31981R1269

14 . 5. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 128/9

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1269/81

of 13 May 1981

fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar, exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 1467/77 0 ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;

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 orga­ may be fixed by other legal instruments ; nization of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3455/80 (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 relation to each other at any given moment within Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on their effective parity ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the provides that the difference between quotations or arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in prices on the world market for the products listed in relation to the Community currencies referred to Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those in the previous indent ; products within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regula­ above to the present situation on the market in sugar tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in within the Community and on the world market that the natural state, are being fixed account must be the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; taken of the situation on the Community and world markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas are in accordance with the opinion of the Management the same Article provides that the economic aspect of Committee for Sugar, the proposed exports should also be taken into account ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, undenatured sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation the Annex hereto . (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on Article 2

(') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 1981 . (2) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. (4) OJ No L 167, 26 . 6. 1976, p. 13 . («) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . n OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.

No L 128 / 10 Official Journal of the European Communities 14 . 5 . 81

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1981 .

For the Commission

Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 May 1981 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

(ECU/100 kg) CCT heading Description Refund No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :

A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar : (a) Candy sugar 10-29 (b) Other white sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar 16-50

B. Raw sugar : (a) Candy sugar 9-47 (■) (b) Other raw sugar 14-00 (')

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