CELEX: 31997R0654
Language: en
Date: 1997-04-16 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 654/97 of 16 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

17. 4 . 97              EN               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 100/3
                                            COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 654/97
                                                             of 16 April 1997
                        fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                   state
    THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                           rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                           the refund for sugar according to destination;
    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
    Community,                                                             Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                           be fixed by other legal instruments;
    Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
   of 1 June 1981 on the common organization of the                        1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (6), as last
   markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­            amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 Q are used to
   tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular point (a) of the          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
   first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                          and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                          conversion rates of the Member States' currencies; whereas
                                                                          detailed rules on the application and determination of
  Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                          these conversions were set by Commission Regulation
  provides that the difference between quotations or prices
                                                                          (EEC) No 1068/93 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                          No 1482/96 (9);
  on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
  ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products
  within the Community may be covered by an export                       Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks;
  refund;                                                                whereas it may be altered in the intervening period;
                                                                         Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that                      to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
  when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and                   particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
  exported in its unaltered state, are being fixed account               Community and on the world market that the refund
  must be taken of the situation on the Community and                    should be as set out in the Annex hereto;
  world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and
  cost factors set out in Article 17a of that Regulation;                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  whereas the same Article provides that the economic                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into               Committee for Sugar,
  account;
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 of the standard quality; whereas the latter is defined in
 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                                                Article 1
 calculating cif prices for sugar (3), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EC) No 3290/94 (4); whereas, furthermore, this
 refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 17a (4)              The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas candy sugar is                (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
 defined in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2135/95 of 7                  exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                        amounts shown in the Annex hereto .
 September 1995 laying down detailed rules of application
 for the grant of export refunds in the sugar sector (s);
whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing
added flavouring or colouring matter must apply to their                                             Article 2
sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the
said content;
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 April 1997.
(')   OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)   OJ   No L  206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43 .                            (4)  OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0     OJ   No L  89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 .                             0    OJ  No  L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
 4)   OJ   No L  349 , 31 . 12. 1994, p. 105.                          (8)  OJ  No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993 , p. 106.
0     OJ   No L  214, 8 . 9 . 1995, p. 16 .                            O    OJ  No  L 188 , 27. 7. 1996, p. 22.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 16 April 1997.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 16 April 1997 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                      and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                      Product code                         Amount of refund
                                                                          — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                    1701  11 90  9100                          37,86     (')
                                    1701  11 90  9910                          35,50     (')
                                    1701  11 90  9950                                    (2)
                                    1701  12 90  9100                          37,86     (')
                                    1701 1290    9910                          35,50     (')
                                    1701 12 90   9950                                    (2)
                                                                — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                    1701 91 00 9000                             0,4116
                       l                                                  — ECU/ 1 00 kg —
                                   1701 99 10 9100                            41,16
                                   1701 99 10 9910                            40,47
                                   1701 99 10 9950                            40,47
                       l                                        — ECU/ 1 % of sucrose x 100 kg —
                                   1701 99 90 9100                              0,4116
                       (') 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 17a (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 .
                       (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).