CELEX: 31987R0918
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 918/87 of 31 March 1987 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

1 . 4. 87                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 89/ 13
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 918/87
                                                         of 31 March 1987
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                          the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          chemical industry 0, to the products listed in the Annex
                                                                     to the last mentioned Regulation ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
                                                                     products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
Portugal,                                                            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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4)           balance between the use of Community basic products in
thereof,                                                             the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
                                                                     countries and the use of third country products brought
                                                                     in under inward processing arrangements ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
provides that the difference between quotations or prices            limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1) (d)
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1             of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;                                                             Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                     makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
                                                                     natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (f) and
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed
766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for                 per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by             export refund for products within subheading 17.02 B II
Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export            a) of the Common Customs Tariff and for products
refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article            referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the             1785/81 and of the economic aspects of the intended
basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, inclu-/              exports ; whereas the refund is to be granted only for
ding, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as                   products complying with the conditions in Article 3 of
sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77 of 30 June
question is determined in accordance with Article 13 of               1977 laying down rules for applying the levy and the
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March                     refund in respect of isoglucose and amending Regulation
 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on               (EEC) No 192/75 (8);
sugar 0» as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1467/77 0 ;
                                                                     Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
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               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
(EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978, laying down general                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
rules for the production refund on sugar used in the                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
(')  OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (9),
(2)  OJ   No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.
0    OJ   No L  167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                             o OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9.
M OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                     (8) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9.
(«) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.                                  O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the           tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of         the case of exports to Portugal ;
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;            in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                Committee for Sugar,
Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
period ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing           The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
refunds for the products in question at the levels given in     (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported
the Annex to this Regulation ;                                  in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                hereto .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession                                   Article 2
of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case
of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1987.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 31 March 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                                        ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1987 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                                        certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                                   (ECU)
                                                                                                              Basic amount
       CCT                                                                                               per percentage point       Amount of refund
                                                                                                          of sucrose content
     heading                                         Description                                         and per 100 kg net            per 100 kg
        No                                                                                                                           of dry matter (2)
                                                                                                             of the product
                                                                                                             in question (')
17.02                Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added flavou­
                     ring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with
                     natural honey ; caramel :
                     D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto­
                         dextrine) :
                              I. Isoglucose                                                                                               43,77
                         ex II. Other, excluding sorbose                                                         0,4377
                     E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                                0,4377
                     F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry state, 50 %
                            or more by weight of sucrose                                                         0,4377
21.07                Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                     F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                         III. Isoglucose                                                                                                  43,77
                         IV. Other (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine syrups)                       0,4377
(') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70). Sucrose content is determined in accordance
    with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.
(2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77.