31982R0747

No L 86/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 4. 82

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 747/82 of 31 March 1982 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 (J) ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aromatized sugars or for sugars with colouring added Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, Economic Community, be fixed per 1 % of the said content ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No requirements of certain markets may make it necessary 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization to vary the refund for sugar according to destination ; of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) may be fixed by other legal instruments ; thereof, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 their central rate, provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the Article 1 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of products within the Community may be covered by an these currencies recorded for a given period in export refund ; relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; June 1968 laying down general rules for granting whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in above to the present situation on the market in sugar the natural state, are being fixed account must be and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar taken of the situation on the Community and world within the Community and on the world market that markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that the economic aspect of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the proposed exports should also be taken into are in accordance with the opinion of the Management account ; Committee for Sugar,

Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard Article 1 quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in the Annex hereto. Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on Article 2

(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1982. 0 OJ No L 74, 18 . 3 . 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 . o 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, 31 March 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1982 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state (ECU) Amount of refund CCT heading Description per percentage point of No sucrose content and per 1 00 kg per 100 kg net of the product in question

' 17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar : (I) White sugar : (a) Candy sugar 21-55 (b) Other 23-14 (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar 0-2155 B. Raw sugar : II . Other : (a) Candy sugar 19-83 (') (b) Other raw sugar 19-98 0

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