CELEX: 31978R2555
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2555/78 of 31 October 1978 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 November 1978 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2555/78
                                                     of 31 October 1978
                 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 November 1978 to sugar and
                   molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         those which use third-country products under
COMMUNITIES,                                                           inward processing arrangements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72
Economic Community,                                              provides that, when the rate of the refund is being
                                                                 fixed, account should be taken, where appropriate, of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­                effect applicable in all Member States in accordance
zation of the market in sugar ( J ), as last amended by          with the Regulation on the common organization of
Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular the           the market in the product in question to the basic
first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 19           products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to
(2) thereof,                                                     assimilated products ;
Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas a production refund is granted in respect of
3330/74 provides that the difference between quota­              white sugar or raw sugar under the conditions laid
tions or prices on the world market for the products             down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (c) and (d) of that Regulation    June 1978 laying down general rules for the produc­
 and prices within the Community may be covered by               tion refund on sugar used in the chemical
an export refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC)              industry (5) ;
No 2682/72 of 12 December 1972 laying down
general rules for granting export refunds on certain
agricultural products exported in the form of goods              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
for fixing the amount of such refunds (3 ), as last              ment Committee for Sugar,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 707/78 (4), specifies
the products for which a rate of refund should be
 fixed, to be applied where these products are exported
in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation
(EEC) No 3330/74 ;                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, the rate                                   Article 1
of the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic
products in question must be fixed for each month ;
                                                                 The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 November
Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that
                                                                  1978 to the basic products appearing in Annex A to
Article, that rate must be determined with particular            Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 and listed in Article 1
reference to :                                                   ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in the
                                                                 form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
(a) the average costs incurred by processing industries          No 3330/74, are fixed as shown :
       in obtaining supplies of the basic products in ques­
       tion on the Community market and the prices               (a) in Table I of the Annex hereto for those same
       ruling on the world markets ;                                   goods, in so far as they are shown in the Annex to
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1400/78 ;
(b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed             (b) in Table II of the Annex hereto for goods other
       agricultural products covered by Annex II to the                than those mentioned under (a).
       Treaty which are manufactured under similar
       conditions ;
(c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the                                     Article 2
       industries which use Community products and
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
( } ) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                          1978 .
(2) OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 1 .
P) OJ No L 289, 27. 12. 1972, p. 13 .
b) OJ No L 94, 8. 4. 1978, p. 7.                                 (») OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 31 October 1978 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                           Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1978 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable
            from 1 November 1978 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by
                                                           Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                    Table 1
             Rate of refund in u.a. /100 kg :                 White sugar :                                            18.61
                                                              Raw sugar :                                              13.23
                                                              Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­
                                                              taining, in the dry stare, 98 % or more
                                                              by weight of sucrose ( including invert                        SO )
                                                              sugar expressed as sucrose ) :                     18.61
                                                                                                                             100
                                                              Molasses :
                                                                    Table II
            Rate of refund in u.a./100 kg :                 White sugar :                                             22.01
                                                            Raw sugar :                                               16.36
                                                            Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­
                                                            taining, in the dry state, 98 % or more
                                                            by weight of sucrose (including invert                           so
                                                            sugar expressed as sucrose) :                       22-01    <
                                                                                                                             100
                                                            Molasses :                                                  —
            (') ' S ' represents the weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) in 100 kilograms of syrup