31.5.73 OfficialJournalortneEuropeanCommunitiesNoL144/37
REGULATION (EEC)No1440/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of30May1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonmolasses,syrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexported
inthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,atlastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle
17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(c)and(d)ofthatRegulationand
pricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunitymay
becoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle6ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68(3)of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No433/72(4),de­
finesthepricefactors,bothwithintheCommunity
andontheworldmarket,whichmustbetakeninto
accountwhentherefundsonmolassesexportedin
thenaturalstatearebeingfixed;whereasthesame
Articleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectofthepro­
posedexportsshouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationofthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundonmolassesaccordingtodes­
tination;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providestheexportrefundon100kilogrammesof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECisequaltothebasicamountmulti­
pliedbythesucrosecontent,including,whereappro­
priate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereas
thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisde­terminedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsot
Article13ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/
70(5)of2March1970ondetailedrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsor­
boseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessonehundredth
oftheproductionrefundapplicablepursuantto
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No765/68(6)of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundonsugarusedinthechemicalindustry,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2486/69(7),to
theproductslistedinAnnexItothatRegulation ;
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundonthe
otherproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EECexportedinthenaturalstate
mustbeequaltoonehundredthofanamount
whichtakesaccount,ontheonehand,ofthediffer­
encebetweentheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar
fortheCommunityareawiththelargestsurplusfor
themonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand
quotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicpro­
ductsinthemanufactureofprocessedgoodsforex­
porttothirdcountriesandtheuseofthirdcountry
productsbroughtinunderinwardprocessingarrange­
ments;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthein­
terveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforSugar;
(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.I.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1. (5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL53,2.3.1972,n.1.(«)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
(7)OJNoL314,15.12.1969,p.8.

NoL144/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.5.73
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : EEC,exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation.
Article1Article2
Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(c)and(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30May1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30May1973fixingtherefundsonmolasses,syrups
andcertainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whether
ornotmixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose 0·0132
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwith
naturalhoney) 0·0132
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.01 0·0132
17.05 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,but
notincludingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinany
proportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0·0132
Refund
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourised
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85°/opure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.