CELEX: 31981R1269
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-14
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1269/81 of 13 May 1981 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar, exported in the natural state

14 . 5. 81                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 128/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1269/81
                                                           of 13 May 1981
                fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar, exported in the natural
                                                                 state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                           1467/77 0 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  Whereas the world market situation or the specific
Economic Community,                                                    requirements of certain markets may make it necessary
                                                                       to vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common orga­                        may be fixed by other legal instruments ;
nization of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3455/80 (2), and in particular the                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19 (2)              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
thereof,
                                                                       — 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 3330/74                      — 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 (3), as last amended by Regula­                above to the present situation on the market in sugar
tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), 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
 defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                                               Article 1
 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard
 quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­
 tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for                     The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
 sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be                ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, undenatured
 fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation                   and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
                                                                        the Annex hereto .
 (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in
 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March
  1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on                                            Article 2
(') OJ  No   L  359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 1981 .
(2) OJ  No   L  360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No   L   143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6.
(4) OJ  No   L   167, 26 . 6. 1976, p. 13 .                             («) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
n   OJ  No   L   89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 .                              0 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, 13 May 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 13 May 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 :
                                   (a) Candy sugar                                                      10-29
                                   (b) Other white sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar                  16-50
                               B. Raw sugar :
                                   (a) Candy sugar                                                       9-47 (■)
                                   (b) Other raw sugar                                                  14-00 (')
            (') 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 .