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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No431/86
of26February1986
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(*),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/770;whereastherefundthuscalculatedforaroma­
tizedsugarsorforsugarswithcolouringaddedmustapply
totheirsucrosecontentand,accordingly ,befixedper
1%ofthesaidcontent;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3768/85(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)thereof,Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(8),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeancfthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundsonwhiteand
rawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinthenaturalstate,
arebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenofthesituationon
theCommunityandworldmarketsinsugarandinparti­
cularofthepriceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3of
thatRegulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalso
betakenintoaccount:
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(^;whereas,furthermore ,
thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle5Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto:
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)ÓJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.
(«)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1,

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exportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
Article2HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenaturedandThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27February
1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26February1986.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26February1986fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:\ I (I)Whitesugar:I
(a)Candysugar 41,41
(b)Other 42,14
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugar\0,4141
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other: II
(a)Candysugar 38,09(■)
(b)Sugarwithaddedanti-cakingagentI 0,4141
(c)Rawsugarinimmediatepackingnotexceeding5kilogramsnet I ofproduct 37,79(')I(d)Otherrawsugar 0I
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3251/85(OJNoL309,21.II.1985,p.14).