28.2.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL58/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No401/78
of27February1978
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March1978tosugarand
molassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
Treatywhicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationorto
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiated exportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No2560/77(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraphofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No152/78(4),specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforieachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarkets;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March
1978tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAto
Regulation(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27February1978.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(})OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.
(4)OJNoL23,28.1.1978,p.1.

NoL58/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.2.78
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27February1978fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1March1978tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar:
Rawsugar:
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose):20.17
15.11
20-17XS(*)
100
Molasses :
(l)'S'representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup.