CELEX: 31988R0031
Language: en
Date: 1988-01-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 31/88 of 7 January 1988 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

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                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 31 /88
                                                          of 7 January 1988
                  fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural
                                                                  state
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export
                                                                        refunds on sugar (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                        1467/77 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   tized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply
Economic Community,                                                     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
                                                                        rements 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 of the
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­             Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may
tion (EEC) No 3993/87 (2), and in particular point (a) of               be fixed by other legal instruments ;
the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,
                                                                        Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                 refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 provides that the difference between quotations or prices                    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
on the world market for the products listed in Article 1                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products                     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
within the Community may be covered by an export                              tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regula­
 refund ;                                                                     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (9),
                                                                         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June                         these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 1968 laying down general rules for granting export                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;
 No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and
 raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state,
 are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on               Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ;
 the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­                  whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ;
 cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of
 that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that
 the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also                 Whereas, following the introduction of the combined
 be taken into account ;                                                 nomenclature' by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/
                                                                         87 (l0), the nomenclature applicable from 1 January 1988
                                                                         to export refunds on agricultural products was established
 Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect                by Regulation (CEE) No 3846/87 (") ;
 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 ( s) ; 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
 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar                 should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;
 is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of
                                                                         0 OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .
 (') OJ  No  L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4.                                0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7 . 1977, p. 6.
 (2) OJ  No  L 377,  31 . 12. 1987 .                                     (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 .
 (3) OJ  No  L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 6 .                              o OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p . 1 .
 (4) OJ   No L 167,  26. 6. 1976. P . 13 .                               (,0) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
 (Ó OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                                       (") OJ No L 366, 24. 12. 1987, p. 1 .
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whereas the measure :-, provided fur 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
                          Anii it     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 8 January 1988 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States
                 Done at Brussels, 7 January 1988 .
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                                Vice-President
                                                                       ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 7 January 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 1 00 kg net of the
                                                                                             product in question
                                I 70 ! 1 1 90 100                            39,66 (')
                                l7oi 11 90 300                                                      0,4311
                                1 70 i 1 1 90 500                            36,46 (')
                                1 70 1 1 1 90 900                               (2)
                                1701 12 90 100                               39,66 (')
                                1 70 1 1 2 90 300                                                    0,4311
                                1 70 1 1 2 90 500                            36,46 (')
                                1701 12 90 900                                  0
                                 1 70 1 9 1 00 000                                                   0,4311
                                1 70 i 99 10 100                             43,11
                                1 7 () 1 99 10 900                           39,64
                                (') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 % ,
                                     tht- 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,
                                     2e>. 9 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ No L 309,
                                     21 . 11 . 1985, p. 14).