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No L 5 /22 Official Jou nnal of tihie European Communities 5 . 1 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 24/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 January 1973 fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN is defined in Commission Regulation ( EEC ) No 394/ COMMUNITIES , 70 ( 6 ) of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for grant­ ing export refunds on sugar ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ sary to vary the refund for sugar according to EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ destination ; isation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2429/72 ( 2 ), and in particular Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article may be fixed by other legal means ; 17 ( 2) thereof;

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009 / 67/ EEC Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; provides that the difference between quotations or whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; prices on the world market for the products listed io. Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the covered by an export refund ; present situation on the market in sugar and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market that the Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 766/68 ( 3 ) of refund should be fixed at the amounts shown in the 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting Annex to this Regulation ; export refunds on sugar, as last amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC ) No 433 /72 ( 4 ), provides that when re­ funds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ exported in the natural state , are being fixed account tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the must be taken of the situation on the Community Management Committee for Sugar ; and world markets in sugar and in particular 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : also be taken into account ;

Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in Article 1 respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 431 /68 (5 ) of 9 April 1968 determining the stan­ The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( a ) dard quality -for raw sugar and fixing the Com­ of Regulation No 1009 /67/ EEC , undenatured and munity frontier crossing point for calculating c.i.f. exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed at the prices for sugar ; amounts shown in the Annex .

Whereas , furthermore , this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 ( 2 ) of Article 1 Regulation ( EEC ) No 766 / 68 ; whereas candy sugar

This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 January (!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 . 1973 . ( 2 ) OJ No I 264, 23 . 11 . 1972 , p. 1 ( :i ) OJ No I 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 6 . ( 4 ) OJ No 1 . 53 , 2 . 3 . 1972 , p. 1 . (5 ) OJ No ! 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p. 3 . («) OJ No I. 50 , 4 . 3 . 1970, p. 1 .

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This Regulation shall be binding in Acs entirety and directly applicable An all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 4 January 1973 . For the Commission

The Vice-President Carlo SCARASCIA MUGNOZZA

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 January 1973 fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

( u.a. / 100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Refund No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : B. Undenatured : — I. White sugar II . Raw sugar : ( a) For refining 1-20 (. 1 )

— ( b ) Other

( 2 ) 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 .