31981R0826

1 . 4. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 85/ 23

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 826/ 81 of 31 March 1981 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products, exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the production refund applicable, pursuant to Council COMMUNITIES, Regulation (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general rules for the production refund on sugar used in the chemical industry (7), to the products listed in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No products iisted in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ No 3330/74 exported in the natural state must be zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between Regulation (EEC) No 3455/80 (2), and in particular the first sentence of the last subparagraph of Article 19 (2) the intervention price for white sugar for the Commu­ thereof, nity area with the largest surplus for the month for which the basic amount is fixed and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary the use of Community basic products in the manufac­ Committee, ture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward processing arrangements ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Whereas the application of the basic amount may be Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) products within the Community may be covered by (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 ; an export refund ;

Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for refunds should be calculated on the following basis : granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed — in the case of currencies which are maintained in in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is relation to each other at any given moment within equal to the basic amount multiplied by the sucrose a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on content, including, where appropriate, other sugars their effective parity ; expressed as sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in question is determined in accordance — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the with Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting of these currencies recorded for a given period in export refunds on sugar (5), as last amended by Regula­ relation to the Community currencies referred to tion (EEC) No 1467/77 (6) ; in the previous indent ;

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to every month ; whereas they may be altered in the the basic amount of the refund less one-hundredth of intervening period ;

(!) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 17. (J) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p . 6. N O I No L 167 , 26 . 6 . 1976. D . 13 . Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (5) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p . 1 . (<■) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. (7) OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 9.

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are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex ment Committee for Sugar, hereto .

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 March 1981 . For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1981 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state (ECU/ 100 kg)

Basic amount CCT per percentage heading Description point No 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 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 0 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups) 0

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