8.11.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL308/9
REGULATION (EEC)No3019/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of7November 1973
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestina­
tion;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandinparti­
culartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbefixedattheamountsshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle
17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article 1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68(3)of
18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No881/73(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost
factorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectof
theproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account ;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle 1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
431/68(5)of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbefixedin
accordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedinCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No394/70(6)of2March1970
ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Artiee1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle 1(1)(a)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
(!)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7. Article2
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
HOJNoL86,31.3.1973,p.30.
(5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(b)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8November
1973.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof7November1973fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar
II.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar
(b)Otherrawsugaron
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableis
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.