CELEX: 31973R2976
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2976/73 of the Commission of 31 October 1973 fixing the export refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

1 . 11 . 73                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 303/43
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 2976/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 31 October 1973
                fixing the export refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products
                                                     exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose
COMMUNITIES,                                                            content of the product in question is determined in
                                                                        accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of
                                                                        Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (5) of 2
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
Economic Community ;                                                    refunds on sugar ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                           Whereas Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                    provides that the basic amount of the refund on
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928/73 (2), and in particular                  sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to
                                                                        the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of
the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article
17 (2) thereof ;               x                                        the production refund applicable pursuant to Council
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 (6) of 18 June 1968
                                                                        laying down general rules for the production refund
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                            on sugar used in the chemical industry, as amended
Committee ;                                                             by Regulation (EEC) No 2486/69 (7), to the products
                                                                        listed in Annex I to that Regulation ;
Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/ 67/ EEC
provides that the difference between quotations or                      Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
prices on the world , market for the products listed in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of that Regulation and prices               products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation No
for those products within the Community may be                           1009/67/ EEC exported in the natural state must be
covered by an export refund ;                                           equal to one hundredth of an amount which takes
                                                                        account, on the one hand, of the difference between
                                                                        the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­
Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No                       nity area with the largest surplus for the month for
766/ 68 (3 ) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules                  which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or
for granting export refunds on sugar, as last amended                   prices for white sugar on the world market and, on
                                                                        the other, of the need to establish a balance between
by Regulation ( EEC) No 88 1 /73 (4), defines the price
factors, both within the Community and on the world                     the use of Community basic products in the manufac­
 market, which must be taken into account when the                      ture of processed goods for export to third countries
refunds on molasses exported in the natural state are                   and the use of third country products brought in
being fixed ; whereas the same Article provides that                    under inward processing arrangements ;
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should
also be taken into account ;
                                                                        Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
                                                                        limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
Whereas the world market situation of the specific                      (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC ;
 requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
sary to vary the refund on molasses according to desti­
 nation ;
                                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
                                                                        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68
 provides the export refund on 100 kilogrammes of the
                                                                        — in the case currencies which are maintained in
 products listed in Article I ( I ) (d) of Regulation No
 1009/67/ EEC is equal to the basic amount multiplied                         relation to each other, at any given moment,
 by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate,                       within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                             on their effective parity ;                 /
(!)   OJ No  308 , IS . 12 . 1967 , p . I.
(-1 ) OJ No  L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973 , p. 7 .                           - (5 ) OJ No L 50 , 4. 3 . 1 970 , p. 1 .
(3)   OJ No  L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 6.                              (o) OJ No L 143 , 25. 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4 )  OJ No  L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973, p. 30 .                               ( 7) OJ No L 314, 15 . 12. 1969, p . 8 .
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— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
    of these currencies recorded for a given period, in                                                   Article 1
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous subparagraph ;                                            The refund to be granted on the products listed in Ar­
                                                                               ticle 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC,
Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed                            exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown
every month ; whereas they may be altered in the                               in the Annex to this Regulation .
intervening period ;
                                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
ment Committee for Sugar,                                                       1 973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 31 October 1973 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                                     ANNEX
            o to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1973 fixing the refunds on molasses, syrups
                                 and certain other sugar products exported in the 'natural state
                                                                                                                      'u .aJ100 kg)
                                                                                                                   Basic amount
                 (. 1CT heading                                                                                   per percentage
                        No                                      Description oí goods                             point of sucrose
                                                                                               I
                                                                                                                    content (')
              17.02                     Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether
                                        or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel :
                                        ex D. Other sugars and syrups, excluding sorbose                             0-0156
                                            E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with
                                                natural honey)                                                       0-0156
                                        ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading
                                                No 17.01                                                             0-0156
              17.05                     Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but
                                        not including fruit juices containing added sugar in any
                                        proportion :
                                        ex C. Other, excluding flavoured or coloured molasses                        0-0156
                                                                                                                       Refund
              17.03                     Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                           ' —
              (■) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70).
                    Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.