19.3.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL73/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No680/92
of18March1992
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No61/92(2),andinparticularpoint(a)ofthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(9),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
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:
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :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(%aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1714/88Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL6,11.1.1992,p.19.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon19March1992.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
{*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

NoL73/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.3.92
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18March1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof18March1992fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
(ECU)
Amountofrefund
Productcode
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 35,76(')
17011190910 35,37(')
17011190950 (2)
17011290100 35,76(')
17011290910 35,37(')
17011290950 (2)
17019100000 0,3887
17019910100 38,87
17019910910 38,51
17019910950 38,51
17019990100 0,3887
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85,asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3251/85.