NoL50/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No406/79
of28February1979
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproducts,exported
inthenaturalstate
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;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle19(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 ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,exportedin
thenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1979.(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
5OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(»)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
f7)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9.

1.3.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL50/21
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28February1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28February1979fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproducts,exportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100k<<)
(XT
heading
NoDescriptionBasicamount
perpercentage
pointotsucrose
content(!)
17.02 Othersugarsinsolidform;sugarsyrups,notcontainingadded
flavouringorcolouringmatter;artificialhoney,whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney;caramel:
D.Othersugarsandsyrups(otherthanlactose,glucoseand
maple):
exII.Other,excludingsorbose
E.Artificialhoney,whetherornotmixedwithnaturalhoney
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.010-2247
0-2247
0-2247
21.07 Foodpreparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded :
F.Flavouredorcolouredsugarsyrups:
IV.Other(thanlactose,glucoseandisoglucosesyrups) 0-2247
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharclessthan85%pure(Regulation (EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.