12.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL97/29
REGULATION (EEC)No980/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of11April1973
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle
17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesfor
thoseproductswithintheCommunitymaybe
coveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68(3)of
18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No433/72(4),providesthatwhenre­
fundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunity
andworldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthe
priceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthat
Regulation;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshould
alsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
■definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No431/68(5)of9April1968determiningthestan­
dardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCom­
munityfrontiercrossingpointforcalculatingcif
pricesforsugar;
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbe
fixedinaccordancewithArticle5(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugar
isdefinedinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70(6)of2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrant­
ingexportrefundsonsugar;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingto
destination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithin
theCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedattheamountsshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon12April
1973. (')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoI.143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoI-53,2.3.1972,p.1.
(5)OJNoI.89,10.4.1968,p.3. (6)OJNoI.50,4.3.1970,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,11April1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof11April1973fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar—
II.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar 3-54n
(b)Otherrawsugar—
f1)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableis
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.