CELEX: 31988R2704
Language: en
Date: 1988-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2704/88 of 31 August 1988 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

No L 241 /40                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     1 . 9 . 88
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2704/88
                                                          of 31 August 1988
                     fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                           the natural state
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­
                                                                      tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                rules for the production refund on sugar used in the
 Economic Community,                                                  chemical industry 0, to the products listed in the Annex
                                                                      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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          one hand, of the difference between the intervention
 tion (EEC) No 2306/88 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4)          price for white sugar for the Community areas without
 thereof,                                                             deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed
                                                                      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
within the Community may be covered by an export                      Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
 refund ;                                                             limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)
                                                                      of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
766/68 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 refund must be fixed
basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, inclu­                per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the
ding, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as                    export refund for products within subheading 1702 30 91
sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in               of the combined nomenclature and for products referred
question is determined in accordance with Article 13 of               to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March                      of the economic aspects of the intended exports ; whereas
 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on                the refund is to be granted only for products complying
sugar (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     with the conditions in Article 3 of Commission Regula­
 1467/77 (6) ;                                                        tion (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);
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68
provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose
exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic
(')  OJ   No   L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
(2)  OJ   No   L 210, 27. 7. 1988, p. 65.                             refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
(3)  OJ   No   L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.
(4)  OJ   No   L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.
0    OJ   No   L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9.
(6)  OJ   No   L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.                              f) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­          tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in
      tion to each other at any given moment within a band         the case of exports to 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 paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      in accordance with the opinion of the Management
      tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        Committee for Sugar,
      tion (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 ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession
of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­      1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 31 August 1988 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1988 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 (2)
                                                                 in question (')
                        1702 40 10 100                                                                  37,71
                        1702 60 10 000                                                                  37,71
                        1702 60 90 000                              0,3771
                        1702 90 30 000               \                                                  37,71
                        1702 90 60 000                              0,3771
                        1702 90 71 000                              0,3771                       /   .
                        1702 90 90 900                              0,3771
                        2106 90 30 000               \                                                  37,71
                        2106 90 59 000                              0,3771
             (') 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.
             (2) 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 Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.