31982R0260

4. 2. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 27/ 11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 260/82 of 3 February 1982

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on COMMUNITIES, sugar (% as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 0 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the world market situation or the specific 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 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as amended by may be fixed by other legal instruments ; Regulation (EEC) No 1 92/82 (2), and in particular Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) 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 central rate, — 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 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 above to the present situation on the market in sugar export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), 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 the Annex hereto. sugar 0 ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 February (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4. 1982 . (*) OJ No L 21 , 29. 1 . 1982, p. 1 . 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 . 0 OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3 . 0 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, 3 February 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 3 February 1982 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in die 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 1970 (b) Other 1 900 (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar obtained from : (a) White sugar 1970 (b) Raw sugar 18-12 0

B. Raw sugar : II . Other : (a) Candy sugar 18-12 (') (b) Other raw sugar 15-10 (')

(') 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 .