NoL190/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.7.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2164/88
.of20July1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1714/88Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent; HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1107/88(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)andArticle19(7)
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
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation ;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore ,Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation ;
mOJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL110,29.4.1988,p.20.0OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.nOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.0OJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

21.7.88OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL190/19
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinAnnex
Ihereto.
2.Theagriculturalproductnomenclatureforexport
refundsinsection15oftheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)
No3846/87isherebyamendedinaccordancewiththat
setoutinAnnexIIhereto.Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthecombined
nomenclature byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
2658/87('),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsforagriculturalproductswasintro­
ducedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(2),ascorrected
byRegulation(EEC)No1561/88(3);whereasCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1107/88amendswitheffecton1
July1988thebasicRegulationonsugar(EEC)No
1785/81inparticularasconcernsthedefinitionofwhite
sugarandrawsugarbytreatingsugarcontainingother
addedsubstancesinthesamewayassugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmatter;whereastheagri­
culturalproductnomenclature inquestionshouldbe
adaptedaccordinglyforthefixationoftheexportrefunds
forsugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon21July1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20July1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(2)OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.
(3)OJNoL144,10.6.1988,p.1.

NoL190/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.7.88
ANNEXI
totheCommissionRegulationof20July1988fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 29,05(')
17011190910 23,92(')
17011190950 0
17011290100 29,05(')
17011290910 23,92(»)
17011290950 (2)
17019100000I.! 0,3158
17019910100 31,58
17019910900 27,39
17019990100\\0,3158
(')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).

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ANNEXII
15.Whiteandrawsugarwithoutfurtherprocessing
CNcode Description Productcode
1701 Caneorbeetsugarandchemicallypuresucrose,insolidform:
—Rawsugarnotcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouring
matter:
ex170111 ——Canesugar:
17011190 ———Other:
—Candysugar 17011190100
—Otherrawsugar:
—Inimmediatepackingsnotexceeding5kgnetof
product 17011190910
—Other 17011190950,
ex170112 ——Beetsugar: |
17011290 ———Other:
—Candysugar 17011290100
—Otherrawsugar:
—Inimmediatepackingsnotexceeding5kgnetof
product 17011290910
l—Other 17011290950
l —Other:
17019100——Containingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter 17019100000
ex170199 ——Other:
17019910———Whitesugar:
\ —Candysugar 17019910100
—Other 17019910900
17019990 ———Other:
1 —Containingaddedsubstancesotherthanflavouring
I orcolouringmatter 17019990100
—Other 17019990900