CELEX: 31979R1066
Language: en
Date: 1979-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1066/79 of 31 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products, exported in the natural state

No L 135/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  . 6 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1066/79
                                                          of 31 May 1979
                 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products, exported
                                                        in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
COMMUNITIES,                                                        products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 3330/74 exported in the natural state must be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes
Economic Community,                                                 account, on the one hand , of the difference between
                                                                    the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        nity area with the largest surplus for the month for
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­                   which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or
zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by               prices for white sugar on the world market and, on
Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular the              the other, of the need to establish a balance between
first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 1 9 (2)          the use of Community basic products in the manufac­
thereof,                                                            ture of processed goods for export to third countries
                                                                    and the use of third country products brought in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        under inward processing arrangements ;
Committee ,                                                         Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
                                                                    limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74                   (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 ;
provides that the difference between quotations or                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
prices on the world market for the products listed in               refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those         — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
products within the Community may be covered by
an export refund ;                                                         relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                           a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                           their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for                — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 489/76 (4), provides that the                     of these currencies recorded for a given period in
export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is                   in the previous indent ;
equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
content, including, where appropriate, other sugars                 March 1 979 (8) laid down the coefficient for
expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of               expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
the product in question is determined in accordance                 ECU ;
with Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed
394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting
                                                                    every month ; whereas they may be altered in the
export refunds on sugar (5), as last amended by Regula­             intervening period ;
tion (EEC) No 1 467/77 («•) ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
provides that the basic amount of the refund on                      ment Committee for Sugar,
sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to
the basic amount of the refund less one-hundredth of                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying                                              Article 1
down general rules for the production refund on sugar               The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
used in the chemical industry (7), to the products                   ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in
listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ;                 the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                     hereto .
 <)  OJ No  L   359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .
 ')  OJ No  L   170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 1 .                                                        Article 2
 >)  OJ No  L   143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.
 «)  OJ No  L   1 67, 26. 6. 1 976, p. 1 3 .                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1979.
 »)  OJ No  L   50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
 <>) OJ No  L   162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
 7)  OJ No  L   170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9 .                             («) OJ No L 84, 4 . 4. 1979 , p . I.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, M May 1979 .
                                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                      Vice-President
                                                                        ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1979 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                                 certain other sugar products, exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                    (ECU / 100 kg)
                                                                                                                                   Basic amount
                 CCT
                heading                                                  Description                                              per percentage
                  No                                                                                                             point of sucrose
                                                                                                                                    content (')
           17.02                  Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added
                                  flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not
                                  mixed with natural honey ; caramel :
                                       D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                                            maple) :
                                            ex II . Other, excluding sorbose                                                         0.2651
                                       E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                                  0.2651
                                  ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading
                                            No      17.01                                                                            0.2651
          21.07                   Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                                  F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                                       IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups)                                       0.2651
          (') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure ( Regulation ( EEC) No 394 / 70). Sucrose content is deter­
              mined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation ( EEC) No 394/ 70.