CELEX: 31993R0491
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 491/93 of 3 March 1993 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

4. 3 . 93                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 52/5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 491/93
                                                        of 3 March 1993
                 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                               state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          No 1 684/92 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for
                                                                     sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter
                                                                     must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be
                                                                     fixed per 1 % of the said content ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                     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
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3814/92 (2), and in particular point (a) of            Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                    be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1432/92 (8), as last
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3534/92 0, prohibits
provides that the difference between quotations or prices            trade between the Community and the Republics of
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
(1) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products             Serbia and Montenegro ; whereas this prohibition does
within the Community may be covered by an export                     not apply to certain situations as given in the limitative
                                                                     enumeration laid down in Articles 2 and 3 ; whereas this
refund ;                                                             should be taken into account when refunds are fixed :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1968 laying down general rules for granting export                    1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (10) are used to
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and              and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state           conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on            whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­               tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of          lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (");
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account ;
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
                                                                     whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in           Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9                 to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar             particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                  Community and on the world market that the refund
calculating cif prices for sugar 0 ; whereas, furthermore,            should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
refunds on sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                      Committee for Sugar,
(') OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 7.                              o OJ No L 176, 30. 6. 1992, p. 31 .
(3) OJ  No  L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                 (8) OJ No L 151 , 3. 6. 1992, p. 4.
(4) OJ  No  L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                                0 OJ No L 358, 8. 12. 1992, p. 16.
0   OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                  H OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(<) OJ  No  L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                  (") OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
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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 4 March 1993.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 3 March 1993.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           Rene STEICHEN
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                   ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 3 March 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                            35,01    (')
                                          1701  11 90 910                            32,60    (>)
                                          1701  11 90 950                                     (2)
                                          1701  12 90 100                            35,01    (')
                                          1701  12 90 910                            32,60    (')
                                          1701  12 90 950                                     (2)
                                                                       — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                          1701 91 00 000                               03806
                                                                                 — ECU/100 kg —
                                          1701 99 10 100                             38,06
                                          1701 99 10 910                             37,95
                                          1701 99 10 950                             37,95
                                                                       — ECU/1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                          1701 99 90 100                               0,3806
                             (') 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 (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).
                            (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.