31973R1327

No L 135/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 5 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1327/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 May 1973 altering the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN dollar, on the change in parity announced on 13 COMMUNITIES, February 1973 ;

Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) pean Economic Community ; No 1131 /73 to the information at present available to the Commission that the export refunds at pre­ Having regard to Council Regulation No sent in force should be altered as shown in the 1009/67/EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the com­ Annex to this Regulation : mon organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in particular the second sentence of the sixth sub­ paragraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1

Whereas the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain The basic amount of the refund on the products other sugar products were fixed by Regulation listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of Regulation No ( EEC ) No 1131 /73 ( 3) ; 1009/67/EEC, exported in the natural state, is here­ by altered to the amounts shown in the Annex to Whereas, if the refund system is to 'operate normally, this Regulation . refunds should be calculated on the basis of an ex­ change rate which is based, in the case of currencies Article 2 which are floating or whose central rate differs from the official parity, on the effective rate or the central This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 May rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 May 1973 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(*) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 1 . (8) OJ No L 115 , 1.5 . 1973 , p . 35 .

22 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 135/51

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 May 1973 altering the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

(u.a.llOO kg) Basic amount CCT heading per percentage No Description of goods point of sucrose content (')

17.02 Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel : ex D. Other sugars and syrups, excluding sorbose 0-0290

E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) 0-0290 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0-0290

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 0-0290

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.