8.1.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL5/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No31/88
of7January1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/77Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal, Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)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;
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthecombined
nomenclature'byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/
87(l0),thenomenclature applicablefrom1January1988
toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasestablished
byRegulation(CEE)No3846/87("); Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(s);whereas,furthermore ,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70ofWhereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnextothisRegulation;
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.0OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
oOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(")OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976.P.13.
(ÓOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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whereasthemeasure :-,providedfurinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATIONexportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8January1988.Aniiit1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
[a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81undenaturedand
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States
DoneatBrussels,7January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof7January1988fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
Amountofrefund
Productcode
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
0,4311I70!1190100
l7oi1190300
170i1190500
17011190900
17011290100
17011290300
17011290500
17011290900
17019100000
170i9910100
17()1991090039,66(')
36,46(')
(2)
39,66(')
36,46(')
0
43,11
39,640,4311
0,4311
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
tht-refundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
2e>.91985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).