31987R0648

No L 62/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 3 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 648/87 of 4 March 1987 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European refunds on sugar (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 1467/77 (*) ; whereas the refund thus calculated for aroma­ tized sugars or for sugars with colouring added must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 1 % of the said content ; Portugal,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the rements of certain markets may make it necessary to vary markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ the refund for sugar according to destination ; tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof,

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

Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, provides that the difference between quotations or prices refunds should be calculated on the following basis : on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ refund ; tion 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 corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), 1968 laying down general rules for granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state, these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on tion to the Community currencies referred to in the the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­ previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that the economic aspect of 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 Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar to the present situation on the market in sugar and in and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore, 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. (2) OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 143 , 25. 6 . 1968 , p. 6. («) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p. 13 . O OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6 . n OJ Ño L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION Article 2 Article 1

The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 March 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 4 March 1987 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 : I (I) White sugar : I (a) Candy sugar 43,59 (b) Other 41,09 \ (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar 0,4359 \

B. Raw sugar : II. Other : II (a) Candy sugar 40,10 0 (b) Sugar with added anti-caking agent II 0,4359 (c) Raw sugar in immediate packing not exceeding 5 kilograms net of product 36,71 (') (d) Other raw sugar 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 . 0 Fixing suspended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2689/85 (OJ No L 255, 26. 9. 1985, p. 12), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3251 /85 (OJ No L 309, 21 . 11 . 1985, p. 14).