NoL309/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.11.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3248/85
of20November 1985
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(%asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/7717);whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1482/85(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund: —inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforin
Article2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No974/71(8),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No855/84(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation ;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount:
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore ,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.1.
(J)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(«)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.0OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
0OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

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exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
Article2HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81undenaturedandThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21November
1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20November1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20November1985fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoAmountofrefund
Description
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:II
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:ll
(I)Whitesugar:\\
(a)Candysugar 40,84l
(b)Other 40,48l
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugarl 0,4084l B.Rawsugar:ll
II.Other:ll
(a)Candysugar 37,57(')\
(b)Sugarwithaddedanti-cakingagentI 0,4084
(c)Rawsugarinimmediatepackingnotexceeding5kilo­
gramsnetofproduct
(d)Otherrawsugar37,24(')
(2)
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle5(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).