31990R2626

13 . 9 . 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 250/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2626/90 of 12 September 1990 fixing the export refunds on white sugar and raw sugar exported in its unaltered state

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, refunds on sugar (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1714/88 Q ; whereas the refund thus calculated for sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must apply to their sucrose content and, accordingly, be Economic Community, fixed per 1 % of the said content ;

Whereas the world market situation or the specific Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and requirements of certain markets may make it necessary to Portugal, vary the refund for sugar according to destination ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas, in special cases, the amount of the refund may of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the be fixed by other legal instruments ; markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular point (a) of the first subparagraph of Article 19 (4) thereof, Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

i Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas Article 19 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in provides that the difference between quotations or prices the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­ on the world market for the products listed in Article 1 lation (EEC) No 1676/85 f), as last amended by Regu­ ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and prices for those products lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (9), within the Community may be covered by an export refund : — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 of 18 June a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ 1968 laying down general rules for granting export cient referred to in the preceding indent ; refunds on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1489/76 (4), provides that when refunds on white and raw sugar, undenatured and exported in its unaltered state Whereas the refund must be fixed every two weeks ; are being fixed account must be taken of the situation on whereas it may be altered in the intervening period ; the Community and world markets in sugar and in parti­ cular of the price and cost factors set out in Article 3 of that Regulation ; whereas the same Article provides that Whereas it follows from applying the rules set out above the economic aspect of the proposed exports should also to the present situation on the market in sugar and in be taken into account ; particular to quotations or prices for sugar within the Community and on the world market that the refund should be as set out in the Annex hereto ; 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 Whereas, in view of the present circumstances in the April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar German Democratic Republic and their effects on the and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for market situation, no refund should be fixed for products calculating cif prices for sugar (*); whereas, furthermore, to be exported to that .destination ; this refund should be fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68 ; whereas candy sugar is defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 of Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are 2 March 1970 on detailed rules for granting export in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (2) OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 50, 4. 3. 1970, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 6. 0 OJ No L 152, 18 . 6. 1988, p. 23 . (4) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 13. (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (iOJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3. O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION exported in their unaltered state shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

2. The refund on export to the German Democratic Republic has not been fixed. Article 1 Article 2

1 . The export refunds on the products listed in Article This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 September 1990 . 1 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 undenatured and

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

Done at Brussels, 12 September 1990 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 12 September 1990 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 33,19 (') 1701 11 90 910 31,82 0) 1701 11 90 950 (2) 1701 12 90 100 33,19 (') 1701 12 90 910 31,82 (') 1701 12 90 950 0 1701 91 00 000 0,3608 1701 99 10 100 36,08 170199 10 910 35,96 1701 99 10 950 35,96 1701 99 90 100 0,3608

(') 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. 0 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).