NoL240/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.9.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2144/76
of31August1976
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74exportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoonehundredthofanamountwhichtakes
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:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof225%,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('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1487/76(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
exportrefundon100kilogrammes oftheproducts
listedinArticle 1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74isequaltothebasicamountmultipliedby
thesucrosecontent,including,whereappropriate ,
othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereasthesucrose
contentoftheproductinquestionisdeterminedin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle13of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70of2March
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundson
sugar(5),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1499/76(6);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessonehundredthof
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No765/68of18June1968laying
downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugar
usedinthechemicalindustry(fa),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3058/75(8),totheproducts
listedinAnnexItothelastmentionedRegulation ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article 1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation . (>)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
4OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13. Article2
(5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(6)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29.
(7)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
(8)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1976.

1.9.76 NoL240/29 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31August1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof31August1976fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.dJlOQk<')
CCTBasicamount
h■niling
NoDescriptionofgoodsperpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwithnatural
honey)
exF.CaramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheadingNo
17.0100875
0-0875
0-0875
17.05 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,butnot
includingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinanyproportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0-0875
(')ThebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharclessthanX5%pure(Regulation (EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No*94/70.