31979R0332

No L 45 / 16 22 . 2 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 332/79 of 21 February 1979 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the world market situation or the specific COMMUNITIES, requirements of certain markets may make it neces­ sary to vary the refund for sugar according to destina­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tion ; Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ may be fixed by other legal means ; zation of the market in sugar ( J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular the Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19(2) refunds should be calculated on the following basis : thereof, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary relation to each other at any given moment within Committee, a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 provides that the difference befween quotations or — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the prices on the world market for the products listed in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Article 1 ( l)(a) of that Regulation and prices for those of these currencies recorded for a given period in products within the Community may be covered by relation to the Community currencies referred to an export refund ; in the previous subparagraph ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; June 1968 laying down general rules for granting whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in present situation on the market in sugar and in parti­ the natural state, are being fixed account must be cular to quotations or prices for sugar within the taken of the situation on the Community and world Community and on the world market that the refund markets in sugar and in particular of the price and should be fixed at the amounts shown in the Annex cost factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; to this Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also be taken into account ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in ment Committee for Sugar, respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : i tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (5) ;

Whereas, furthermore, this refund should be fixed in Article 1 accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No i 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commis­ The refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) sion Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, undenatured and detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar (6), exported in the natural state, are hereby fixed at the as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 (7) ; amounts shown in the Annex .

(>) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . ; (2) OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 1 . ^ (3) OJ No L 143 , 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6 . Article 2 > («) OJ No L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p. 13 . ; (5) OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . , (0) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970 , p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 February ' (7) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6 . 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 1979 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state (u.a./100 kv)

CCT Description Refund heading No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar 2000 B. Raw sugar : l

(a) Candy sugar 20-76 (!) (b) Other raw sugar 17-00 (!)

(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 % , the refund applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 ( 3) of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68 .