15.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL157/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1281/78
of14June1978
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestina­
tion;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandinparti­
culartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbefixedattheamountsshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No705/78(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(l)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC),No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds1
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetaken
intoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(5);
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbefixedin
accordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedinCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970on
detailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(6),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1467/77(7);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
(•)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL94,8.4.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15June
1978.(6)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
OOJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof14June1978fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandraw
sugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar
B.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar
(b)Otherrawsugar2000
20.30(1)
17.00(i)
(*)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.