CELEX: 31988R1994
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1994/88 of 6 July 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

No L 176/ 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7. 7. 88
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1994/88
                                                           of 6 July 1988
                    fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                                 state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            (2) .of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar
                                                                       is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
                                                                       2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  refunds on sugar as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                                    1714/88 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­
                                                                       tized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply
                                                                       to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per
                                                                       1 % of the said content :
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                   rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                      the refund for sugar according to destination ;
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 107/88 (2), and in particular point (a) of
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                       be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                       Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products                  in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
within the Community may be covered by an export                            tion to each other at any given moment within a band
refund :
                                                                            of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                            rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                            the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                       tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
1968 laying down general rules for granting export                          tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (9),
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and                     for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state,                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of                 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account :
                                                                       Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
                                                                       whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect
of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9
April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar              Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                   to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore,           particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5               Community and on the world market that the refund
                                                                       should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(')  OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ   No L  110, 29 . 4. 1988 , p. 20.                             0   OJ  No  L  50, 4. 3.  1970, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.                               0   OJ  No  L  152, 18 . 6. 1988, p. 23 .
0    OJ   No L  167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                               (■) OJ  No  L  164, 24.  6. 1985, p. 1 .
0    OJ   No L  89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 .                               0   OJ  No  L  153, 13.  6. 1987, p. 1 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                   exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                           Annex hereto .
Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                           Article 2
                        Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 6 July 1988 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                   ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 6 July 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and
                                               raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                            (ECU)
                                                                                   Amount of refund
                                            Product code                               per percentage point of
                                                                                         sucrose content and
                                                                       per 100 kg        per 100 kg net of the
                                                                                        product in question
                                   1701 11 90 100                        32,49 (>)
                                   1701 11 90 500                        28,53 (>)   l
                                   1701 11 90 900                           (2)
                                   1701 12 90 100                        32,49 (')
                                   1701 12 90 500                        28,53 (»)
                                   1701 12 90 900                           0
                                   1701 91 00 000                                               0,3532
                                   1701 99 10 100                        35,32       l
                                   1701 99 10 900                        34,79       \
                              ex 1701 99 90                          *
                                                                                                0,3532 (3)
                              (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 %,
                                  the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article
                                  5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .
                              (2) Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ No L 255,
                                  26. 9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ No L 309,
                                  21 . 11 . 1985, p. 14).
                              (3) This amount applies to white sugar and raw sugar containing added substances
                                  other than flavouring or colouring matter.