CELEX: 31976R2196
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2196/76 of 8 September 1976 fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

9 . 9 . 76                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 247/ 9
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2196 /76
                                                            of 8 September 1976
                  fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas the world market situation or the specific
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            requirements of certain markets may make it neces­
                                                                         sary to vary the refund for sugar according to destina­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   tion ;
 Economic Community,
 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 organi­                       may be fixed by other legal means ;
 zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1487/76 (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,
 Committee ,                                                                  within a band of 2*25 % , a rate of exchange based
                                                                              on their effective parity ;
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation ( EEC) No 3330/74
 provides that the difference between quotations or                      — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
 prices on the world market for the products listed in                        arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
Article 1 ( l)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those                     of these currencies recorded for a given period , in
 products within the Community may be covered by                              relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                              in the previous subparagraph ;
 an export refund ;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 766/ 68 of 18                       Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
June 1968 laying down general rules for granting                         whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 export refunds on sugar (3 ), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1 489/76 (4 ), provides that when refunds                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
 on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in                      present situation on the market in sugar and in parti­
 the natural state , are being fixed account must be                     cular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
 taken of the situation on the Community and world                       Community and on the world market that the refund
 markets in sugar and in particular of the price and                     should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex
 cost factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ;                  to this Regulation ;
whereas the same Article provides that 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 Manage­
Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in                         ment Committee for Sugar,
 respect 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 fron­                     HAS A DOFlED THIS REGUFATION :
 tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for
 sugar (5 ) ;
Whereas , furthermore , this refund should be fixed in                                           Article 1
 accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation ( EEC) No
 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commis­                      The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a)
 sion Regulation ( EEC) No 394/ 70 of 2 March 1970 on                    of Regulation ( EEC) No 3330 /74, undenatured and
 detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar (b),                exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed at the
 as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 499 / 76 ( 7 ) ;                   amounts shown in the Annex .
(') O ) No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , p . 1 .
(-) O'j No L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p . 9 .
(3 ) OJ   No  L  143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p . 6 .                                                   Article 2
(4)  O)   No  L  167 , 26 . 6 . 1976 , p . 13 .
C)   0|   No  1. 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p . 3 .
( 6) 0|   No  L  50 , 4 . 3 . 1970 , p . 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September
( 7) O") No L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p . 29 .                                1 976 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 8 September 1976.
                                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                                Member of the Commission
                                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 8 September 1976 fixing the refunds on white sugar and
                                                  raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                            (u.a./100 kg )
                  (XT
                 heading                                               Description of goods                                                 Refund
                    No
            17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                   A. White sugar                                                                                           0
                                    B. Raw sugar :
                                        (a) Candy sugar                                                                                     8 05 (')
                                        (b) Other raw sugar                                                                                 o     o
           (') 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 S (.}) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 766/ 68 .