CELEX: 31996R0173
Language: en
Date: 1996-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 173/96 of 31 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 173/96
                                                       of 31 January 1996
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                        the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        1101 /95, to the products listed in the Annex to the last
                                                                   mentioned Regulation ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
Community,
                                                                   products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
                                                                   one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
                                                                   one hand, of the difference between the intervention
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               price for white sugar for the Community areas without
                                                                   deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
tion (EC) No 1 101 /95 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5)       market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
thereof,                                                           balance between the use of Community basic products in
                                                                   the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
                                                                   countries and the use of third country products brought
                                                                   in under inward processing arrangements ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1           Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
(1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products          limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
within the Community may be covered by an export                   of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
refund :
                                                                   Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules             natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (f) and
of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar        (g) and (h) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be
sector (3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo­           fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of
grams of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regula­      the export refund for products falling within CN code
tion (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basic amount                 1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where                of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas           aspects of the intended exports ; whereas, in the case of
the sucrose content of the product in question is deter­           the products referred to in the said Article ( 1 ) (f) and (g),
mined in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regu­             the refund is to be granted only for products complying
lation (EC) No 2135/95 ;                                           with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
                                                                   2135/95 ; whereas, for the products referred to in Article 1
                                                                   ( 1 ) (h), the refund shall be granted only for products
                                                                   complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation
                                                                   (EC) No 2135/95 ;
Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
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             Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation             month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general              period ;
rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
chemical industry (4), last amended by Regulation (EC) No
(') OJ  No  L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                            Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing
(2) OJ  No  L  110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.                             refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
(4) OJ  No  L  94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                               the Annex to this Regulation ;
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 ('), as              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 (2), prohibits
  trade between the European Community and the Federal
                                                                                          Article 1
  Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) ; whereas
  this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
 comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
                                                                 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
                                                                 (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ,
 and in Council Regulation (EC) No 2815/95 (3) ; whereas         exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex
 account should be taken of this fact when fixing the            hereto.
 refunds ;
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                 Article 2
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Sugar,                                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1996.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1996.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                           *
(') OJ No L 102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
(2) OJ No L 138, 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 297, 9. 12. 1995, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1996 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                           certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                    Product code                         Amount of refund
                       l                                           — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                  1702 40 10 100                            40,64    0 (3)
                                  1702 60 10 000                            40,64    (2) 0
                                  1702 60 90 200                            77,22    00
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                  1702 60 90 800                             0,4064 (') 0
                                                                   — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                  1702 90 30 000                            40,64    O0
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                  1702 90 60 000                             0,4064 O 0
                                  1702 90 71 000                             0,4064 (') 0
                                  1702 90 99 900                             0,4064 O 0 0
                                                                   — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                  2106 90 30 000                           40,64     O0
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                  2106 90 59 000                             0,4064 (-) 0
                       (') 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.
                       (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 2815/95 are observed.
                       (4) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
                           Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ No L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 12).
                       (*) Applicable only to products defined under Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC)
                           No 394/70 .
                       NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended
                              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ No L 366, 24. 12.
                               1987, p. 1 ).