31973R2647

No L 273 /34 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 9 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 2647/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 September 1973 fixing the export refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN bose exported in the natural state must be equal to COMMUNITIES, the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the production refund applicable pursuant to Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Council Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 (®) of 18 June pean Economic Community ; 1968 laying down general rules for the production Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ refund on sugar us£d in the chemical industry, as EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2486/69 (7), to ization of the market in sugar, at last amended by the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation ; Regulation (EEC) No 1928 /73 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the 17 ( 2 ) thereof ; other products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regula­ Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary tion No 1009/67/EEC exported in the natural state Committee ; must be equal to one hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the differ­ Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC ence between the intervention price for white sugar provides that the difference between quotations or for the Community area with the largest surplus for prices on the world market for the products listed in the month for which the basic amount is fixed and Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of that Regulation and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world prices for those products within the Community may market and, on the other, of the need to establish a be covered by an export refund ; balance between the use of Community basic pro­ Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No ducts in the manufacture of processed goods for ex­ 766/68 (3) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules port to third countries and the use of third country for granting export refunds on sugar, as last products brought in under inward processing arrange­ amended by Regulation (EEC) No 881 / 73 ( 4), de­ ments ; fines the price factors, both within the Community and on the world market, which must be taken into Whereas the application of the basic amount may be account when the refunds on molasses exported in limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) the natural state are being fixed ; whereas the same (d ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC ; Article provides that the economic aspect of the pro­ posed exports should also be taken into account ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas the world market situation of the specific refunds should be calculated on the following basis : requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ — in the case currencies which are maintained in sary to vary the refund on molasses according to des­ tination ; relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 %>, a rate of exchange based Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 on their effective parity ; provides the export refund on 100 kilogrammes of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the No 1009/67/EEC is equal to the basic amount multi­ arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each plied by the sucrose content, including, where appro­ of these currencies recorded for a given period, in priate, other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas relation to the Community currencies referred to the sucrose content of the product in question is de­ in the previous subparagraph ; termined in accordance with the provisions or Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/ Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed 70 (5 ) of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting every month ; whereas they may be altered in the in­ export refunds on sugar ; tervening period ; Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ provides that the basic amount of the refund on sor­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ agement Committee for Sugar ; (!) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 . (l) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7 . 1973 , p . 7 . (') OJ No L 143 , 25.6 . 1968 , p . 6. (*) OJ No I. 86 , 31 . 3 . 1973 , p . 30 . ( 6) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6. 1968, p. 1 . («) O I No [. 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (7 ) OJ No L 314, 15 . 12 . 1969, p . 8 .

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

Article 1 Article 2 The refund to be granted on the products listed in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 September 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 September 1973 fixing the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

[u.a.flOO kg )

Basic amount OCT 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 0-0375

E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) 0-0375 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0-0375

17.0.5 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 0-0375

.. . Refund 17.03 Molasses, whether or not decolourized —

(') 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.