31989R1582

8 . 6. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 156/ 11

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1582/89

of 7 June 1989

fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colou­ ring matter must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be fixed per 1 % of the said content ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and vary the refund for sugar according to destination ; Portugal, Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may be fixed by other legal instruments ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/8 1 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : tion (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular point (a) of — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela^ the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof, tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­ Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 lation (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as last amended by Regu­ provides that the difference between quotations or prices lation (EEC) No 1636/87f), on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the (1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of within the Community may be covered by an export these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ refund ; tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of the Council of Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for granting whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; export refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its to the present situation on the market in sugar and in unaltered state are being fixed account must be taken of particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the the situation on the Community and world markets in Community and on the world market that the refund sugar and in particular of the price and cost factors set out should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that the economic aspect of the proposed exports Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are should also be taken into account ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, Whereas the refund on raw sugar must be fixed in respect of the standard quality ; whereas the latter is defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of the Council HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar (*) ; whereas, further­ Article 1 more, this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas The export refunds on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) candy sugar is defined in Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and the Commission of 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for exported in their unaltered state shall be as set out in the granting export refunds on sugar (% as last amended by Annex hereto . Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 Q ; whereas the refund thus

Article 2 (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (2) OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 8 June 1989. (4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13. 0 OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 . («) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . O OJ No L 152, 18 . 6. 1988, p. 23. O OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .

No L 156/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 6. 89

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

Done at Brussels, 7 June 1989.

For the Commission

Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 7 June 1989 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

(ECU) Amount of refund

Product code per percentage point of sucrose content and per 100 kg per 100 kg net of the product in question

1701 11 90 100 26,71 (') 1701 11 90 910 29,11 (») 1701 11 90 950 (2) l 1701 12 90 100 26,71 0 1701 12 90 910 29,11 (■) 1701 12 90 950 (2) 1701 91 00 000 Il 0,2904 1701 99 10 100 29,04 1701 99 10 910 31,65 1701 99 10 950 30,15 1701 99 90 100 0,2904 ll

(') 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).