CELEX: 31981R2255
Language: en
Date: 1981-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2255/81 of 5 August 1981 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

6 . 8 . 81                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 220/9
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2255 /81
                                                    of 5 August 1981
                fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                            state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    sugar (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                      1467/77 (6);
                                                                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
Economic Community,                                               to vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
                                                                  Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      may be fixed by other legal instruments ;
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization
of the market in sugar ('), and in particular the first           Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
sentence of Article 19 (4) thereof,                               refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                            relation to each other at any given moment within
Committee,                                                              a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                        their effective parity,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
provides that the difference between quotations or                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
prices on the world market for the products listed in                   these currencies recorded for a given period in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those             relation to the Community currencies referred to
products within the Community may be covered by an                      in the previous indent ;
export refund ;
                                                                  Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
                                                                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18
June 1968 laying down general rules for granting                  Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out
export refunds on sugar (2), as last amended by Regula­           above to the present situation on the market in sugar
tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (3), provides that when refunds             and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar
on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in               Within the Community and on the world market that
the natural state, are being fixed account must be                the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
taken of the situation on the Community and world
markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas         are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
the same Article provides that the economic aspect of             Committee for Sugar,
the proposed exports should also be taken into
account ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in
respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is                                      Article 1
defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard                  The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­              ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured
tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for                 and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
sugar (4) ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be            the Annex hereto .
 fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in
                                                                                             Article 2
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March
 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August
                                                                   1981 .
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p . 4.
(2) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.
O OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 .                                O OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
 V) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                 (6) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
             Done at Brussels, 5 August 1981 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 5 August 1981 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                        and raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                  CCT
                 heading                                   Description                                  Refund
                   No
                  17.01        Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                               A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar :
                                    (I) White sugar
                                         (a) Candy sugar                                                 7-66
                                         (b) Other                                                      10-00
                                   (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar obtained from :
                                         (a) White sugar                                                 7-66
                                         (b) Raw sugar                                                   7Ό5 (')
                               B. Raw sugar :
                                   II . Other :
                                        (a) Candy sugar                                                  7-05 (· )
                                        (b) Other raw sugar                                              9-00 (■)
            (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 % , the refund appli­
                cable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
                766/ 68 .