L248/8 EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.9.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No1756/97
of10September1997
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of1June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(2),andinparticularpoint(a)ofthe
firstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificrequi­
rementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessarytovary
therefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(6),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95Q,areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;whereas
detailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermination of
theseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1068/93(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1482/96f);
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthat
whenrefundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinitsunalteredstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunityand
worldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle17aofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedtothe
amountsshownintheAnnexhereto.Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(3),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No3290/94(4);whereas,furthermore,this
refundshouldbefixedinaccordancewithArticle17a(4)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;whereascandysugaris
definedinCommissionRegulation(EC)No2135/95of7
September1995layingdowndetailedrulesofapplication
forthegrantofexportrefundsinthesugarsectorf);
whereastherefundthuscalculatedforsugarcontaining
addedflavouringorcolouringmattermustapplytotheir
sucrosecontentand,accordingly,befixedper1%ofthe
saidcontent;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11September
1997.
(')OJL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJL206,16.8.1996,p.43.0OJL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(4)OJL349,31.12.1994,p.105.nOJL214,8.9.1995,p.16.(6)OJL387,31.12.1992,p.1.0OJL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(s)OJL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
OOJL188,27.7.1996,p.22.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10September1997.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10September1997fixingtheexportrefundsonwhite
sugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
Productcode Amountofrefund
l —ECU/100kg—
170111909100 34,40(')
170111909910 33,34(')
170111909950 (2)
170112909100 34,40(')
170112909910 33,34(')
170112909950 0
—ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
170191009000 0,3740
—ECU/100kg—
170199109100 37,40
170199109910 37,55
170199109950 37,55
l —ECU/1%ofsucrosex100kg—
170199909100 0,3740
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article17a(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJL255,26.
9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJL309,21.11.
1985,p.14).