25.3.76 NoL78/5 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No644/76
of24March1976
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestina­
tion;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
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 ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3058/75(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(l)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1102/75(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetaken
intoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(5);
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbefixedin
accordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedinCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970on
detailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(6);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(«)OJNoL110,30.4.1975,p.1.Article2
(5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
MOJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25March
1976.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24March1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof24March1976fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandraw
sugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a/100kg)
CCT
heading
No•Descriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 0
II.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar 1-29(!)
(b)Otherrawsugar 0(»)
(J)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.