CELEX: 31988R1416
Language: en
Date: 1988-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1416/88 of 25 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

26 . 5 . 88                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 130/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1416/88
                                                          of 25 May 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
                                                                      refunds on sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  1467/77 (7) ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­
Economic Community,
                                                                      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 . 3993/87 (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 (5) ; 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 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 22                               (6) OJ  No  L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .
 (J)  OJ  No  L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                 O   OJ  No  L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
 (<)  OJ  No  L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 .                               (8) OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0    OJ  No  L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3 .                                 (9) 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 26 May 1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 May 1988 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                             Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 25 May 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                38,70 (')
                                                                                    '
                                           1701 11 90 300                                       0,4207
                                           1701 11 90 500                35,90 (')    I
                                           1701 11 90 900                   (2)       I
                                           1701 12 90 100                38,70 (')    I
                                           1701 12 90 300            I.I                        0,4207
                                           1701 12 90 500                35,90 (') II
                                           1701 12 90 900                   0         II
                                           1701 91 00 000            Il                         0,4207
                                           1701 99 10 100                42,07        II
                                           1701 99 10 900                41,45
                              (') 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 .
                              (J) 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).
                              NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No
                                      3846/ 87 as amended .