31973R1802

No L 183/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 7 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1802/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 July 1973 fixing the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the world market situation or the specific COMMUNITIES, requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund for sugar according to destina­ tion ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal means ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ 67/EEC ( 1) of 18 December 1967 on the common Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (2), and in particular — in the case of currencies which are maintained in the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 1 7 (2) thereof ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2.25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides that the difference between quotations or — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the prices on the world market for the products listed in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those of these currencies recorded for a given period, in products within the Community may be covered by relation to the Community currencies referred to an export refund ; in the previous subparagraph ; whereas the Opinion of the Monetary Committee was requested ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 (3) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; export refunds on sugar, as last amended by Regula­ whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; tion (EEC) No 881 /73 (4), provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the the natural state, are being fixed account must be present situation on the market in sugar and in parti­ taken of the situation on the Community and world cular to quotations or prices for sugar within the markets in sugar and in particular of the price andcost Community and on the world market that the refund factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex the same Article provides that the economic aspect of to this Regulation ; the proposed exports should also be taken into account ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in ment Committee for Sugar ; 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 standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar ;

Article 1 Whereas, furthermore, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commis­ of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, undenatured and sion Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (6) of 2 March 1970 exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed at the on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar ; amounts shown in the Annex. (•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 106, 20 . 4. 1973 , p . 1 . (J) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. Article 2 (<) OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 . (») OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p . 3 . (*) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p . 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 July 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1973 . For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 July 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 ) Candy sugar 3.12 1 (b ) Other raw sugar

(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 °/o ; if the yield is other than 92 •/», the refund applicable it calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .