31977R1146

No L 135/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 6 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1146/77 of 31 May 1977 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 June 1977 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 ■Having regard to the Treaty. establishin^.the European ' . • conditions*;, ^ ~ .*/• - ?.. Economic Community, . - \ v (c) the need; to ensure equality/ of competition for the Haying regard - to Council Regulation (EEC) No ' industries which use Community products and 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 oft the common organi­ those which use third-country products under , zation of the market in sugar (1 ), as last amended by inward processing arrangements ; Regulation (EEC) No 3138/76 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the sixth subparagraph of Article 19 Whereas Article 4 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 (2) thereof, provides that, when the rate of the refund is being fixed, account should be -taken, where appropriate, of Whereas Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No refunds, aids or other measures having equivalent 3330/74 provides that the difference between quota­ effect applicable in all Member States in accordance tions or prices on the world market for the products with the Regulation on the common organization of listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (c) and (d). of that Regulation the Market in the product in question to the basic and prices within the ,Community may be covered by . products listed in Annex A to that Regulation or to an export refund ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) assimilated products ; whereas . at present no produc­ No 2682/72 of 12 December 1972 laying down tion refunds ate granted ; whereas it is therefore unnec­ general rules for granting export refunds on certain essary to - fix differentiated export refunds for the agricultural products exported (n the form of goods goods in question ; ■ * ■ not covered by Annex II to the Treaty, and the criteria for fixing the amount of such refunds (3), as last Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3138/76, specifies ^re in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ the products for which a rate of refund should be ment Committee for Sugar, fixed, to be applied where these products are exported in the form of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No . 3330/74 ; , ; \ / HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, in accordance ; with the. first subparagraph of : . Article 1 Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72, the rate of. the refund per 100 kilograms for each of the basic The rates of the refunds applicable from 1 June 1977 products in question must be " fixed for each month ; to the basic products appearing in Annex A to Regula­ Whereas, in accordance with paragraph 2 of that tion (EEC) No 2682/72 and listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Article , that rate must be determined with particular Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in the form reference to : of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) 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 Article 2 ' tion on the Community market and the prices ruling on the world markets ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1977.

• This Regulation shall be Binding its" entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . . ; * '■ .

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1977. For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

( i ) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p . 1 . . - • (?) OJ No L 354, 24. 12. 1976,. p. 1 . * (3) OJ No L 289, 27. 12. 1972, p. 13 .

1 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 135/39

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1977 fixing the rates of the refunds applicable from 1 June 1977 to sugar and molasses exported in the form of goods not covered by Annex II to the Treaty

Rate of refund in u.a./100 kg : White sugar : 16-67 Raw sugar : 12-38 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) : 16-67 X S i 1 ) 100 Molasses, whether or not decolorized : —

(*) ' S ' represents the weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) in 100 kilograms of syrup .