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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No260/82
of3February1982
fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenatural
state
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundson
sugar(%asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1467/770;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalinstruments ;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtherulessetout
abovetothepresentsituationonthemarketinsugar
andinparticulartoquotationsorpricesforsugar
withintheCommunityandontheworldmarketthat
therefundshouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector('),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No192/82(2),andinparticular
point(a)ofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle19(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost
factorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectof
theproposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar0;whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbe
fixedinaccordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedin
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2MarchHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81undenatured
andexportedinthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4February
1982. (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(*)OJNoL21,29.1.1982,p.1.
3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
0OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.{*)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3February1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3February1982fixingtheexportrefundsonwhitesugar
andrawsugarexportedindienaturalstate
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading Description Refund
No
17.01Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar:
(I)Whitesugar
(a)Candysugar 1970
(b)Other 1900
(II)Flavouredorcolouredsugarobtainedfrom:
(a)Whitesugar 1970
(b)Rawsugar 18-120
B.Rawsugar:
II.Other:
(a)Candysugar 18-12(')
(b)Otherrawsugar 15-10(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundappli­
cableiscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
766/68.