NoL114/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.4.82
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No973/82
of27April1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
sugar(%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,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
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenatured
andexportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon28April
1982. (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL74,18.3.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(«)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
HOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.0OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27April1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof27April1982fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionAmountofrefund
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:
(I)Whitesugar:
(a)Candysugar 23-71
(b)Other 26-40
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugar 0-2371
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other:
(a)Candysugar 21-81(>)
(b)Otherrawsugar 24-190
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.