CELEX: 31988R0320
Language: en
Date: 1988-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 320/88 of 3 February 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

Official Journal of the European Communities                                      4. 2. 88
No L 32/8
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 320/88
                                                       of 3 February 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 (*), 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,
                                                                                                     I
                                                                      — 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
                                                                           of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices                 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
(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 (10), 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.
  (2) OJ No  L  377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 23 .                            (8) 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.                               H OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .
  0   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 1785/81 undenatured and                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February 1988.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 3 February 1988 .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                              Vice-President
                                                                      ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 3 February 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                             37,78 (')
                                1701 11 90 300                                                    0,4107
                                1701 11 90 500                             36,87 (')
                                1701 11 90 900                                (2)
                                1701 12 90 100                             37,78 (')
                                1701 12 90 300                                                    0,4107
                                1701 12 90 500                             36,87 (•)
                                1701 12 90 900                                (2)
                                1701 91 00 000                                                    0,4107
                                1701 99 10 100                             41,07
                                1701 99 10 900                             40,72
                                (*) 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).