31.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL355/33
REGULATION (EEC)No3313/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of30December 1974
fixingtheexportrefundsonmolasses,syrupsandcertainothersugarproducts
exportedinthenaturalstate
othersugarsexpressedassucrose;whereasthesucrose
contentoftheproductinquestionisdeterminedin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle13of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/70(5)of2
March1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexport
refundsonsugar;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessonehundredthof
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No765/68(6)of18June1968
layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproductionrefund
onsugarusedinthechemicalindustry,asJast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2477/74(7),tothe
productslistedinAnnexItothatRegulation ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2476/74(2)andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle
17(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(c)and(d)ofthatRegulationandprices
forthoseproductswithintheCommunitymaybe
coveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasArticle6ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68(3)of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
forgrantingexportrefundsonsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No881/73(4),definestheprice
factors,bothwithintheCommunityandontheworld
market,whichmustbetakenintoaccountwhenthe
refundsonmolassesexportedinthenaturalstateare
beingfixed;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshould
alsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationofthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundonmolassesaccordingtodesti­
nation;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providestheexportrefundon100kilogrammesofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECisequaltothebasicamountmultiplied
bythesucrosecontent,including,whereappropriate ,Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECexportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoonehundredthofanamountwhichtakes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetween
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommu­
nityareawiththelargestsurplusforthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisfixedandquotationsor
pricesforwhitesugarontheworldmarketand,on
theother,oftheneedtoestablishabalancebetween
theuseofCommunitybasicproductsinthemanufac­
tureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothirdcountries
andtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbroughtin
underinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecasecurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p.70.
(J)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
"OJNoL86,31.3.1973,p.30.(5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(6)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
7O!NoL264,1.10.1974,p.71.

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—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedinAr­
ticle1(1)(c)and(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommission Regulationof30December1974fixingtheexportrefundson
molasses,syrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
'u.a.ilOOkg;
CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whether
ornotmixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose—
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwith
naturalhoney)—
exF.Caramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheading
No17.01 —
17.05 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,but
notincludingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinany
proportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses—
Refund
17.03 Molasses,whetherornotdecolourized—
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure{Regulation (EEC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.