NoL161/16 1.7.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1439/77
of30June1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74exportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetween
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommu­
nityareawiththelargestsurplusforthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisfixedandquotationsor
pricesforwhitesugarontheworldmarketand,on
theother,oftheneedtoestablishabalancebetween
theuseofCommunitybasicproductsinthemanufac­
tureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothirdcountries
andtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbroughtin
underinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatthe
exportrefundon100kilogramsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74is
equaltothebasicamountmultipliedbythesucrose
content,including,whereappropriate ,othersugars
expressedassucrose;whereasthesucrosecontentof
theproductinquestionisdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle13ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970ondetailed
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1499/76(6);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredth of
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No765/68of18June1968laying
downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugar
usedinthechemicalindustry(6),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(8),totheproducts
listedinAnnexItothelastmentionedRegulation ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(J)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(<•)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29.
(7)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
(s)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.

1.7.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL161/17
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1977fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.aJlOOkg)
CCTBasicamount
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsperpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
DIIOthersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose 0-1972
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwithnatural
honey) 01972
exF.CaramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheadingNo
17.01 01972
17.05 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,butnot
includingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinanyproportion :
CIIOther,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0-1972
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.