31987R3259

31 . 10 . 87 No L 309/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3259/87 of 30 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European one hand, of the difference between the intervention Economic Community, price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world Portugal, market and, on the other, of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 the manufacture of processed goods for export to third of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the countries and the use of third country products brought markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ in under inward processing arrangements ; tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4) thereof, Whereas the application of the basic amount may be limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the difference between quotations or prices Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 makes provision for setting refunds for export in the (1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (f) and within the Community may be covered by an export (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed refund ; per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the export refund for products within subheading 17.02 B II Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No a) of the Common Customs Tariff and for products 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by 1785/81 and of the economic aspects of the intended exports ; whereas the refund is to be granted only for Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article products complying with the conditions in Article 3 of 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77 of 30 June basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, inclu­ 1977 laying down rules for applying the levy and the ding, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as refund in respect of isoglucose and amending Regulation sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in (EEC) No 192/75 0 ; question is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on refunds should be calculated on the following basis : sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 (*) ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­ tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (9), as last amended by Regula­ tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 (10); (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general rules for the production refund on sugar used in the — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the chemical industry f7), to the products listed in the Annex arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of to the last mentioned Regulation ; these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening 0 OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . period ; 0 OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. (4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 . (•) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9. («) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 9 . H OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

No L 309/ 14 31 . 10. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing refunds for the products in question at the levels given in the Annex to this Regulation ; Article 1

Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1) of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. ' tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in the case of exports to Portugal ; Article 2 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November Committee for Sugar, 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 October 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 October 1987 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

(ECU) Basic amount CCT per percentage point Amount of refund of sucrose content heading Description per 100 kg No and per 100 kg net of dry matter (*) of the product in question (')

17.02 Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added flavou­ ring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey ; caramel : D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto­ dextrine) : I. Isoglucose 44,99 ex II. Other, excluding sorbose 0,4499 0,4499 — E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry state, 50 % 0,4499 — or more by weight of sucrose

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : III . Isoglucose 44,99 TV. Other (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine syrups) 0,4499

(') The basic amount is not applicable to syrups which are less than 85 % pure (Regulation (EEC) No 394/70). Sucrose content is determined in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 394/70. (*) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77.