30.1.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL26/33
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No260/88
of29January1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularArticle19(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthattheexport
refundon100kilogramsoftheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothe
basicamountmultipliedbythesucrosecontent,inclu­
ding,whereappropriate,othersugarsexpressedas
sucrose;whereasthesucrosecontentoftheproductin
questionisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundson
sugar(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1467/77(«>;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1400/78of20June1978layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustryQ,totheproductslistedintheAnnex
tothelastmentionedRegulation ;Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakesaccount,onthe
onehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithout
deficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixed
andquotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproductsin
themanufactureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothird
countriesandtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbrought
inunderinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and
(g)ofthatRegulation;whereastherefundmustbefixed
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountofthe
exportrefundforproductswithinsubheading17023091
ofthecombinednomenclatureandforproductsreferred
toinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81and
oftheeconomicaspectsoftheintendedexports;whereas
therefundistobegrantedonlyforproductscomplying
withtheconditionsinArticle3ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1469/77of30June1977layingdown
rulesforapplyingthelevyandtherefundinrespectof
isoglucoseandamendingRegulation (EEC)No
192/75(8);
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthe'combined
nomenclature'byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2658/87(9),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(10);
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(u),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(12);
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987.0OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
Is)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(«)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.0OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9.(8)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.9.0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(10)OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.
(»)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(12)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportestoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

30.1.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL26/35
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29January1988fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentand
per100kgnetoftheproduct
inquestion(')Amountofrefundper100kg
ofdrymatter(2)
17024010100 41,07
17026010000 41,07
17026090000 0,4107
17029030000||41,07
17029060000 0,4107
17029071000 0,4107
17029090900 0,4107 l
21069030000 41,07
21069059000 0,4107
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.
(2)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1469/77.