28.2.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No443/76
of27February1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74exportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoonehundredthofanamountwhichtakes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetween
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommu­
nityareawiththelargestsurplusforthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisfixedandquotationsor
pricesforwhitesugarontheworldmarketand,on
theother,oftheneedtoestablishabalancebetween
theuseofCommunitybasicproductsinthemanufac­
tureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothirdcountries
andtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbroughtin
underinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3340/74;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecasecurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3058/74(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
provides,thatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
766/68(3)of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1102/75(4),providesthe
exportrefundon100kilogrammesoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74isequaltothebasicamountmultipliedby
thesucrosecontent,including,whereappropriate,
othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereasthesucrose
contentoftheproductinquestionisdeterminedin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle13of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70(5)of2
March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessonehundredthof
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No765/68(6)of18June1968
layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproductionrefund
onsugarusedinthechemicalindustry,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2477/74(7),tothe
productslistedinAnnexItothelastmentionedRegu­
lation;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedinAr­
ticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2J)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
2)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.
3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
<)OJNoL110,30.4.1975,p.1.
5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
b)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
7)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p.71.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1976.

NoL53/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.2.76
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27February1976fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a/100kg'
CCTheading
No Descriptionof^oousBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(M
17.02Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whether
ornotmixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose 0-0250
K.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwith,
naturalhoney) 0-0250
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.01 ■ 0-0250
17.05Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,but
notincludingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinany
proportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0-0250
(*)Thebasicamountisnotapplicable10syrupswhicharclessthan85pure(Regulation (F.EC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticleofRegulation (EEC)NoWA70.