CELEX: 31988R1591
Language: en
Date: 1988-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1591/88 of 8 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

No L 142/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      9. 6.. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1591 /88
                                                        of 8 June 1988
                 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                              state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         (2) of Regulation (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 sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    1467/77 (J) ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­
                                                                    tized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply
                                                                    to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per
                                                                     1 % of the said content ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                    Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   the refund for sugar according to destination ;
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3993/87 (2), and in particular point (a) of
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
                                                                    be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                    Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
provides that the difference between quotations or prices
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
within the Community may be covered by an export                          tion to each other at any given moment within a band
refund :
                                                                          of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                          rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                       tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (9),
refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state,                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on                 these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of               previous indent, and the aforesaid ■ coefficient ;
that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
 the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also
be taken into account ;
                                                                     Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
                                                                     whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
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 431 /68 of 9
 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar            Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above
 and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for                 to the present situation on the market in sugar and in
 calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore,         particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the
 this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5             Community and on the world market that the refund
                                                                      should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
(') UJ MO L 1 //, 1 . /. 1*81 , p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 23.                                (<) OJ  No  L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                                   f)  OJ  No  L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
(4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13.                                  (*) OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 Is) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                   0   OJ  No  L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                      exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                             Annex hereto.
Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                j
                                                                                                             Article 2
                          Article 1
The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
(a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 June 1988 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States. ■ ~                                      *
                Done at Brussels, 8 June 1988 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                              Vice-President
                                                                     ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 8 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and
                                                raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                             (ECU)
                                                                                    Amount of refund
                                             Product code                                per percentage point of
                                                                                           sucrose content and
                                                                        per 100 kg        per 100 kg net of the
                                                                                          product in question
                                            1701 11 90 100                37,82 (')
                                            1701 11 90 300            Il                         0,41 1 1
                                            1701 11 90 500                34,42 (')
                                            1701 11 90 900                   0
                                            1701 12 90 100                37,82 (')
                                            1701 12 90 300            II                         0,41 1 1
                                            1701 12 90 500                34,42 (')
                                            1701 12 90 900                   (2)      l
                                            1701 91 00 000            Il                         0,41 1 1
                                            1701 99 10 100                41,11       l
                                            1701 99 10 900                40,35
                               (') 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).
                               NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No
                                       3846/87 as amended.