8.12.83 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL345/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3460/83
of7December 1983
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector(*),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No606/82(2),andinparticular
point(a)ofthefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(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(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1467/77(J);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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon8December
1983.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL74,18.3.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(«)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
OOJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.

NoL345/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.83
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7December1983.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof7December1983fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:\
(I)Whitesugar:
(a)Candysugar 31,73
(b)Other 30,34
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugar 0,3173
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other:
(a)Candysugar 29,19(')
(b)Otherrawsugar 27,05(■)
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.