NoL87/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No855/88
of30March1988
fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproductsexportedin
thenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularArticle19(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsorprices
ontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthoseproducts
withintheCommunitymaybecoveredbyanexport
refund;
WhereasArticle/8ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
766/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthattheexport
refundon100kilogramsoftheproductslistedinArticle
1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81isequaltothe
basicamountmultipliedbythesucrosecontent,inclu­
ding,whereappropriate,othersugarsexpressedas
sucrose;whereasthesucrosecontentoftheproductin
questionisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13of
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No394/70of2March
1970ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundson
sugarQ,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)'No
1467/77(*);
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68
providesthatthebasicamountoftherefundonsorbose
exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequaltothebasic
amountoftherefundlessone-hundredth oftheproduc­
tionrefundapplicable,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1400/78of20June1978layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry^,totheproductslistedintheAnnex
tothelastmentionedRegulation;Whereasthebasicamountoftherefundontheother
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81exportedinthenaturalstatemustbeequalto
one-hundredth ofanamountwhichtakesaccount,onthe
onehand,ofthedifferencebetweentheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfortheCommunityareaswithout
deficitforthemonthforwhichthebasicamountisfixed
andquotationsorpricesforwhitesugarontheworld
marketand,ontheother,oftheneedtoestablisha
balancebetweentheuseofCommunitybasicproductsin
themanufactureofprocessedgoodsforexporttothird
countriesandtheuseofthirdcountryproductsbrought
inunderinwardprocessingarrangements ;
Whereastheapplicationofthebasicamountmaybe
limitedtosomeoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
makesprovisionforsettingrefundsforexportinthe
naturalstateofproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)(f)and
(g)ofthatRegulation ;whereastherefundmustbefixed
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,takingaccountofthe
exportrefundforproductswithinsubheading17023091
ofthecombinednomenclatureandforproductsreferred
toinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81and
oftheeconomicaspectsoftheintendedexports;whereas
therefundistobegrantedonlyforproductscomplying
withtheconditionsinArticle3ofCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No1469/77of30June1977layingdown
rulesforapplyingthelevyandtherefundinrespectof
isoglucoseandamendingRegulation (EEC)No
192/75(8);
Whereas,followingtheintroductionofthe'combined
nomenclature'byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2658/87(9),thenomenclature applicablefrom1January
1988toexportrefundsonagriculturalproductswasesta­
blishedbyRegulation(EEC)No3846/87(10);
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85("),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(l2);
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.23.
(3)OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(«)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.0OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.0OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.6.f)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.9.(")OJNoL162,1.7.1977,p.9.
OOJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(10)OJNoL366,24.12.1987,p.1.
(")OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(")OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
.previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereastherefundsreferredtoabovemustbefixedevery
month;whereastheymaybealteredintheintervening
period;
Whereasapplicationofthesequotasresultsinfixing
refundsfortheproductsinquestionatthelevelsgivenin
theAnnextothisRegulation;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle275oftheActofAccession
ofSpainandPortugal,refundsmaybegrantedinthecase
ofexportestoPortugal;whereas,inthelightofthesitua­tionandthelevelofpricesnorefundshouldbefixedin
thecaseofexportstoPortugal;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheexportrefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81,exported
inthenaturalstate,shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President

NoL87/38 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.88
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1988fixingtheexportrefundsonsyrupsand
certainothersugarproductsexportedinthenaturalstate
(ECU)
ProductcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentand
per100kgnetoftheproduct
inquestion(')Amountofrefundper%100kg
ofdrymatter0
17024010100
17026010000
17026090000
17029030000
17029060000
17029071000
17029090900
21069030000
210690590000,4205
0,4205
0,4205
0,4205
0,420542,05
42,05
42,05
42,05
.(')Thebasicamountisnotapplicabletosyrupswhicharelessthan85%pure(Regulation(EEC)No394/70).
SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation(EEC)No394/70.
P)ApplicableonlytoproductsreferredtoinArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)No1469/77.