31973R0255

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REGULATION (EEC) No 255 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 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 destination ; EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ isation of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 174/73 ( 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 in 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 ' 2 Regulation ( EEC ) No 766 / 68 ; whereas candv sugar

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February (») OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . 1 . 1973 . ( 2) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 . (3 ) OJ No I. 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p . 6 . ( 4 ) OJ No 1.53 , 2 . 3 . 1972 , p . 1 . (5) OJ No I. 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p . 3 . ( a ) OJ No I. 50, 4 . 3 . 1970, p . 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 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 0 H (b ) Other

(*) 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 .