NoL308/46 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.12.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2656/77
of30November 1977
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1December1977tosugarand
molassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
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)No1110/77(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraphofArticle19
(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),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3138/76(4),speci­
fiestheproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingonthewondmarkets;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1December
1977tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAto
Regulation (EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
i
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30November1977.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.1.
(>)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.
(4)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.

1.12.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL308/47
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30November1977fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1December1977tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar: 20-78
Rawsugar: 15-04
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 20-78XSi1)
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized : —
(')'S'representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup.