CELEX: 31978R1167
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1167/78 of 31 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

No L 145/ 18                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1 . 6 . 78
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1167/78
                                                             of 31 May 1978
                 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 ( J ), as last amended by                 prices for white sugar on the world market and, on
Regulation (EEC) No 705/78 (2), and in particular the                  the other, of the need to establish a balance between
first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19 (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
Committee ,
                                                                       under inward processing arrangements ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74                      Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
provides that the difference between quotations or                     limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
prices on the world market for the products listed in                  (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 ;
Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those            Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
products within the Community may be covered by
                                                                       refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
an export refund ;
                                                                       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                            relation to each other at any given moment within
766/ 68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for                       a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based on
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended                       their effective parity ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the
export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed                  — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose                         of these currencies recorded for a given period in
content, including, where appropriate, other sugars                         relation to the Community currencies referred to
expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of                       in the previous subparagraph ;
the product in question is determined in accordance                    Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed
with the provisions of Article 13 of Commission Regu­
                                                                       every month ; whereas they may be altered in the
lation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed
rules for granting export refunds on sugar (5), as last                intervening period ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 (6) ;                           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
the production refund applicable pursuant to Council                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 765/ 68 of 18 June 1968 laying
down general rules for the production refund on sugar
used in the chemical industry (7), as last amended by                                            Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 2560 /77 (8), to the products
listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ;                   The refund to be granted on the products listed in
                                                                       Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74,
(■)  OJ No  L   359 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1                              exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown
(2 ) OJ No  L   94, 8 . 4. 1978 , p. 1 .                               in the Annex to this Regulation .
(3 ) OJ No  L   143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p. 6.
(4   OJ No  L   167, 26 . 6 . 1976 , p. 13
(5)  OJ No  L   50 , 4. 3 . 1970 , p . 1 .                                                       Article 2
(0)  OJ No  L   162, 1 . 7. 1977, p . 6 .
(7)  OJ No  L   143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p . 1 .
(»)  OJ No L    303 , 28 . 11 . 1977, p . 1 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1978 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
            Done at Brussels, 31 May 1978 .
                                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                      Vice-President
                                                                         ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                                  certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                    (u.a./100 kg)
                                                                                                                                Basic amount
                  CCT
                                                                          Description                                          per percentage
                 heading
                   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                                                     0.2206
                                        E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                              0.2206
                                   ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading
                                             No     17.01                                                                         0.2206
           21.07                   Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                                   F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                                        IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups)                                   0.2206
           (*) 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 .