10.3.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL64/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No479/77
of9March1977
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecificre­
quirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitnecessary
tovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandinparti­
culartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithintheCom­
munityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbefixedattheamountsshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraphofArticle19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCom­
mittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorpri­
cesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArti­
cle1(l)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthosepro­
ductswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyan
exportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingex­
portrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetaken
intoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedinres­
pectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatterisde­
finedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandardqual­
ityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfrontier
crossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar(5);
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbefixedin
accordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedinCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March1970on
detailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar(6),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1499/76(7);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10March(4)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
(')OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(b)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
(7)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29. 1977.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9March1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof9March1977fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandraw
sugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar 14.00
B.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar 14.55(')
(b)Otherrawsugar 12.00(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No766/68.