1.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL54/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No539/88
of29February1988
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
providesthatthebasicamount.oftherefundonsorbose
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(®),thenomenclatureapplicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(10);
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrective ,factorprovided .forin
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,p.23.0OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(<)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(«)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.0OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9.(»)OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.9.0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.OOJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.
(»)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
C2)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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29February1988.
FortheÇommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

1.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL54/9
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29February1988fixingdieexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentand
per100kgnetoftheproduct
inquestion(')Amountofrefundper100kg
ofdrymatter(*)
17024010100 42,26
17026010000II 42,26
17026090000 0,4226 I
17029030000li 42,26
17029060000 0,4226
17029071000 0,4226 l
17029090900 0,4226
21069030000Il 42,26
21069059000 0,4226
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.
0ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1469/77.