CELEX: 31996R1944
Language: en
Date: 1996-10-09 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1944/96 of 9 October 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

10 . 10 . 96            EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 257/ 1
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                                                   (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1944/96
                                                            of 9 October 1996
                         fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                    state
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
                                                                             said content;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Community,                                                               Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                             rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     the refund for sugar according to destination;
    of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                       Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
    markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­             be fixed by other legal instruments;
   tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the
   first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 990/93 (6), as
                                                                            amended by Regulation (EC) No 1380/95 Q, prohibits
   Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                        trade between the European Community and the Federal
   provides that the difference between quotations or prices                Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro); whereas
   on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                 this prohibition does not apply in certain situations as
   ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products               comprehensively listed in Articles 2, 4, 5 and 7 thereof
   within the Community may be covered by an export                         and in Council Regulation (EC) No 462/96 (8); whereas
   refund;                                                                  account should be taken of this fact when fixing the
                                                                            refunds;
   Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that
   when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                    Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
   exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account                 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (9), as last
   must be taken of the situation on the Community and                     amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (10), are used to
  world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and                convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
  cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
  whereas the same Article provides that the economic
  aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into                 detailed rules on the application and determination of
  account;
                                                                           these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
                                                                           (EEC) No 1068 /93 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
  Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect                 No 1482/96 (12);
  of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in                Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                    whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                     Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­              to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this                     particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)                Community and on the world market that the refund
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is                  should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
 defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (*);                 Committee for Sugar,
 whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
 added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their
                                                                         (6) OJ   No  L  102, 28 . 4. 1993, p. 14.
                                                                         0 OJ     No  L  138 , 21 . 6. 1995, p. 1 .
(')   OJ   No   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               0 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 .
(3)   OJ   No   L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3.                               (10) 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.                               (I2) OJ  No   L  188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                Article 1
            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
           This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October 1996.
           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 9 October 1996 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       Franz FISCHLER
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 9 October 1996 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                       and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                        Product code                         Amount of refund (3)
                                                                             — ECU/ 100 kg
                                      1701 11 90 100                             38,33    (')
                                      1701 11 90 910                             38,19    (')
                                      1701 11 90 950                                      0
                                      1701 1290 100                              38,33    (')
                                      1701 1290 910                              38,19    (')
                                      1701 12 90 950                                      (2)
                                                                       ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                      1701 91 00 000                              0,4167
                                                                               ECU/ 100 kg —
                                      1701 99 10 100                            41,67
                                     1701 99 10 910                             41,90
                                     1701 99 10 950                             41,90
                                                                  — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg
                                     1701 99 90 100                               0,4167
                        (') 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.