NoL300/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.10.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2643/76
of28October1976
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1November1976tosugarand
molassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItothe
Treatywhicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationorto
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiated exportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1487/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraph ofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),asamended
byRegulation (EEC)No3058/75(4),specifiesthe
productsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbefixed,to
beappliedwheretheseproductsareexportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogrammesforeachofthe
basicproductsinquestionmustbefixedforeach
month;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarket;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1November
1976tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAto
Regulation(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28October1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.9.
(J)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.
(«)OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.

30.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL300/19
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28October1976fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1November1976tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexI
toRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
Rateofrefundinu.aJ100kg:Whitesugar: 13-16
Rawsugar: 12-11
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 13-16XS(1)
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized
(*)Srepresentstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogrammesofsyrup.