10.2.77 NoL39/13 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No275/77
of9February1977
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
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,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3138/76(•),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle 19(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle19ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(l)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesforthose
productswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68of18
June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1489/76(4),providesthatwhenrefunds
onwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedandexportedin
thenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccountmustbe
takenofthesituationontheCommunityandworld
marketsinsugarandinparticularofthepriceand
costfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthatRegulation ;
whereasthesameArticleprovidesthattheeconomic
aspectoftheproposedexportsshouldalsobetaken
intoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
431/68of9April1968determiningthestandard
qualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointforcalculatingcifpricesfor
sugar(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.I.
:)OJNoL.554,24.12.1976,p.1.
')OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.6.
OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.13.
5)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
h)OJNoL50,4.3.1970,p.1.
7)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.29.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon10February
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9February 1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof9February1977fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar 16.64
B.Rawsugar:
(a)Candysugar 13.16(»)
(b)Otherrawsugar 15.31(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.