CELEX: 31974R2760
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2760/74 of the Commission of 31 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

No L 294/42                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             1 . 11 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2760/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 31 October 1974
                 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 (J) 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 2476/74 (2) and in particular           sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to
  the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article         the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of
  17 (2) thereof ;                                               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 last
  Committee ;                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2477/74 (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
  by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (4), defines the price          the other, of the need to establish a balance between
  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 1 ( 1 ) (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, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 .
. P) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10. 1974, p. 70 .                          (5) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970 , p. 1 .
. (>) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6.                            (6) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
» b) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3. 1973, p. 30.                            (7) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10 . 1974, p. 71 .
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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,                                                     1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 31 October 1974.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                    Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1974 fixing the export refunds on molasses,
                            syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                     (u.a. /lOO kg/
                                                                                                                  Basic amount
                  CCT heading                                                                                    per percentage
                       No                                      Description of goods                             point of sucrose
                                                                                                                   content i})
               17.02                   Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether
                                       or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel :
                                       ex D. Other sugars and syrups, excluding sorbose
                                           E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with
                                               natural honey)
                                       ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading
                                               No 17.01                                                                —
               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                            —
                                                                                                                    Refund
              17.03                   Molasses, whether or not decolourized                                           —
              (') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 •/o pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70).
                  Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.