taking account of the
        1785/81 provides that the differences between the prices                   amount of the production refund applicable, pursuant to
        in international trade for the products listed in Article 1                Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 (5), as last
        (1) (a), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and                 amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98,
        prices within the Community may be covered by an                           for the basic product in question, used during the
        export refund where these products are exported in the                     assumed period of manufacture of the goods;
        form of 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 export refunds on certain agricultural products           (7)     Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not
        exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I                       delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its
        to the Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of                    chairman,
        such refunds (3) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
        1702/1999 (4) specifies the products for which a rate of
        refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-
        ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I
        to Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2)     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
(3)     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 and
        concluded under the Uruguay Round lay down that the                listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81,
        export refund for a product contained in a good may                exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
        not exceed the refund applicable to that product when              (EEC) No 1785/81, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
        exported without further processing;
(4)     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 September 1999.
(2) OJ L  159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L  136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.
(4) OJ L  201, 31.7.1999, p. 30.                                           (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, 31 August 1999.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Karel VAN MIERT
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 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 I 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                 —                                  0,56
             1222/94
         — in all other cases                                                —                                 47,30