28.2.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/35
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No439/76
of27February1976
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March1976tosugarand
molassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatywhicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationorto
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiated exportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3058/75(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraph ofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No3058/75,specifiesthe
productsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbefixed,to
beappliedwheretheseproductsareexportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogrammesforeachofthe
basicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach
month;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarket;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March
1976tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAto
Regulation(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(»)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.
i(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27February1976fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1March1976tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsmentionedinthe
AnnextoRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
Rateofrefundinu.aJ100kg:Whitesugar: 2-50
Rawsugar: 2-30
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 2-50XS(*)
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized :
(*)Srepresentstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogrammesofsyrup.