4.3.93 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL52/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No491/93
of3March1993
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,No1684/92Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3814/92(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1432/92(8),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3534/920,prohibits
tradebetweentheCommunityandtheRepublicsof
SerbiaandMontenegro ;whereasthisprohibitiondoes
notapplytocertainsituationsasgiveninthelimitative
enumerationlaiddowninArticles2and3;whereasthis
shouldbetakenintoaccountwhenrefundsarefixed:
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(10)areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No3819/92(");WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinitsunalteredstate
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar0;whereas,furthermore,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.7.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.oOJNoL176,30.6.1992,p.31.
(8)OJNoL151,3.6.1992,p.4.0OJNoL358,8.12.1992,p.16.HOJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(")OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.17.(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(<)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.

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exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4March1993.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3March1993.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3March1993fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund(3)
—ECU/100kg—
17011190100 35,01(')
17011190910 32,60(>)
17011190950 (2)
17011290100 35,01(')
17011290910 32,60(')
17011290950 (2)
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019100000 03806
—ECU/100kg—
17019910100 38,06
17019910910 37,95
17019910950 37,95
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
17019990100 0,3806
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).
(3)RefundsforexportstotheRepublicsofSerbiaandMontenegromayonlybe
grantedforhumanitarianaidsuppliedbycharitableorganizationsfulfillingthe
conditionslaiddowninArticle2(a)andArticle3ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No1432/92.