31976R0735

1 . 4. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 86/25

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 735/76

of 31 March 1976

fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other COMMUNITIES, products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 exported in the natural state must be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European equal to one hundredth of an amount which takes Economic Community, account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No nity area with the largest surplus for the month for 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or zation of the market in sugar ( ! ), as last amended by prices for white sugar on the world market and, on Regulation (EEC) No 3058/74 (2), and in particular the the other, of the need to establish a balanfce between first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19 (2) the use of Community basic products in the manufac­ thereof, ture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary under inward processing arrangements ; Committee,

Whereas the application of the basic amount may be Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) provides that the difference between quotations or (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3340/74 ; prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, products within the Community may be covered by refunds should be calculated on the following basis : an export refund ; — in the case currencies which are maintained in Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No relation to each other, at any given moment, 766/68 (3) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based for granting export refunds on sugar, as last amended on their effective parity ; by Regulation (EEC) No 1 102/75 (4), provides the — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the export refund on 100 kilogrammes of the products arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No of these currencies recorded for a given period, in 3330/74 is equal to the basic amount multiplied by relation to the Community currencies referred to the sucrose content, including, where appropriate, in the previous subparagraph ; other sugars expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of every month ; whereas they may be altered in the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (5) of 2 intervening period ; March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ment Committee for Sugar, provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one hundredth of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 on sugar used in the chemical industry, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2477/74 (7), to the The refund to be granted on the products listed in Ar­ products listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regu­ ticle 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, lation : exported in the natural state, is hereby fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regulation . (») OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 306, 26. 11 . 1975, p. 3. O OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. Article 2 («) OJ No L 110, 30. 4. 1975, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April (7) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10. 1974, p. 71 . 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 1976 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1976 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

(u.aJ100 kg)

Basic amount CCT Description of goods per percentage heading No 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 0-0140 E. Artificial honey (whether or not mixed with natural honey) 0-0140 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0-0140

17.05 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 0-0140

(*) The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70). Sucrose content is deter­ mined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70.