30.4.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL108/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No909/77
of29April1977
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1May1977tosugarandmolasses
exportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
(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)No3138/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraphofArticle19
(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),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3138/76,specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraphof
Article4(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarkets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1May1977
tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAtoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1(1)of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedintheform
ofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29April1977.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
0)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(*)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
P)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29April1977fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1May1977tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredby
AnnexIItotheTreaty
Rateofrefundinu.a.HOOkg:Whitesugar: 15-44
Rawsugar: 8-95
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 15-44XS(*)
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized :
(*)'S'representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup.