31988R1502

No L 135/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 6 . 88

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1502/88 of 31 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, chemical industry Q, to the products listed in the Annex to the last mentioned Regulation ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the basic amount of the refund on the other products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the Portugal, one hand, of the difference between the intervention price for white sugar for the Community areas without deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the market and, on the other, of the need to establish a markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ balance between the use of Community basic products in tion (EEC)' No 3993/87 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4) the manufacture of processed goods for export to third thereof, countries and the use of third country products brought in under inward processing arrangements ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the application of the basic amount may be Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) provides that the difference between quotations or prices of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 refund ; makes provision for setting refunds for export in the qatural state of products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for export refund for products within subheading 1702 30 91 granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by of the combined nomenclature and for products referred Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that the export to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article of the economic aspects of the intended exports ; whereas 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the the refund is to be granted only for products complying basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, inclu­ with the conditions in Article 3 of Commission Regula­ ding, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as tion (EEC) No 1469/77 of 30 June 1977 laying down sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in rules for applying the levy and the refund in respect of question is determined in accordance with Article 13 of isoglucose and amending Regulation (EEC) No Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March 192/75 0 ; 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 (*); Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic tion to each other at any given moment within a band amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­ of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ rules for the production refund on sugar used in the tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (9), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (10) ; (<) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. 0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1988 , p. 23 . (3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. 0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978 , p. 9. 0 OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13. (8) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9 . Is) OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 . O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . r6) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. H OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

1 . 6 . 88 No L 135/23 Official Journal of the European Communities

— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of the case of exports to Portugal ; these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening period ; Article 1 Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) refunds for the products in question at the levels given in (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported the Annex to this Regulation ; in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession Article 2 of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

No L 135/24 Official Journal of. the European Communities 1 . 6 . 88

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 May 1988 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

(ECU) Basic amount per percentage point of sucrose content and Amount of refund per 100 kg Product code per 100 kg net of the product of dry matter (2) in question (')

1702 40 10 100 41,11 1702 60 10 000 41,11 II 1702 60 90 000 0,41 1 1 1702 90 30 000 41,11 \ 1702 90 60 000 0,4111 1702 90 71 000 0,4111 1702 90 90 900 0,41 1 1 I 2106 90 30 000 41,11 II 2106 90 59 000 0,41 11

(') 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. (2) Applicable only to products referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77.

NB : The product codes and the footnotes are defined in Regulation (EEC) No 3846/87 as amended.