NoL71/17 17.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No681/88
of16March1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/77f);whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,
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)No1636/870,
—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,followingtheintroductionofthe'combined
nomenclature'byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/
87(10),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January1988
toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasestablished
byRegulation(CEE)No3846/87("); Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);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,p.23.
3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.(*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
OOJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.
HOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
")OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
Ì5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenaturedandThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17March1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16March1988fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedindienaturalstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 38,87(')
17011190300 \ 0,4226
17011190500 37,61(')II
17011190900 0II
17011290100 38,870I
17011290300ll 0,4226
17011290500 37,61(')II
17011290900 (2)II
17019100000Il 0,4226
17019910100 42,26II
17019910900 41,97
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(*)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9-.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).