31979R2991

29 . 12 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 337 / 27

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2991 /79 of 28 December 1979 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 account, on the one hand, of the difference between Economic Community, the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­ nity area with the largest surplus for the month for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ prices for white sugar on the world market and, on zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by the other, of the need to establish a balance between Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular the the use of Community basic products in the manufac­ first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19 (2) thereof, ture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward processing arrangements ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee , Whereas the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 ; provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those refunds should be calculated on the following basis : products within the Community may be covered by — in the case of currencies which are maintained in an export refund ; relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No their effective parity ; 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the by Regulation (EEC) No 1 489/76 (4), provides that the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed of these currencies recorded for a given period in in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is relation to the Community currencies referred to equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose in the previous7 indent ; content, including, where appropriate, other sugars Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of every month ; whereas they may be altered in the the product in question is determined in accordance intervening period ; with Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation export refunds on sugar (5), as last amended by Regula­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ tion ( EEC) No 1467/77 (<>); ment Committee for Sugar,

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No 766/68 provides that the basic amount of the refund on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general rules for the production refund on sugar The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 used in the chemical industry (7), to the products ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ; the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . (') 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 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January (7) OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 9 . 1980 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 December 1979.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1979 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products, exported in the natural state

(ECU/ 100 kg)

Basic amount CCT Description pet percentage heading No point of sucrose content (')

17.02 Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey ; caramel : D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and maple) : ex II . Other, excluding sorbose 0.1382 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 0.1382 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0.1382

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups) 0.1382

( l ) 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 .