3.2.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL32/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No278/83
of2February1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No606/82(2),andinparticular
point(a)ofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost
factorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectof
theproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(*);whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbe
fixedinaccordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedin
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(6),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1467/77f7);whereastherefundthuscalculatedfor
aromatizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringadded
mustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly,
befixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetout
abovetothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugar
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforsugar
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarketthat
therefundshouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81undenatured
andexportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon3February
1983. (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2OJNoL74,18.3.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
OOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(6)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
P)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.

NoL32/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.2.83
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2February1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof2February1983fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:
(I)Whitesugar:
(a)Candysugar 34-63
(b)Other 35-54
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugar 0-3463
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other:\
(a)Candysugar 31-86(')I(b)Otherrawsugar 32-70(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.