CELEX: 31987R2924
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2924/87 of 30 September 1987 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

1 . 10 . -87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 278 /31
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2924/87
                                                         of 30 September 1987
                    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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    refunds on sugar .(*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community, _                                                    1467/77 Q ; 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 229/87 (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 ^ny 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 1 636/87 (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 arid on the world market that the refund
                                                                          should be as set out in the 1 May
 (>)  OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4.
 (2)  OJ  No  L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .                                 («) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
  3)  OJ  No  L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 6 .                              0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7 . 1977, p. 6 .
 (4)  OJ  No  L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p . 13                                (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 0    OJ  No  L 89 , 10 . 4. 1968 , p . 3 .                               0 OJ 1 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 :
                                                                                                                      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 1 October 1987.
                         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                         States .
                         Done at Brussels, 30 September 1987.
                                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                                      Vice -President
                                                                             ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1987 fixing the export refunds on white
                                                 sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state
                                                                                                                                                            (ECU)
                                                                                                                                  Amount of refund
         CCT
       heading                                              Description                                                                per percentage point of
          No                                                                                                                            sucrose content and
                                                                                                                      per 100 kg        per 100 kg net of the
                                                                                                                                        product in question'
  17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                        A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar :
I                            (I) White sugar :                                                                     l
                                  (a) Candy sugar                                                                        ,45,33     l
\                                 (b) Other                                                                               43,93
                            (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar                                                                                   0,4533
I                       B. Raw sugar :
                            II . Other :
l                                 (a) Candy sugar                                                                         41,70 (')
                                  (b) Sugar with added anti-caking agent                                                                       0,4533
                                  (c) Raw sugar in immediate packing not exceeding 5 kilograms net
                                      of product                                                                          40,27 (')
                                  (d) Other raw sugar                                                                       0
  (') 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).