CELEX: 31997R2158
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2158/97 of 31 October 1997 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

L 298 /24           1EN                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 11 . 97
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2158/97
                                                       of 31 October 1997
                   fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                         the natural state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world
                                                                     market and, on the other, of the need to establish a
                                                                    balance between the use of Community basic products in
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
 Community,
                                                                     countries and the use of third country products brought
                                                                     in under inward processing arrangements;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
 tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular Article 17 (5)        of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                    makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
 Whereas Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  natural state of products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (f) and
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices          (g) and (h) of that Regulation; whereas the refund must be
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1           fixed per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of
( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products          the export refund for products falling within CN code
within the Community may be covered by an export                     1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
 refund;                                                            of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
                                                                    aspects of the intended exports; whereas, in the case of
Whereas Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No                  the products referred to in the said Article ( 1 ) (f) and (g),
 2135/95 of 7 September 1995 laying down detailed rules             the refund is to be granted only for products complying
 of application for the grant of export refunds in the sugar        with the conditions in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
 sector (3), provides that the export refund on 100 kilo­           2135/95; whereas, for the products referred to in Article 1
grams of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regula­      ( 1 ) (h), the refund shall be granted only for products
 tion (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the basic amount                 complying with the conditions in Article 6 of Regulation
 multiplied by the sucrose content, including, where                (EC) No 2135/95;
 appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose; whereas the
 sucrose content of the product in question is determined           Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
 in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Regulation              month; whereas they may be altered in the intervening
(EC) No 2135/95;                                                    period;
                                                                    Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing
Whereas Article 17 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose            the Annex to this Regulation;
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general               Committee for Sugar,
 rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
chemical industry (4), last amended by Commission Regu­
lation (EC) No 11 26/96 (5), to the products listed in the
Annex to the last mentioned Regulation;                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other                                           Article 1
products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to             The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
                                                                    (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ,
one hand, of the difference between the intervention                exported in the natural state, shall be set out in the Annex
price for white sugar for the Community areas without               hereto .
deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
(') OJ L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                                             Article 2
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.
0 OJ L 214, 8 . 9. 1995, p. 16.                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
(<) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                                      1997 .
O OJ L 150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1997.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1997 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                          certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                    Product code                       Amount of refund
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                 1702 40 10 9100                           40,56    (2)
                                1702 60 10 9000                            40,56    (2)
                                1702 60 90 9200                            77,06    (4)
                                                               — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1702 60 90 9800                             0,4056 (')
                                                                 — ECU/ 1 00 kg dry matter —
                                1702 90 30 9000                           40,56    (2)
                                                              — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                1702 90 60 9000                             0,4056 (')
                                1702 90 71 9000                             0,4056 (')
                                1702 90 99 9900                             0,4056 (') 0
                                                                — ECU/ 100 kg dry matter —
                                2106 90 30 9000                           40,56    (2)
                                                              — ECU/ 1 % sucrose x 100 kg —
                                2106 90 59 9000                             0,4056 (')
                     (') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure
                         (Regulation (EC) No 2135/95). Sucrose content is determined in accordance
                         with Article 3 of Regulation ( EC) No 2135/95.
                     (2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
                         No 2135/ 95 .
                    (?) The basic amount is not applicable to the product defined under point 2 of the
                         Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3513/92 (OJ L 355, 5. 12. 1992, p. 12).
                    (4) Applicable only to products defined under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
                         2135/ 95 .
                     NB: The product codes and the footnotes are defined in amended
                            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 (OJ L 366, 24. 12.
                            1987, p. 1 ).