CELEX: 31989R1501
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1501/89 of 31 May 1989 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

No L 148/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 6. 89
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1501/89
                                                          of 31 May 1989
                    fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                         the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general
                                                                    rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               chemical industry to the products listed in the Annex
Economic Community,                                                 to the last mentioned Regulation ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                            whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
                                                                    products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   one hand, of the difference between the intervention
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         price for white sugar for the Community areas without
tion (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4)         deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
thereof,                                                            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 opinion of the Monetary Committee,             the manufacture of processed goods for export to third
                                                                     countries and the use of third country products brought
                                                                     in under inward processing arrangements ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
(1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products           Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
within the Community may be covered by an export                     limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
refund ;                                                             of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of the
Council of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by             Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export            makes provision for setting refunds for export in the
refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article            natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1) (f) and
1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the           (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the Tefund must be fixed
basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, includ­              per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the
ing, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ;          export refund for products falling within CN code
whereas the sucrose content of the product in question is            1702 30 91 and for products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation               of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and of the economic
(EEC) No 394/70 of the Commission of 2 March 1970 on                 aspects of the intended exports ; whereas the refund is to
detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar (*), as          be granted only for products complying with the condi­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 (®) ;                    tions in Article 3 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     1469/77 of 30 June 1977 laying down rules for applying
                                                                     the levy and the refund in respect of isoglucose and
                                                                     amending Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (8), as amended by
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                      Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 ;
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­
(') OJ   No   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
(2) OJ   No   L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1 .                             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
0   OJ   No   L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.
0   OJ   No   L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 .
0   OJ   No   L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                               O OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9.
fa OJ No L 152, 18. 6. 1988, p. 23.                                  (8) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         prices no refund should be fixed in the case of exports to
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         Portugal ;
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­     in accordance with the opinion of the Management
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­        Committee for Sugar,
     lation (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every
month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening            The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
period ;                                                           (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported
                                                                   in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing              hereto.
refunds for the products in question at the levels given in
the Annex to this Regulation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession,                                    Article 2
refunds may be granted in the case of exports to Portugal ;
whereas, in the light of the situation and the level of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 31 May 1989.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') Oj No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1989 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                                certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                  (ECU)
                                                    Basic amount per percentage point
                                                         of sucrose content and          Amount of refund per 100 kg
                          Product code
                                                     per 100 kg net of the product             of dry matter 0
                                                              in question (')
                        1702 40 10 100                                                               29,04
                        1702 60 10 000            \                                                  29,04
                        1702 60 90 000                           0,2904
                        1702 90 30 000                                                               29,04
                        1702 90 60 000                           0,2904
                        1702 90 71 000                           0,2904
                        1702 90 90 900                           0,2904
                        2106 90 30 000            II                                                 29,04
                        2106 90 59 000                           0,2904
             (') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70).
                 Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.
             0 Applicable only to products referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77.
             NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87
                    as amended (OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1).