11.6.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL158/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1497/92
of10June1992
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,sugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolouringmatter
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,be
fixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasbyitsRegulation (EEC)No1432/92(8)the
CouncilprohibitedtradebetweentheCommunityand
theRepublicsofSerbiaandofMontenegro ;thatitis
importanttotakeaccountofitatthetimeofthefixingof
therefunds;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No61/92(2),andinparticularpoint(a)ofthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,
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
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount;Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85(9),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(,0),
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,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(%aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1714/88P);whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL6,11.1.1992,p.19.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
OOJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.oOJNoL151,3.6.1992,p.4.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9. OOJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.

NoL158/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.6.92
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.
2.ExportrefundstowardstheRepublicsofMontenegro
andSerbiaarenotfixed.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11June1992.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10June1992.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10June1992fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
(ECU)
Amountofrefund
Productcode
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 36,14(')
17011190910 33,48(')
17011190950 ("')
17011290100 36,140
17011290910 33,48O
17011290950 O
17019100000 0,3929
17019910100 39,29
17019910910 39,09
17019910950 37,59
17019990100 0,3929
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85,asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3251/85.