NoL240/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.8.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2500/89
of16August1989
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinitsunaltered
state
calculatedforsugarcontainingaddedflavouringorcolou­
ringmattermustapplytotheirsucrosecontentand,
accordingly,befixedper1%ofthesaidcontent;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessaryto
varytherefundforsiigaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefundmay
befixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(9),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetoutabove
tothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugar-sector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1069/89(2),andinparticularpoint(a)of
thefirstsubparagraphofArticle19(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No766/68oftheCouncilof
18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefundson
whiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedinits
unalteredstatearebeingfixedaccountmustbetakenof
thesituationontheCommunityandworldmarketsin
sugarandinparticularofthepriceandcostfactorssetout
inArticle3ofthatRegulation ;whereasthesameArticle
providesthattheeconomicaspectoftheproposedexports
shouldalsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinrespect
ofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisdefinedin
Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No431/68oftheCouncil
of9April1968determiningthestandardqualityforraw
sugarandfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpoint
forcalculatingcifpricesforsugar(*);whereas,further­
more,thisrefundshouldbefixedinaccordancewith
Article5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68;whereas
candysugarisdefinedinRegulation(EEC)No394/70of
theCommission of2March1970ondetailedrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1714/88f7);whereastherefundthusHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenaturedand
exportedintheirunalteredstateshallbeassetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon17August1989.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.oOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(«)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
0OJNoL152,18.6.1988,p.23.(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16August1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16August1989fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedinitsunalteredstate
(ECU)
Amountofrefund
Productcode
per100kgperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontentand
per100kgnetofthe
productinquestion
17011190100 16,540)I
17011190910 24,90(')I
17011190950 0I
17011290100 16,540)II
17011290910 24,900)I
17011290950 (2>II
17019100000ll 0,1798
17019910100 17,98I-I
17019910910 27,10II
17019910950 25,60ll
17019990100||0,1798
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,
therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle
5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.
(2)FixingsuspendedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2689/85(OJNoL255,
26.9.1985,p.12),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3251/85(OJNoL309,
21.11.1985,p.14).