31973R1131

1 . 5 . 73 No L 115 /35 Official Journal ot the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1131/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 April 1973 fixing the export refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN termined in accordance with the provisions ot COMMUNITIES, Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/ 70 (5) of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sor­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ bose exported in the natural state must be equal to EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth ization of the market in sugar, at last amended by of the production refund applicable pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular Council Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 (6) of 18 June the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 1968 laying down general rules for the production 17 (2) thereof ; refund on sugar used in the chemical industry, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2486/69 (7 ), to the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regula­ Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC tion No 1009/67/EEC exported in the natural state provides that the difference between quotations or must be equal to one hundredth of an amount prices on the world market for the products listed in which takes account, on the one hand, of the differ­ Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of that Regulation and ence between the intervention price for white sugar prices for those products within the Community may for the Community area with the largest surplus for be covered by an export refund ; the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No balance between the use of Community basic pro­ 766/68 (3) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules ducts in the manufacture of processed goods for ex­ for granting export refunds on sugar, as last port to third countries and the use of third country amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 433/72 (4), de­ fines the price factors, both within the Community products brought in under inward processing arrange­ ments ; and on the world market, which must be taken into account when the refunds on molasses exported in Whereas the application of the basic amount may be the natural state are being fixed ; whereas the same limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) Article provides that the economic aspect of the pro­ ( d) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC ; posed exports should also be taken into account ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the basis of an Whereas the world market situation of the specific exchange rate which is based, in the case of currencies requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ which are floating or whose central rate differs from sary to vary the refund on molasses according to des­ the official parity, on the effective rate or the tination ; central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US dollar, on the change in parity announced Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 on 13 February 1973 ; provides the export refund on 100 kilogrammes of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( d) of Regulation Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed No 1009/67/EEC is equal to the basic amount multi­ every month ; whereas they may be altered in the in­ plied by the sucrose content, including, where appro­ tervening period ; priate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ the sucrose content of the product in question is de­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ agement Committee for Sugar ; (*) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 . (5) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p . 6 . ( 9) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p . 1 . (4) OJ No L 53 , 2.3 . 1972 , p . 1 . ( 7) OJ No L 314, 15 . 12 . 1969 , p . 8 .

No L 115 / 36 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 5 . 73

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : EEC, exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article1¶

The refund to be granted on the products listed in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1973 . Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/

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

Done at Brussels, 30 April 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1973 altering the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

(u.a. /100 kg)

Basic amount CCT heading per percentage No Description of goods point of sucrose content f1)

17.02 Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel : ex D. Other sugars and syrups, excluding sorbose 0.0420

E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) 0.0420

ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0.0420

17.05 Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups and molasses, but not including fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion : ex C. Other, excluding flavoured or coloured molasses 0.0420

Refund 17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourised

(') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 °/« pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70). Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.