CELEX: 31988R0854
Language: en
Date: 1988-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 854/88 of 30 March 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

No L 87/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    31 . 3. 88
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 854/88
                                                      of 30 March 1988
                   fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                              state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         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 the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                           Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
                                                                    rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
                                                                    the refund for sugar according to destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector (!), as last amended by Regula­         Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
tion (EEC) No 3993/87 (2), and in particular point (a) of           be fixed by other legal instruments ;
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products               the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
within the Community may be covered by an export                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
refund ;                                                                 tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (9),
                                                                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                         arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
1968 laying down general rules for granting export                       tion , to the Community currencies referred to in the
refunds on sugar (3),' as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state,
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on           Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­              whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also             Whereas, following the introduction of the 'combined
be taken into account ;                                             nomenclature' by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/
                                                                     87 (,0), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January 1988
                                                                    to export refunds on agricultural products was established
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect            by Regulation (CEE) No 3846/87 (»);
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
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar             should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
                                                                    (*) OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
(4 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 23.                               («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
(<) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                                (,0) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                  (") OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 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 1 785/81 undenatured and                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March 1988.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 30 March 1988 .
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           ,   •             Vice-President
                                                                    ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                            and raw sugar exported in die natural state
                                                                                                             (ECU)
                            l                                                      Amount of refund
                                            Product code                                per percentage point of
                                                                                          sucrose content and
                                                                       per 100 kg        per 1 00 kg net of the
                                                                                         product in question
                              1701 11 90 100                             38,87 (>)
                              1701 11 90 300                                                    0,4226
                              1701 11 90 500                             36,42f)
                              1701 11 90 900                                 0
                              1701 12 90 100                             38,87 (')
                              1701 12 90 300                                                    0,4226
                              1701 12 90 500                             36,42 (')
                              1701 12 90 900                                 0
                              1701 91 00 000                                                    0,4226
                              1701 99 10 100                             42,26
                              1701 99 10 900                             41,16
                              (') 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 .
                              (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).