NoL351/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2981/77
of30December 1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
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
ofthesecurrencierrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2560/77(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
withtheprovisionsofArticle13ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970ondetailed
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(5),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1499/76(6);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredth of
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No765/68of18June1968laying
downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugar
usedinthechemicalindustry(6),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2560/77,totheproductslisted
inAnnexItothelastmentionedRegulation ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1978.(1)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(J)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(«)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29.
7OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30December1977fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrups
andcertainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.iiJlOOkv)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugarsinsolidform;sugarsyrups,notcontainingadded
flavouringorcolouringmatter;artificialhoney,whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney;caramel:
D.Othersugarsandsyrups(otherthanlactose,glucoseand
maple):
exIIOther,excludingsorbose 0-2043
E.Artificialhoney,whetherornotmixedwithnaturalhoney 0-2043
exF.CaramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheadingNo
17.01 0-2043
21.07 Foodpreparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded:
F.Flavouredorcolouredsugarsyrups:
IV.Other(thanlactose,glucoseandisoglucosesyrups) 0-2043
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.