NoL176/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1473/78
of29June1978
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1July1978tosugarandmolasses
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItothe
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(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraph ofArticle19
(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)No707/78(4),specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarkets;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1July1978
tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAtoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74,exportedintheform
ofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.
(4)OJNoL94,8.4.1978,p.7.

30.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL176/25
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29June1978fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1July1978tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar: 23.01
Rawsugar: 17.87
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose):SH
23,01X100
Molasses: —
(l)'S'representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup.