CELEX: 32000R2431
Language: en
Date: 2000-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2431/2000 of 31 October 2000 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

L 279/28                 EN                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                       1.11.2000
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2431/2000
                                                            of 31 October 2000
               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,                                        exceed the refund applicable to that product when
                                                                                   exported without further processing.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                           (4)     The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in
Community,
                                                                                   advance as the market situation over the next few
                                                                                   months cannot be established at the moment.
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in                 (5)     The commitments entered into with regard to refunds
sugar (1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No                             which may be granted for the export of agricultural
1527/2000 (2), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),                        products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to
                                                                                   the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advance
Whereas:                                                                           of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take
                                                                                   precautionary measures in such situations without,
                                                                                   however, preventing the conclusion of long-term
(1)     Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                       contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the
        provides that the differences between the prices in inter-                 advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
        national trade for the products listed in Article 1(1)(a),                 these various objectives to be met.
        (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices
        within the Community may be covered by an export                   (6)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
        refund where these products are exported in the form of                    taking account of expenditure forecasts and funds avail-
        goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-                      able in the budget.
        sion Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 of 13 July 2000
        laying down common implementing rules for granting                 (7)     The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
        export refunds on certain agricultural products exported                   accordance with the opinion of the Management
        in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the                         Committee for Sugar,
        Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such
        refunds (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2390/
        2000 (4), specifies the products for which a rate of
        refund should be fixed, to be applied where these prod-            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        ucts are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I
        to Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.                                                                 Article 1
(2)     In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No              The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
        1520/2000, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for            appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1520/2000 and
        each of the basic products in question must be fixed for           listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,
        each month.                                                        exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
                                                                           (EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
(3)     Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 and
        Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded                                             Article 2
        under the Uruguay Round lay down that the export
        refund for a product contained in a good may not                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 2000.
                        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                        Done at Brussels, 31 October 2000.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            Erkki LIIKANEN
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  252,  25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  175,  14.7.2000, p. 59.
(3) OJ L  177,  15.7.2000, p. 1.
(4) OJ L  276,  28.10.2000, p. 3.
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                                                              ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 2000 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:                                                   38,26                                38,26