NoL30/32 OfficialJournaloftihieEuropeanCommuniities 1.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No255/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarandrawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
isationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andinparticular
thefirstsentenceofthelastsubparagraph ofArticle
17(2)thereof:isdefinedinCommissionRegulation (EEC)No394/
70(6)of2March1970ondetailedrulesforgrant­
ingexportrefundsonsugar;
Whereastheworldmarketsituationorthespecific
requirementsofcertainmarketsmaymakeitneces­
sarytovarytherefundforsugaraccordingto
destination ;
Whereas,inspecialcases,theamountoftherefund
maybefixedbyotherlegalmeans;
Whereastherefundmustbefixedeverytwoweeks;
whereasitmaybealteredintheinterveningperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheserulestothe
presentsituationonthemarketinsugarandin
particulartoquotationsorpricesforsugarwithin
theCommunityandontheworldmarketthatthe
refundshouldbefixedattheamountsshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;WhereasArticle17ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesthatthedifferencebetweenquotationsor
pricesontheworldmarketfortheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulationandpricesfor
thoseproductswithintheCommunitymaybe
coveredbyanexportrefund;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No766/68(3)of
18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesforgranting
exportrefundsonsugar,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No433/72(4),providesthatwhenre­
fundsonwhiteandrawsugar,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,arebeingfixedaccount
mustbetakenofthesituationontheCommunity
andworldmarketsinsugarandinparticularofthe
priceandcostfactorssetoutinArticle3ofthat
Regulation ;whereasthesameArticleprovidesthat
theeconomicaspectoftheproposedexportsshould
alsobetakenintoaccount;
Whereastherefundonrawsugarmustbefixedin
respectofthestandardquality;whereasthelatteris
definedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No431/68(5)of9April1968determiningthestan­
dardqualityforrawsugarandfixingtheCom­
munityfrontiercrossingpointforcalculatingc.i.f.
pricesforsugar;
Whereas,furthermore ,thisrefundshouldbe
fixedinaccordancewithArticle5(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No766/68;whereascandvsugarHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TherefundsontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,undenaturedand
exportedinthenaturalstate,areherebyfixedatthe
amountsshownintheAnnex.
Article'2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1973. (»)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoI.143,25.6.1968,p.6.
(4)OJNo1.53,2.3.1972,p.1.
(5)OJNoI.89,10.4.1968,p.3. (a)OJNoI.50,4.3.1970,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1973fixingtherefundsonwhitesugarand
rawsugarexportedinthenaturalstate
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Refund
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar
II.Rawsugar:
(a)Forrefining
(b)Other0H
(*)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,therefundapplicableis
calculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle5(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No766/68.