31984R2971

No L 281 / 10 25 . 10 . 84 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2971 /84 of 24 October 1984 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation COMMUNITIES , (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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 1467/77 0 ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aromatized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No be fixed per 1 % of the said content ; 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular Whereas the world market situation or the specific point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) requirements of certain markets may make it necessary thereof, to vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;

Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund Committee, may be fixed by other legal instruments ;

Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the difference between quotations or Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, prices on the world market for the products listed in refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an — in the case of currencies which are maintained in export refund ; relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) June 1968 laying down general rules for granting No 974/71 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regula­ No 855/84 (9), tion (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the the natural state, are being fixed account must be arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of taken of the situation on the Community and world these currencies recorded over a given period in markets in sugar and in particular of the price and cost relation to the Community currencies referred to factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coeffi­ the same Article provides that the economic aspect of cient ; the proposed exports should also be taken into account : Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; 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 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 determining the standard Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above to the present situation on the market in sugar quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community fron­ tier crossing point for calculating cif prices for and in particular to quotations or prices for sugar sugar 0 ; whereas, furthermore, this refund should be within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto :

(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. 0 OJ No L 74, 18 . 3 . 1982, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 50 , 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 143 , 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6 . I7) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. (4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 . (8) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 89 , 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . 9 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .

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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation and exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in are in accordance with the opinion of the Management the Annex hereto . Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2 Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 October 1984. ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured

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

Done at Brussels, 24 October 1984.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 24 October 1984 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 100 kg per 100 kg net of the product in question .

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : I

A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar : Ill (I) White sugar : \ (a) Candy sugar 35,94 I (b) Other 36,62 l (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar 0,3594 B. Raw sugar : l

II . Other : l (a) Candy sugar 33,06 (') l \ (b) Other raw sugar 33,69 (') I

(') 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 .