CELEX: 31992R0272
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 272/92 of 5 February 1992 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

6. 2. 92                                  Official Journal of the European Communities!                                 No L 30/5
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 272/92
                                                        of 5 February 1992
                  fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered
                                                                state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the world market situation or the specific
                                                                      requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to
                                                                      vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                   Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                      be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 61 /92 (2), and in particular point (a) of the          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,                              tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                           rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                          the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
provides that the difference between quotations or prices                  lation (EEC) No 1 676/85 (8), as last amended by Regu­
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                   lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (>),
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products             — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
within the Community may be covered by an export                           average of the ecu rates published in the Official
refund ;
                                                                           Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                           a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                           cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 1 8 June
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                   Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on             Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                 to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of            particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that               Community and on the world market that the refund
                                                                       should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account ;
                                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                       in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect               Committee for Sugar,
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
and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore,
this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar                                          Article 1
is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
                                                                       The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
refunds on sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1714/88 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for
                                                                       (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , undenatured and
sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter
                                                                       exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed to the
                                                                       amounts shown in the Annex hereto.
must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be
fixed per 1 % of the said content ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
(') OJ   No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
0   OJ   No L  6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.
(3) OJ   No L  143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 1992.
(4) OJ   No L  167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.
0   OJ   No L  89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.
0   OJ   No L  50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .                                  (•) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No  L 152, 18. 6. 1988, p. 23.                                0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 5 February 1992.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                           Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 5 February 1992 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                    and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state
                                                                                                      ECU)
                                                                           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               35,92 (')
                                   1701  11 90 910               36,12 (')
                                   1701  11 90 950                  (2)
                                   1701  12 90 100               35,92 0
                                   1701  12 90 910               36,12 0
                                   1701  12 90 950                  0
                                   1701 91  00  000                                     0,3905
                                   1701 99  10  100              39,05
                                   1701 99  10  910              39,27
                                   1701 99  10  950              39,27
                                   1701 99  90  100                                     0,3905
                      (') 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).