NoL117/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities29.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No886/78
of28April1978
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1May1978tosugarandmolasses
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatywhicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationor.to
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiatedexportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No705/78(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraphofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No707/78(4),specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicable;from1May1978
tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAtoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedintheform
ofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1978.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
0)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL94,8.4.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.
(*)OJNoL94,8.4.1978,p.7.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28April1978fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1May1978tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar: 22.27
Rawsugar: 16.47
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose):S(*)
22.27X100
Molasses : —
(')'S*representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup