31988R1878

No L 168/32 1 . 7 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1878/88

of 30 June 1988 fixing the export refunds on syrups and certain other sugar products exported in the natural state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, rules for the production refund on sugar used in the 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 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No Portugal, 1785/81 exported in the natural state must be equal to one-hundredth of an amount which takes account, on the one hand, of the difference between the intervention Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 price for white sugar for the Community areas without of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the deficit for the month for which the basic amount is fixed markets ,in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ and quotations or prices for white sugar on the world tion (EEC) No 1107/88 (2), and in particular Article 19 (4) market and, on the other, of the need to establish a thereof, balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries and the use of third country products brought Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, in under inward processing arrangements ;

Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the difference between quotations or. prices Whereas the application of the basic amount may be on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 limited to some of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) (1 ) (d) of that Regulation and prices for those/products of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; within the Community may be covered by an export , refund ;

Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No makes provision for setting refunds for export in the 766/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for natural state of products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) (f) and granting export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by (g) of that Regulation ; whereas the refund must be fixed Regulation (EEC) No 1 489/76 (4), provides that the export per 100 kilograms of dry matter, taking account of the refund on 100 kilograms of the products listed in Article export refund for products within subheading 1702 30 91 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is equal to the of the combined nomenclature and for products referred basic amount multiplied by the sucrose content, inclu­ to in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and ding, where appropriate, other sugars expressed as of the economic aspects of the intended exports ; whereas sucrose ; whereas the sucrose content of the product in the refund is to be granted only for products complying question is determined in accordance with Article 13 of with the conditions in Article 3 of Commission Regula­ Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of 2 March tion (EEC) No 1469/77 of 30 June 1977 laying down 1970 on detailed rules for granting export refunds on rules for applying the levy and the refund in respect of sugar (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No isoglucose and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1467/77 «; 192/75 (");

Whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 provides that the basic amount of the refund on sorbose Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices exported in the natural state must be equal to the basic for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences amount of the refund less one-hundredth of the produc­ on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined tion refund applicable, pursuant to Council Regulation by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1912/88 (9) should (EEC) No 1400/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down general accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of the refunds in order to ensure that the export arrange­ ('J OJ No L 1 //, . 1 . /. 1781 , p. 4. ments continue to operate in the sector concerned ; (2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988 , p. 20. (3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6. (4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13. 0 OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 9 . (*) OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9. («) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 6. o See page 115 of this Official Journal.

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Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Whereas, pursuant to Article 275 of the Act of Accession refunds should be calculated on the following basis : of Spain and Portugal, refunds may be granted in the case of exportes to Portugal ; whereas, in the light of the situa­ — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion and the level of prices no refund should be fixed in tion to each other at any given moment within a band the case of exports to Portugal ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ in accordance with the opinion of the Management tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­ Committee for Sugar, tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2); — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ tion to the Community currencies referred to in the Article 1 previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) Whereas the refunds referred to above must be fixed every (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 , exported in the natural state, shall be as set out in the Annex month ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening hereto . period ;

Whereas application of these quotas results in fixing Article 2 refunds for the products in question at the levels given in the Annex to this Regulation ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 .

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .

No L 168/34 1 . 7. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 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 37,09 1702 60 10 000 37,09 Il

1702 60 90 000 0,3709 1702 90 30 000 37,09 I

1702 90 60 000 0,3709 I

1702 90 71 000 0,3709 1702 90 90 900 0,3709 2106 90 30 000 37,09 Il

2106 90 59 000 0,3709

(') 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. P) 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.