31975R3398

31 . 12 . 75 No L 334/47 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3398 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 19 December 1975

fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 January 1976 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN (b) the level of the refunds on exports of processed COMMUNITIES, agricultural products covered by Annex II to the Treaty which are manufactured under similar conditions ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; (c) the need to ensure equality of competition for the industries which use Community products and those which use third-country products under Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No inward processing arrangements ; 3330/74 (*) of 19 December 1974 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3058 /75 (2), and in particular Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/ 72 the first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article provides that, when the rate of the refund is being 1 9 (2) thereof ; fixed, account should be taken, where appropriate, of refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent effect applicable in all Member States in accordance Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No with the Regulation on the common organization of 3330/74 provides that the difference between quota­ the market in the product in question to the basic tions or prices on the world market for the products products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (c) and (d) of that Regulation assimilated products ; and prices within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation No 2682/72 (3) of 12 December 1972 laying down are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ general rules for granting export refunds on certain ment Committee for Sugar, agricultural products exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds , specifies the products for which a rate of refund should be fixed , to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation ( EEC) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : No 3330 / 74 ;

Whereas, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/72, the rate Article 1 of the refund per 100 kilogrammes for each of the basic products in question must be fixed for each The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 January month ; 1976 to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/72 and listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 3330 /74, exported in the Whereas , in accordance with paragraph 2 of that form of goods listed m Annex I to Regulation (EEC) Article , that rate must be determined with particular reference to : No 3330 / 74, are fixed as shown in the Annex hereto .

(a) the average costs incurred by processing industries in obtaining supplies of the basic products in ques­ tion on the Community market and the prices ruling on the world market ; Article 2

(') OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 306, 26 . 11 . 1975, p. 3 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January ( 3 ) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972, p . 13 . 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1975 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 December 1975 fixing the rates of the refunds appli­ cable from 1 January 1976 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods mentioned in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74

TABLE I

CCT heading No Description of goods

29.04 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : C. Polyhydric alcohols : II . Mannitol , III . Sorbitol : a) In aqueous solution : 2 . Other : — obtained from sucrose b ) Other : — obtained from sucrose 29.10 Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitra­ ted or nitrosated derivatives : ex B. Other : — Methyl glucosides

29.14 Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitro­ sated derivatives : ex A. Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids : — Sorbitol or mannitol esters ex B. Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids : — Sorbitol or mannitol esters

29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halo­ genated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol functions : ex VIII . Other : — Glyceric acid, glycolic acid, saccharonic acid , iso­ saccharonic acid, heptasaccharic acid , and their salts and esters

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CCT heading No Description of goods

29.35 Heterocyclic compounds ; nucleic acids : ex Q. Other : — Anhydric compounds of mannitol or sorbitol, not includ­ ing maltol and isomaltol 29.43 Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, glucose and lactose ; sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading Nos 29.39, 29.41 and 29.42 : ex B. Other : —• Sorbose and its salts and esters 38.19 Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural pro­ ducts), not elsewhere specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included : Q. Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins T. Sorbitol other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III : I. In acqueous solution : b ) Other : — Obtained from sucrose II. Other : b) Other : — Obtained from sucrose ex U. Other : — Sorbitol cracking products

Rate of refund in u .a./100 kg ; White sugar : 1-50 Raw sugar : 0 Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­ taining, in the dry state, 98 °/o or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) : 1-50 X S (*) 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized : —

TABLE II

CCT heading No Description of goods

29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halo­ genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function : IV. Citric acid and its salts and esters

Rate of refund in u.a./100 kg : White sugar : 1-50 Raw sugar : 0 Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­ taining, in the dry state, 98 °/o or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) : 1-50 X S (l) 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized : —

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TABLE III

CCT heading No Description of goods

29.15 Polycarboxylie acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :

A. Acyclic polycarboxylic acids : ex V. Other : — Itaconic acid and its salts and esters

29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halo­ genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function : I. Lactic acid and its salts and esters

29.44 Antibiotics : A. Penicillins

Rate of refund in u.a./100 kg : White sugar : 1-50 Raw sugar : 0 Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­ taining, in the dry state, 98 °/o or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) : 1-50 X S (x ) 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized : —

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TABLE IV

CCT heading No Description of goods

17.04 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa : B. Chewing gum C. White chocolate D. Other 18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

19.02 Preparations of flour meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 °/o by weight of cocoa

19.08 Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion 21.06 Natural yeasts (active or inactive) ; prepared baking powders : A. Active natural yeasts : II. Bakers' yeast 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

22.02 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No 20.07

22.06 Vermouths, and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aro­ matic extracts 22.09 Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08) ; liqueurs and other spirituous beverages ; compound alcoholic preparations (known as 'concentrated extracts') for the manufacture of beverages : C. Spirituous beverages : V. Other

Rat* of refund in u.aJ100 kg : White sugar : 1-50 Raw sugar : 0 Syrups of beet sugar or cane sugar con­ taining, in the dry state, 98 %> or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) : 1-50 X S (M 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized : —

f) S represents the weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) in 100 kilogrammes of syrup.