31987R3533

No L 336/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 11 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 3533 /87 of 25 November 1987 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (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 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 1467/77 Q ; 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 1 % of the said content : Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,

Whereas the world market situation or the specific requi­ ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/ 81 rements of certain markets may .make it necessary to vary of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the the refund for sugar according to destination ; markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ 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, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/ 81 refunds should be calculated on the following basis : provides that the difference between quotations or prices on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ within the Community may be covered by an export tion to each other at any given moment within a band refund ; 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), as last amended by Regula­ 1968 laying down general rules for granting export tion (EEC) No 1636/ 87 (9), 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 raw sugar, undenatured and exported in the natural state, arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; 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 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for to the present situation on the market in sugar and in calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, furthermore, particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex to this Regulation ;

(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (2) OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 50 , 4. 3 . 1970 , p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 143 , 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6 . 0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 167, 26 . 6 . 1976, p. 13 . (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 89 , 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, 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 ) This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 November (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/8 1 undenatured and 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels , 25 November 1987 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX'

to the Commission Regulation of 25 November 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 sucrose content and No per 100 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 44,99 (b) Other 43,21 (II) Flavoured or coloured sugar 0,4499 B. Raw sugar : II . Other : (a) Candy sugar 41,39 (') (b) Sugar with added anti-caking agent Il 0,4499 (c) Raw sugar in immediate packing not exceeding 5 kilograms, net li of product 39,04 (') (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 . (2) 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).