31974R1646

No L 175/ 8 Official Journal of the Eyropean Communities 29 . 6 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1646/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 June 1974 fixing the export refunds on molasses , syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose COMMUNITIES, content of the product in question is determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (5 ) of 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export Economic Community ; refunds on sugar ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common Whereas Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended provides that the basic amount of the refund on by Regulation (EEC) No 1 602/74 (2), and . in particular sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 1 7 (2). thereof ; the production refund applicable pursuant to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 765/ 68 (6) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for the production refund Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary on sugar used in the chemical industry, as amended Committee ; by Regulation (EEC) No 2486/69 (7), to the products listed in Annex I to that Regulation ;

Whereas Article 17 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides that the difference between quotations or Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other prices on the world market for the products listed in products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation No Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of that Regulation and prices 1009/67/ EEC exported in the natural state must be for those products within the Community may be equal to one hundredth of an amount which takes covered by an export refund ; account, on the one hand , of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­ nity area with the largest surplus for the month for Whereas Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or 766/68 (3) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules prices for white sugar on the world market and , on for granting export refunds on sugar, as last amended the other, of the need to establish a balance between by Regulation (EEC) No 881 /73 (4), defines the price factors, both within the Community and on the world the use of Community basic products in the manufac­ market, which must be taken into account when the ture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in refunds on molasses exported in the natural state are under inward processing arrangements ; being fixed ; whereas the same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account ; Whereas the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ). Whereas the world market situation of the specific (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC ; requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund on molasses according to desti­ nation ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68 provides the export refund on 100 kilogrammes of the — in the case currencies which are maintained in products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC is equal to the basic amount multiplied relation to each other, at any given monient, by the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; (') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 172, 27 . 6 . 1974, p. 7. (5) OJ No L 50 , 4 . 3 . 1970 , p. 1 . (>) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 6 . (6) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 . (•») OJ No L 86, 31 . 3 . 1973 , p. 30 . ( 7) OJ No L 314, 15 . 12 . 1969 , p. 8 .

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— for other currencies an exchange rate based on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous subparagraph ; The refund to be granted on the products listed in Ar­ ticle 1 ( 1 ) (c) and (d) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC, Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown every month ; whereas they may be altered in the in the Annex to this Regulation . intervening period ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 2 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Sugar, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974. For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1974 fixing the refunds on molasses, syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state u.a. 100 kg ^

.ΉΡ'ΊϋΓΗ CCT heading per ;.vn > :, No Description oí goods point oi mk rose coment ,')

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

E. Artificial honey ( whether or not mixed with natural honey ) — ex F. Caramel nudi; from > ugar falling within heading « No 17.01

1 7 '.'05 Flavoured or coloured sugars , syrups and molasses , hue not including fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion : ex C. Other, excluding flavoured or coloured molasses —

Refund 17.03 Molasses , whether or not decolourized

Z 1 ) The bask amount i > not -applicable to syrups v. ;; vh an* Ic *:> than 35 "" pure ( Refutation ( EEC ) No 394/ 70 ). Sucrose content determined in accordance: \Wt !» Article [> \»f Rcutitaiion ( ETC.; No VM "0 .