CELEX: 31988R2044
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2044/88 of 8 July 1988 suspending the advance fixing of the periodic refund on white sugar

No L 179 /36                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9 . 7. 88
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2044/88
                                                      of 8 July 1988
                       suspending the advance fixing of the periodic refund on white sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     sugar and whereas, consequently, any further rise in prices
                                                                could lead to a further influx of applications for the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           advance fixing of the said refund, despite the fact that the
Economic Community,                                             level of the refund has been repeatedly lowered ; whereas,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81            in these circumstances, immediate steps should be taken
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the               to suspend, for three working days, the advance fixing of
markets in the sugar sector, ('), as last amended by            the periodic export refund on white sugar in order to
Regulation (EEC) No 1107/88 (2), and in particular the          prevent any serious disturbance which could affect the
second subparagraph of Article 1 9 (3),                         proper management of the Community's sugar supplies,
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 19 (5) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that, in cases of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
extreme urgency, the Commission may, after examining
the situation on the basis of all the information available
                                                                                         Article 1
to it, decide to suspend advance fixing for the products in
question for a maximum period of three working days ;            The advance fixing of the export refund periodically fixed
Whereas examination of the latest prices quoted on the           for white sugar (product code 1701 99 10 900) is hereby
world sugar market indicates that the prices concerned are       suspended from 11 July 1988 to 13 July 1988 inclusive.
again showing a sharp increase ; whereas in the space of a
few days there has twice been a massive influx of                                        Article 2
applications for export licences with advance fixing of the
periodic refund for a total of 245 000 tonnes of white           This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 July 1988.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 8 July 1988 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
 (A OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 20.