CELEX: 31999R2819
Language: en
Date: 1999-12-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2819/1999 of 30 December 1999 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 340/102                EN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      31. 12. 1999
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2819/1999
                                                         of 30 December 1999
               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,                              (5)     The commitments entered into with regard to refunds
                                                                                 which may be granted for the export of agricultural
                                                                                 products contained in goods not covered by Annex I to
                                                                                 the Treaty may be jeopardized by the fixing in advance
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                            of high refund rates. It is therefore necessary to take
Community,                                                                       precautionary measures in such situations without,
                                                                                 however, preventing the conclusion of long-term
                                                                                 contracts. The fixing of a specific refund rate for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13                      advance fixing of refunds is a measure which enables
September 1999 on the common organisation of the market in                       these various objectives to be met.
sugar (1), and in particular Article 18(5)(a) and (15),
                                                                         (6)     Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 provides
                                                                                 that in the absence of the proof referred to in Article
Whereas:                                                                         4(5)(a) of that Regulation, a reduced rate of export
                                                                                 refund has to be fixed, taking account of the amount of
                                                                                 the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council
                                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 (4), as last amended by
(1)     Article 18(1) and (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     Commission Regulation (EC) No 1148/98 (5), for the
        provides that the differences between the prices in inter-               basic product in question, used during the assumed
        national trade for the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a),             period of manufacture of the goods.
        (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) of that Regulation and prices
        within the Community may be covered by an export
        refund where these products are exported in the form of          (7)     It is necessary to ensure continuity of strict management
        goods listed in the Annex to that Regulation. Commis-                    taking account of expenditure forecasts asnd funds avail-
        sion Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 of 30 May 1994                           able in the budget.
        laying down common implementing rules for granting
        export refunds on certain agricultural products exported
        in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the               (8)     The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered
        Treaty and the criteria for fixing the amount of such                    an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
        refunds (2) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1702/
        1999 (3) specifies the products for which a rate of refund
        should be fixed, to be applied where these products are
        exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to
        Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999.
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(2)     In accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No
        1222/94, the rate of the refund per 100 kilograms for
        each of the basic products in question must be fixed for
        each month.                                                                                    Article 1
(3)     Article 18(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 and                The rates of the refunds applicable to the basic products
        Article 11 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded             appearing in Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1222/94 and
        under the Uruguay Round lay down that the export                 listed in Article 1(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999,
        refund for a product contained in a good may not                 exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
        exceed the refund applicable to that product when                (EC) No 2038/1999, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto.
        exported without further processing.
(4)     The refunds fixed under this Regulation may be fixed in                                        Article 2
        advance as the market situation over the next few
        months cannot be established at the moment.
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
( ) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
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(2) OJ L 136, 31.5.1994, p. 5.                                           (4) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 201, 31.7.1999, p. 30.                                          (5) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
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                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 December 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                       Margot WALLSTRÖM
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1999 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:
            — pursuant to Article 4(5)(b) of Regulation (EC) No                1,44                                1,44
               1222/94
            — in all other cases                                             47,16                                47,16