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1 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 245/31

REGULATION (EEC) No 2373/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 August 1973 altering the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies an exchange rate based on COMMUNITIES, the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in relation to the Community currencies Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ referred to in the previous subparagraph ; pean Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria 1009/67/EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the com­ and other provisions contained in Regulation (EEC) mon organization of the market in sugar, as last No 2339/73 to the information at present available amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 1928 /73 ( 2), and to the Commission that the export refunds at pre­ sent in force should be altered as shown in the in particular the second sentence of the sixth sub­ paragraph of Article 17 (2) thereof ; Annex to this Regulation ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Committee ; Article 1 Whereas the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state were fixed by Regula­ The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) tion (EEC ) No 2339/73 ( 3 ) ; (a) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, undenatured and exported in the natural state, as fixed in the Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2339/73 , are hereby refunds should be calculated on the following basis : altered as shown in the Annex to this Regulation.

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 Sep­ based on their effective parity ; tember 1973 .

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

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

{*) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . (») OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973 , p . 7. (•) OJ No L 242, 30. 8 . 1973 , p . 11

No L 245 /32 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 9 . 73

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1973 altering the refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

(u.aJlOO kg) CCT heading Refund No Description of goods

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : B. Undenatured : I. White sugar — II. Raw sugar : ( a) Candy sugar 3-30 i 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 is cal­ culated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 .