NoL297/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.10.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2887/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of24October1973
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle
17(2)thereof;Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirements ofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingtodestina­
tion;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereas,iftherefundsystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandinparti­
culartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarketthattherefund
shouldbefixedattheamountsshownintheAnnex
tothisRegulation ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar;HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68(3)of
18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No881/73(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceandcost
factors,setoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;whereas
thesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomicaspectof
theprdposedexportsshouldalsobetakeninto
account;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle 1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
431/68(5)of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbefixedin
accordancewithArticle5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
766/68;whereascandysugarisdefinedinCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No394/70(b)of2March1970
ondetailedrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar;Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,undenatured and
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Artiec2')OJ.No308,18.12.1967,p.1.
2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
3)O'JNOL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
■»)O'JNOL86,31.3.1973,p.30.
5)OJNOL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
O)O'JNOL50,4.3.1970,p.I.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon25October
1973.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24October1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof24October1973fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./lOOkg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar—
II.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar 3-45(η
(b)Otherrawsugar—
(*)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableis
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.