CELEX: 31993R0017
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 17/93 of 7 January 1993 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

8 . 1 . 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 4/ 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 17/93
                                                        of 7 January 1993
                  fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be
                                                                      fixed per 1 % of the said content ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community,                                                   requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                      vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
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 (EEC) No 3814/92 (2), and in particular point (a) of
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (8), as
                                                                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 (9), prohibits
                                                                      trade between the Community and the Republics of
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                     Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does
provides that the difference between quotations or prices             not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1              enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products             should be taken into account when refunds are fixed ;
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund ;
                                                                      Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and                    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state                 the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on                  lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (10), as last amended by
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                     Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (n),
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
                                                                      — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account ;                                                    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
                                                                           Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                           a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                           cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                 Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
calculating cif prices for sugar Q ; whereas, furthermore,
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5              Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar               to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of                particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export                    Community and on the world market that the refund
                                                                      should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
refunds on sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1684/92 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for
sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
(') OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               Committee for Sugar,
0   OJ   No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 7.
(3  OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.
(4) OJ   No L  167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                               (8) OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
Is) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                    0 OJ No L 358, 8 . 12. 1992, p. 16.
f OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1 970, p. 1 .                                     (,0) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1992, p. 31 .                                   (■■) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                              exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                           amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
                        Article 1
                                                                                                           Article 2
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 January 1993.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 7 January 1993.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Rene STEICHEN
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                  ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 7 January 1993 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                             37,42    (')
                                        1701   11 90 910                             35,72    (')
                                        1701   11 90 950                                      (2)
                                         1701  12 90 100                             37,42    (')
                                         1701  12 90 910                             35,72    («)
                                         1701  12 90 950                                      (2)
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                        1701 91 00 000                                0,4068
                                                                                — ECU/ 100 kg —
                                        1701 99 10 100                               40,68
                                        1701 99 10 910                               39,81
                                        1701 99 10 950                               39,81
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                        1701 99 90 100                                0,4068
                             (') 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 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .
                             (2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85, as amended
                                 by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85.
                             (3) Refunds for exports to the Republics of Serbia and Montenegro may only be
                                 granted for humanitarian aid supplied by charitable organizations fulfilling the
                                 conditions laid down in Article 2 (a) and Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                 No 1432/92.