CELEX: 31982R0260
Language: en
Date: 1982-02-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 260/82 of 3 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 260/82
                                                        of 3 February 1982
                fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                                state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on
COMMUNITIES,                                                          sugar (% as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      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
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization                    Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund
of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as amended by                 may be fixed by other legal instruments ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/82 (2), and in particular
point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4)                 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
thereof,                                                              refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                      — 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 central rate,
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
provides that the difference between quotations or
                                                                            these currencies recorded for a given period in
prices on the world market for the products listed in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those                 relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                            in the previous indent ;
products within the Community may be covered by an
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                                         Article 1
defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard                      The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1
quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­                  ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured
tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for                    and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in
sugar 0 ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be                 the Annex hereto.
fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in                                             Article 2
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February
(') OJ No   L   177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               1982.
(*) OJ No   L   21 , 29. 1 . 1982, p. 1 .
 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 .
0   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, 3 February 1982.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 3 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on white sugar
                                        and raw sugar exported in die 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 :
                                    (I) White sugar
                                         (a) Candy sugar                                               1970
                                         (b) Other                                                     1 900
                                   (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar obtained from :
                                         (a) White sugar                                               1970
                                         (b) Raw sugar                                                 18-12 0
                               B. Raw sugar :
                                   II . Other :
                                        (a) Candy sugar                                                18-12 (')
                                        (b) Other raw sugar                                            15-10 (')
            (') 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 .