NoL108/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.5.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No854/79
of30April1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproducts,exported
inthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatthe
exportrefundon100kilogramsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74is
equaltothebasicamountmultipliedbythesucrose
content,including,whereappropriate,othersugars
expressedassucrose;whereasthesucrosecontentof
theproductinquestionisdeterminedinaccordance
withArticle13ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
394/70of2March1970ondetailedrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(5),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1467/77(6);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredth of
theproductionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1400/78of20June1978laying
downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugar
usedinthechemicalindustry(7),totheproducts
listedinAnnexItothelastmentionedRegulation ;Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)OfRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74exportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetween
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommu­
nityareawiththelargestsurplusforthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisfixedandquotationsor
pricesforwhitesugarontheworldmarketand,on
theother,oftheneedtoestablishabalancebetween
theuseofCommunitybasicproductsinthemanufac­
tureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothirdcountries
andtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbroughtin
underinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(8)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,exportedin
thenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1979.(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
OOJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13­
(5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(6)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(7)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9. OINoL84.4.4.1979.D.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30April1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30April1979fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproducts,exportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugarsinsolidform;sugarsyrups,notcontainingadded
flavouringorcolouringmatter;artificialhoney,whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney;caramel:
D.Othersugarsandsyrups(otherthanlactose,glucoseand
maple):
exII.Other,excludingsorbose 0-2758
E.Artificialhoney,whetherornotmixedwithnaturalhoney 0-2758
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.01 0-2758
21.07 Foodpreparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded:
F.Flavouredorcolouredsugarsyrups:
IV.Other(thanlactose,glucoseandisoglucosesyrups) 0-2758
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.