31981R2255

6 . 8 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 220/9

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2255 /81

of 5 August 1981

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

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

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

Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No may be fixed by other legal instruments ; 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the market in sugar ('), and in particular the first Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, sentence of Article 19 (4) thereof, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

— 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, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of provides that the difference between quotations or these currencies recorded for a given period in prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those relation to the Community currencies referred to 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 Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out June 1968 laying down general rules for granting above to the present situation on the market in sugar export refunds on sugar (2), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (3), provides that when refunds and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar Within the Community and on the world market that on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; the natural state, are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on the Community and world Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost are in accordance with the opinion of the Management factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas Committee for Sugar, the same Article provides that the economic aspect of 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 Article 1 defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in sugar (4) ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be the Annex hereto . fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Article 2 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 August 1981 . (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p . 4. (2) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. O OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 . O OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3 . (6) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6.

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

Done at Brussels, 5 August 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 5 August 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 : (I) White sugar (a) Candy sugar 7-66 (b) Other 10-00 (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar obtained from : (a) White sugar 7-66 (b) Raw sugar 7Ό5 (')

B. Raw sugar : II . Other : (a) Candy sugar 7-05 (· ) (b) Other raw sugar 9-00 (■)

(') 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 .