Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2177/92 of 30 July 1992 laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands with regard to sugar and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2177/92  of 30 July 1992  laying down detailed rules for the application of the specific supply arrangements for the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands with regard to sugar and amending Regulation (EEC) No  2670/81
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June 1992 concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard to certain agricultural products (2), and in particular Articles 3 (4) and 7 (2) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 of 11 June 1985 on the value of the unit of account and the conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (4),  and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas common detailed rules for implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Azores and Madeira are laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1696/92 (5) and whereas common detailed rules for  implementation of the specific arrangements for the supply of certain agricultural products to the Canary Islands are laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1695/92 (6);
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 92/91 (8), lays down in particular detailed rules for the application of the system of import licences; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2630/81 (9), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1170/92 (10), lays down special detailed rules for the sugar sector in that connection; whereas those common and special detailed rules apply to imports of sugar under the specific supply arrangements for the regions  in question;
Whereas, for each region concerned, the quantity eligible, for the marketing year in question, for exemption from the import levy or for Community aid under the specific supply arrangements provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 and
Article 3
of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 respectively should be fixed on the basis of estimates;
Whereas, in line with the objectives set by the above-mentioned specific supply arrangements, provision should be made for granting a Community aid representing the refund required for exporting sugar or sugar syrups to the regions in question, without  discrimination between them;
Whereas the main objective of the specific supply arrangements for the regions in question is to ensure coverage of their requirements on terms equivalent, for the end user, to the advantage resulting from exemption from import duties on products from  third countries; whereas supplies of sugar from other regions of the Community are ensured by virtue of Community aid; whereas therefore the possibility of granting production refunds provided for in Article 9 (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81  (11), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 61/92 (12), designed in particular to put Community processors on the same footing as regards supplied as those on the world market, is not justified in this case;
Whereas, for the sake of sound management of the supply arrangements, a sufficient security should be fixed and appropriate conditions laid down for its release;
Whereas, to keep as close as possible to the provisions on export refunds for sugar, it should be laid down that if, following a change in the prices fixed in ecus at the time of transition from one marketing year to the next, an adjustment is made to  export refunds, the amount of the aid is also to be adjusted accordingly for products on which, if they were exported to third countries, the among of the refund would be adjusted;
Whereas, for the purposes of conversion into pesetas or escudos of the amounts of aids, the rate to be applied should be the agricultural conversion rate in force on the day on which the application for an aid certificate is submitted so that not only  the amount of the aid in ecus but also that expressed in national currency is fixed in advance;
Whereas the specific supply arrangements for the Canary Islands provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 lay down that the arrangements are to be implemented in such a way as to take account in particular of traditional trade flows with  the rest of the Community;
Whereas such trade flows exist in the case of deliveries of white C sugar and raw C sugar within the meaning of Article 24 (1a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas, to safeguard that type of trade with the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores, it  should be specified in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 of 14 September 1981 laying down detailed implementing rules in respect of sugar production in excess of the quota (13), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3559/91 (14), that white C  sugar and raw C sugar imported into these regions under the import levy exemption scheme is to be regarded as having been exported to third countries within the meaning of Article 26 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,