NoL171/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1544/76
of29June1976
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1July1976tosugarandmolasses
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatywhicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationorto
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiated exportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(l),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No832/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraph ofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No3058/75(4),specifiesthe
productsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbefixed,to
beappliedwheretheseproductsareexportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogrammesforeachofthe
basicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach
month;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarket;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1July1976
tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAtoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedintheform
ofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.V)OJNoL100,14.4.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.h)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.

30.6.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL171/21
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29June1976fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1July1976tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexI
toRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar: 4.50
Rawsugar: 0
Syrupsof'beetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 4-50XS(l)
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized :—
(')Srepresentstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogrammesofsyrup.