NoL87/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No854/88
of30March1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(6),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/77Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal, Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector(!),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tion,totheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthe'combined
nomenclature'byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/
87(,0),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January1988
toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasestablished
byRegulation(CEE)No3846/87(»);WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),'aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforraw.sugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70ofWhereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
CommunityandOntheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(4OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.23.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(*)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(")OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1

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exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenaturedandArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon31March1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
,•Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1988fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedindienaturalstate
(ECU)
lAmountofrefund
Productcode
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100
17011190300
17011190500
17011190900
17011290100
17011290300
17011290500
17011290900
17019100000
17019910100
1701991090038,87(>)
36,42f)
0
38,87(')
36,42(')
0
42,26
41,160,4226
0,4226
0,4226
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).