15.4.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL91/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No866/93
of14April1993
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3814/92(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1432/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3534/92(9),prohibits
tradebetweentheCommunityandtheRepublicsof
SerbiaandMontenegro ;whereasthisprohibitiondoes
notapplytocertainsituationsasgiveninthelimitative
enumerationlaiddowninArticles2and3;whereasthis
shouldbetakenintoaccountwhenrefundsarefixed;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(10)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3819/92(");
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinitsunalteredstate
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation ;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount:
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1684/92Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly ,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15April1993. (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.7.
3OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.¥)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.f)OJNoL151,3.6.1992,p.4.
OOJNoL358,8.12.1992,p.16.HOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(")OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17. OOJNoL176,30.6.1992,p.31.

NoL91/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.4.93
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14April1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof14April1993fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 34,68(')
17011190910 32,06(')
17011190950 (2)
17011290100 34,68(')
17011290910 32,06(')
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 0,3770
—ECU/100kg
17019910100 37,70
17019910910 37,55
17019910950 37,55
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,3770
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(J)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsforexportstotheRepublicsofSerbiaandMontenegromayonlybe
grantedforhumanitarianaidsuppliedbycharitableorganizationsfulfillingthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle2(a)andArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No1432/92.