31981R1765

1 . 7 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 175/45

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1765/81

of 30 June 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 Q, to the products listed Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European in Annex I to the last mentioned Regulation ; Economic Community,

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

Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended refunds should be calculated on the following basis : 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 of 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting these currencies recorded for a given period in export refunds on sugar (*), 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 every month ; whereas they may be altered in the sorbose exported in the natural state must be equal to intervening period ; the basic amount of the refund less one-hundredth of

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1980, p. 17. are in accordance with the opinion of the Management 0 OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6. Committee for Sugar, («) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. O OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 9 .

No L 175/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 7 . 81

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Article 1 Article 2 The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, exported in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1981 .

For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1981 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state (ECU / 100 kp)

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 00889 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 00889 ex F. Caramel made from sugar falling within heading No 17.01 0-0889 21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : IV. Other (than lactose, glucose and isoglucose syrups) 0-0889

( ! ) 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 .