# Commission Regulation (EU) No 578/2010 of 29 June 2010 on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 as regards the system of granting export refunds for certain agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds, Article 15

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The rate of the refund shall be determined by the Commission with particular reference to the following:
(a) the average cost incurred by the processing industries in obtaining supplies of basic products on the Union market and the prices prevailing on the world market;
(b) the level of the refund for exports of processed agricultural products covered by Annex I to the Treaty which are manufactured under similar conditions;
(c) the need to ensure equal conditions of competition between industries which use Union products and those which use third country products under inward processing arrangements;
(d) on the one hand, the trend in budgetary expenditure and, on the other hand, the trend in market prices for basic products in the Union and on the world market;
(e) compliance with the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 218 of the Treaty.
2. In fixing the rates of the refund account shall be taken, where appropriate, of aids or other measures, having equivalent effect, applicable in all Member States to basic products or to assimilated products in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
3. The refunds granted for exports of agricultural products incorporated in goods not covered by Annex I to the Treaty may not exceed the refunds that are payable on those products when exported in the unprocessed state.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/578/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-578/article-15
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.