CELEX: 31973R1371
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1371/73 of the Commission of 23 May 1973 fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

No L 137/ 12                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 5. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 1371 /73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 23 May 1973
                fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commis­
COMMUNITIES,                                                        sion Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (6) of 2 March 1970
                                                                    on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community ;                                                requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                    sary to vary the refund for sugar according to destina­
                                                                    tion ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/
67/EEC (1) of 18 December 1967 on the common
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund
by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular                may be fixed by other legal means ;
the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article
17 (2) thereof ;                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the basis of an
                                                                    exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        which are floating or whose central rate differs from
Committee ;                                                         the official parity, on the effective rate or the central
                                                                    rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US
                                                                    dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC                     February 1973 ;
provides that the difference between quotations or
prices on the world market for the products listed in               Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;
                                                                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
                                                                    present situation on the market in sugar and in parti­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 (3) of                   cular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting                 Community and on the world market that the refund
export refunds on sugar, as last amended by Regula­                 should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex
tion (EEC) No 881 /73 (4), provides that when refunds               to this Regulation ;
on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in
the natural state, are being fixed account must be                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
taken of the situation on the Community and world                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
markets in sugar and in particular of the price and                 ment Committee for Sugar ;
cost factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ;
whereas the same Article provides that the economic
aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken
into account ;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in                                            Article 1
respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is
defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
431 /68 (5) of 9 April 1968 determining the standard                The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a)
quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­                of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, undenatured and
tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar ;          exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed at the
                                                                     amounts shown in the Annex.
Whereas, furthermore, this refund should be fixed in
 accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                                        Article 2
(i) OJ No   308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 May
(2) OJ No   L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 1 .                               1973 .
(*) OJ No   L 143, 25. 6 . 1968 , p. 6.
(«) OJ No   L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30.
(S) OJ No   L 89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3.                               (6) OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 23 May 1973.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 23 May 1973 fixing the refunds on white sugar and
                                              raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                            (u.aJlOO kg)
                 CCT
               heading                                       Description of goods                            Refund
                  No
          17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                 B. Undenatured :
                                      I. White sugar                                                           —
                                     II . Raw sugar :
                                          (a) Candy sugar                                                   2-67 (i)
                                          (b) Other raw sugar                                                  —
          0) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if rhe yield is other than 92 °/o, the refund applicable is
             calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .