1.3.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL56/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No402/77
of25February1977
fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March1977tosugarand
molassesexportedintheformofgoodsnotcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty
Treaty,whicharemanufactured undersimilar
conditions ;
(c)theneedtoensureequalityofcompetitionforthe
industrieswhichuseCommunityproductsand
thosewhichusethird-country productsunder
inwardprocessingarrangements ;
WhereasArticle4(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No2682/72
providesthat,whentherateoftherefundisbeing
fixed,accountshouldbetaken,whereappropriate ,of
refunds,aidsorothermeasureshavingequivalent
effectapplicableinallMemberStatesinaccordance
withtheRegulationonthecommonorganizationof
themarketintheproductinquestiontothebasic
productslistedinAnnexAtothatRegulationorto
assimilatedproducts;whereasatpresentnoproduc­
tionrefundsaregranted;whereasitisthereforeunnec­
essarytofixdifferentiated exportrefundsforthe
goodsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticularthe
firstsentenceofthesixthsubparagraph ofArticle19
(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle19(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthedifferencebetweenquota­
tionsorpricesontheworldmarketfortheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a),(c)and(d)ofthatRegulation
andpriceswithintheCommunitymaybecoveredby
anexportrefund;whereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2682/72of12December1972layingdown
generalrulesforgrantingexportrefundsoncertain
agriculturalproductsexportedintheformofgoods
notcoveredbyAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteria
forfixingtheamountofsuchrefunds(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)'No3138/76,specifies
theproductsforwhicharateofrefundshouldbe
fixed,tobeappliedwheretheseproductsareexported
intheformofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereas,inaccordancewiththefirstsubparagraph of
Article4(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No2682/72,therate
oftherefundper100kilogramsforeachofthebasic
productsinquestionmustbefixedforeachmonth;
Whereas,inaccordancewithparagraph2ofthat
Article,thatratemustbedeterminedwithparticular
referenceto:
(a)theaveragecostsincurredbyprocessingindustries
inobtainingsuppliesofthebasicproductsinques­
tionontheCommunitymarketandtheprices
rulingontheworldmarkets;
(b)theleveloftherefundsonexportsofprocessed
agriculturalproductscoveredbyAnnexIItotheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theratesoftherefundsapplicablefrom1March
1977tothebasicproductsappearinginAnnexAto
Regulation (EEC)No2682/72andlistedinArticle1
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,exportedinthe
formofgoodslistedinAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74,arefixedasshownintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(-')OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25February1977fixingtheratesoftherefundsapplicable
from1March1977tosugarandmolassesexportedintheformofgoodslistedinAnnexI
toRégulation (EEC)No3330/74
Rateofrefundinu.a./100kg:Whitesugar: 15.82
Rawsugar: 12.01
Syrupsofbeetsugarorcanesugarcon­
taining,inthedrystate,98%ormore
byweightofsucrose(includinginvert
sugarexpressedassucrose): 15.82XS(')
100
Molasses,whetherornotdecolorized :
(l)'S'representstheweightofsucrose(includinginvertsugarexpressedassucrose)in100kilogramsofsyrup.