CELEX: 31997R1051
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-11 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1051/97 of 11 June 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

12. 6. 97             EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 154/5
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1051 /97
                                                          of 11 June 1997
                    fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                 state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                         rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                        the refund for sugar according to destination;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,                                                             Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                        be fixed by other legal instruments;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                        1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (% as last
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­            amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 Q, are used to
 tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the           convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                          and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                        conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                        detailed rules on the application and determination of
                                                                        these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
 Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                      (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices              No 1482/96 (9);
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products
 within the Community may be covered by an export                       Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
 refund;                                                                whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
                                                                        Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                      to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
 when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                   particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
 exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account               Community and on the world market that the refund
 must be taken of the situation on the Community and                   should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
 world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and
 cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 whereas the same Article provides that the economic                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into              Committee for Sugar,
 account;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                                                Article 1
calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this
refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is                (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                  exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                       amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application
for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector Q;
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their                                            Article 2
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content;
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 June 1997.
(')  OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ  No  L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.                               (6)  OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                 0    OJ  No L  22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(<)  OJ  No  L 349, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                            (8)  OJ  No L  108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
0 OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 16.                                       9  OJ  No L  188, 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 11 June 1997.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 11 June 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                      and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                      Product code                        Amount of refund
                                                                          — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                    1701 11 90   9100                         36,68     (')
                                    1701 11 90   9910                         35,21 ('j
                                    1701 11 90  9950                                    (2)
                                   1701  12 90  9100                          36,68     (')
                                   1701  12 90  9910                          35,21 ('j
                                   1701  12 90  9950
                                                                — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 91 00 9000                             0,3987
                      l                                                  — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                   1701 99 10 9100                            39,87
                                   1701 99 10 9910                            39,29
                                   1701 99 10 9950                            39,29
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 99 90 9100                             0,3987
                      (') 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).