NoL28/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No203/77
of31January1977
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No3330/74exportedinthenaturalstatemustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakes
account,ontheonehand,ofthedifferencebetween
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfortheCommu­
nityareawiththelargestsurplusforthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisfixedandquotationsor
pricesforwhitesugarontheworldmarketand,on
theother,oftheneedtoestablishabalancebetween
theuseofCommunitybasicproductsinthemanufac­
tureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothirdcountries
andtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbroughtin
underinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixed
everymonth;whereastheymaybealteredinthe
interveningperiod;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatthe
exportrefundon100kilogramsoftheproductslisted
inArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74is
equaltothebasicamountmultipliedbythesucrose
content,including,whereappropriate,othersugars
expressedassucrose;whereasthesucrosecontentof
theproductinquestionisdeterminedinaccordance
withtheprovisionsofArticle13ofCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970ondetailed
rulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(5),as
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1499/76(6);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundon
sorboseexportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
thebasicamountoftherefundlessone-hundredth of
theproductionrefundapplicablepursuanttoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No765/68of18June1968laying
downgeneralrulesfortheproductionrefundonsugar
usedinthechemicalindustry(6),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3058/75(8),totheproducts
listedinAnnexItothelastmentionedRegulation ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Therefundtobegrantedontheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,
exportedinthenaturalstate,isherebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1977.t)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
5)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
b)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29.
7)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
8OJNoL306,26.11.1975,p.3.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1977fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100ikg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsBasicamount
perpercentage
pointofsucrose
content(')
17.02 Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Othersugarsandsyrups,excludingsorbose
E.Artificialhoney(whetherornotmixedwithnatural
honey)
exF.CaramelmadefromsugarfallingwithinheadingNo
17.010.1430
0.1430
0.1430
17.05 Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,butnot
includingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinanyproportion :
exC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0.1430
(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).Sucrosecontentisdeter­
minedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.