10.12.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL303/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3373/93
of9December 1993
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No990/93(8)prohi­
bitstradebetweentheEuropeanCommunityandthe
FederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMontenegro);
whereasthisprohibitiondoesnotapplyincertainsitua­
tionsascomprehensively listedinArticles2,4,5and7
thereof;whereasaccountshouldbetakenofthisfact
whenfixingtherefunds;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(9)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(10);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1548/93(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinitsunalteredstate
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityfor.rawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1684/92Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10December
1993.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.10.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
OOJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
OOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(6)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.(8)OJNoL102,28.4.1993,p.14.
OOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106. OOJNoL176,30.6.1992,p.31.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9December1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof9December1993fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 34,00(')
17011190910 31,42(')
17011190950 (2)
17011290100 34,00(')
17011290910 31,42(')
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg-
17019100000 0,3696
—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 36,96
17019910910 36,58
17019910950 36,58
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg-
17019990100 0,3696
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsonexportstotheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia(SerbiaandMonte­
negro)maybegrantedonlywheretheconditionslaiddowninRegulation
(EEC)No990/93areobserved.