NoL273/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2647/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of28September1973
fixingtheexportrefundsonmolasses,syrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexported
inthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,atlastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle
17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(c)and(d)ofthatRegulationand
pricesforthoseproductswithintheCommunitymay
becoveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle6ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68(3)of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No881/73(4),de­
finesthepricefactors,bothwithintheCommunity
andontheworldmarket,whichmustbetakeninto
accountwhentherefundsonmolassesexportedin
thenaturalstatearebeingfixed;whereasthesame
Articleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectofthepro­
posedexportsshouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationofthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundonmolassesaccordingtodes­
tination;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providestheexportrefundon100kilogrammesof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECisequaltothebasicamountmulti­
pliedbythesucrosecontent,including,whereappro­
priate,othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereas
thesucrosecontentoftheproductinquestionisde­
terminedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsor
Article13ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/
70(5)of2March1970ondetailedrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsor­boseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessonehundredth
oftheproductionrefundapplicablepursuantto
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No765/68(®)of18June
1968layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundonsugarus£dinthechemicalindustry,as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2486/69(7),to
theproductslistedinAnnexItothatRegulation ;
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundonthe
otherproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EECexportedinthenaturalstate
mustbeequaltoonehundredthofanamount
whichtakesaccount,ontheonehand,ofthediffer­
encebetweentheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar
fortheCommunityareawiththelargestsurplusfor
themonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixedand
quotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicpro­
ductsinthemanufactureofprocessedgoodsforex­
porttothirdcountriesandtheuseofthirdcountry
productsbroughtinunderinwardprocessingarrange­
ments;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecasecurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%>,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthein­
terveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMan­
agementCommitteeforSugar;
(!)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(l)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(')OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(*)OJNoI.86,31.3.1973,p.30. (6)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
(7)OJNoL314,15.12.1969,p.8. («)OINo[.50,4.3.1970,p.1.

29.9.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL273/35
EEC,exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedas
shownintheAnnextothisRegulation .HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October
1973.Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(c)and(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28September1973fixingtherefundsonmolasses,syrups
andcertainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
[u.a.flOOkg)
OCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whether
ornotmixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:■
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose 0-0375
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwith
naturalhoney) 0-0375
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.01 0-0375
17.0.5 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,but
notincludingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinany
proportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0-0375
...
Refund
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourized—
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation (EEC)No394/70).SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.