CELEX: 31985R3570
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3570/85 of 18 December 1985 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

19 . 12. 85                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 341 /9
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3570/85
                                                         of 18 December 1985
                     fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                                   state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            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
                                                                         1467/77 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   tized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply
 Economic Community,                                                     to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per
                                                                         1 % of the said content ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                        Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­              rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
tion (EEC) No 1482/85 (2), and in particular point (a) of                the refund for sugar according to destination ;
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                         be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products
within the Community may be covered by an export
refund :                                                                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                              tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                             of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                              rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                        Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (8), as
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                           last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 (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 hereto :
(')  OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ   No L  151 , 10 . 6 . 1985, p. 1 .                              (6) OJ   No L  50, 4. 3 . 1970 , p. 1 .
(3)  OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6 .                                0   OJ   No L  162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6 .
(4)  OJ   No L  167, 26 . 6. 1976, p . 13 .                              (s) OJ   No L  106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(*)  OJ   No L  89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p . 3 .                               0   OJ   No  L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, 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 )              This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 December
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and                         1985 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 18 December 1985.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                         Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 18 December 1985 fixing the export refunds on white
                                           sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                            (ECU)
                                                                                                                  Amount of refund
      CCT
     heading                                         Description                                                      per percentage point of
       No                                                                                                               sucrose content and
                                                                                                      per 100 kg        per 100 kg net of the
                                                                                                                        product in question
17.01              Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :                                               I
                   A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar :
                        (I) White sugar :
                            (a) Candy sugar                                                              40,18
                            (b) Other                                                                    40,68
                      (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar                                                                        0,4018
                   B. Raw sugar :
                       II . Other :
                            (a) Candy sugar                                                              36,96 (')
                            (b) Sugar with added anti-caking agent                                                            0,4018
                            (c) Raw sugar in immediate packing not exceeding 5 kilograms net
                                of product                                                              37,42 (')
                            (d) Other raw sugar                                                            (2)
(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the 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 .
(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).