NoL357/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.12.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3697/90
of19December 1990
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountofth6refundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(9),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1069/89(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinitsunalteredstate
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorsset,outinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,furthermore,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1714/88Q;whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatterHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20December
1990.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.0OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(6)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19December1990fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 34,77(>)
17011190910 34,76(')l
17011190950 0
17011290100 34,770
17011290910 34,76(')
17011290950 0
17019100000Il 0,3780
17019910100 37,80
17019910910 38,12
17019910950 38,12
17019990100 0,3780
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).