4.1.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL3/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No17/85
of3January1985
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
fixedinaccordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedin
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70of2March
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundson
sugar(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1467/77Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
aromatizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringadded
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly ,
befixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/8.1of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No606/82(2),andinparticular
point(a)ofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost
factorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectof
theproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(^;whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbeWhereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/84(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,andtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient:
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetout
abovetothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugar
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforsugar
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarketthat
therefundshouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL74,18.3.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(6)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(')OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.0OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

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andexportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
Article2HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81undenaturedThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4January
1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3January1985.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3January1985fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:
(I)Whitesugar:I
(a)Candysugar 40,66
(b)Other 40,49
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugar 0,4066
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other:I
(a)Candysugar 37,41(•)
(b)Otherrawsugar 37,25(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.