CELEX: 31978R0878
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 878/78 of 28 April 1978 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

No L 117/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               29 . 4. 78
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 878/78
                                                        of 28 April 1978
                fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in
                                                        the natural state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other
COMMUNITIES,                                                        products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 3330/74 exported in the ( natural state must be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes
Economic Community,                                                 account, on the one hand, of the difference between
                                                                    the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        nity area with the largest surplus for the month for
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­                   which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or
zation of the market in sugar (^ as last amended by                 prices for white sugar on the world market and, on
Regulation (EEC) No 705/78 (2), and in particular the               the other, of the need to establish a balance between
first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 1 9 (2)          the use of Community basic products in the manufac­
thereof,                                                            ture of processed goods for export to third countries'
                                                                    and the use of third country products brought in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        under inward processing arrangements ;
Committee,
                                                                    Whereas the application of the basic amount may be
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74                   limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
provides that the difference between quotations or                  (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 ;
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those         Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
products within the Community may be covered by                     refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
an export refund ;
                                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                         relation to each other at any given moment within
766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for                     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended                    their effective parity ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 489/76 (4), provides that the
export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose                      of these currencies recorded for a given period in
content, including, where appropriate, other sugars                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of                    in the previous subparagraph ;
the product in question is determined in accordance                 Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed
with the provisions of Article 13 of Commission Regu­                every month ; whereas they may be altered in the
 lation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed
                                                                     intervening period ;
 rules for granting export refunds on sugar (5), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 (6) ;                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 provides that the basic amount of the refund on                     ment Committee for Sugar,
 sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to
 the basic amount of the refund less one-hundredth of
 the production refund applicable pursuant to Council                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 of 18 June 1968 laying
 down general rules for the production refund on sugar
 used in the chemical industry (7), as last amended by                                        Article 1
 Regulation (EEC) No 2560/77 (8), to the products
 listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ;                The refund to be granted on the products listed in
                                                                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74,
 (') OJ No   L  359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                           exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown
 (2) OJ No   L  94, 8. 4. 1978, p. 1 .                               in the Annex to this Regulation .
 (>) 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 .                                                        Article 2
 (') OJ No   L   162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.
 (7) OJ No   L   143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 1 .
 (8) OJ No   L  303, 28 . 11 . 1977, p. 1 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
 ---pagebreak--- 29. 4. 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                                           No L 117/ 19
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 28 April 1978 .
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                                     Vice-President
                                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 28 April 1978 fixing the export refunds on syrups and
                                  certain other sugar products exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                    (u.a./100 kg)
                                                                                                                                Basic amount
                  CCT
                                                                         Description                                            per percentage
                 heading
                   No                                                                                                          point of sucrose
                                                                                                                                  content (')
           17.02                   Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added
                                   flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not
                                   mixed with natural honey ; caramel :
                                        D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                                             maple) :
                                             ex II. Other, excluding sorbose                                                       0.2227
                                        E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                               0.2227
                                   ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading
                                             No     17.01                                                                          0.2227
          21.07                    Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                                   F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                                        IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups)                                    0.2227
          ( l) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation ( EEC) No 394/70). Sucrose content is deter­
               mined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.