NoL53/70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.*73
REGULATION (EEC)No478/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of12February1973
fixingforthe1971/72sugaryearthefinalamountoftheproductionlevyandtheamount
tobepaidbysugarmanufacturers tothebeetsellers
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,1972/73sugaryearunderArticle32ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECandproducedwithinthemaximum
quotais63283metrictons;
Whereasatotalof902593metrictonsofexcess
productionwasdisposedofin1971/1972;whereas
thestandardamountperunitofweighttocompen­
sateforlossesincurredindisposingofthesugar
mustbecalculatedinaccordancewithArticle6(2)(b)
ofRegulation (EEC)No142/69;whereastheamount
socalculatedis8'905unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes ;
Whereastheoveralllossesincurredindisposingof
Communityproductionexceedingtheguaranteed
quantitycanthusbeestimatedat85876160units
ofaccount;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(x)of18December1967onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugaraslastamendedbythe
Act(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunitiyandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCom­
munity,signedatBrusselson22January1972,and
inparticularArticle27(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle6(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No142/69(4)of25January1969layingdown
certaindetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthequota
systemforsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No144/73.(5)providesthatthefinalamountofthe
productionlevymustbefixedforeachsugaryear;
whereasthecriteriaforfixingtheamountarelaid
downbyArticle27(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECandArticle6(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No142/69;
WhereastotalCommunitysugarproductionfor
1971/72,includingquantitiescarriedoverpursuant
toArticle32ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,is
8133635metrictons;whereastheguaranteed
quantityfor1971/72wasfixedat6480000metric
tonsbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1062/71(6)of
25May1971fixing,forthe1971/72sugaryear,the
derivedinterventionprices,theinterventionprices
forrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,the
thresholdprices,theguaranteedquantity,themaxi­
mumamountoftheproductionlevyandthespecial
maximumquota;whereas625992metrictonswere
producedabovethemaximumquotasfortheyearin
question;whereasthequantitycarriedovertotheWhereasthesumofthequantitiesproducedabove
thebasicquotasbutwithinthemaximumquota
andnotcarriedoveris1228563metrictons;whereas
thefinalamountoftheproductionlevyiscalculated
bydividingtheoveralllossesbythequantitylast
quoted;whereasthisgivesafigureof6'99unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes ;
WhereasArticle27(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesthatsugarmanufacturers must,where
theproductionlevyislessthanthemaximum,pay
tothebeetsellersthedifferencebetweenthosetwo
amountsuptoapercentagetobedetermined ;
whereas,forthe1971/72sugaryear,Article7of
Regulation (EEC)No1062/71fixedthatpercentage
at59*12andfixedthemaximumamountofthe
productionlevyat9-10unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar;
Whereastheamounttobepaidpermetrictonof
sugarbeetpursuanttothesecondsubparagraph of
Article27(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmust
befixedforthestandardquality;
(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL20,27.1.1969,p.1.
(5)OJNoL18,23.1.1973,p.13.
(6)OJNoL115,27.5.1971,p.19.WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar;

26.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL53/71
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefinalamountoftheproductionlevyforthe
1971/72sugaryearis6-99unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammes .Article2
Theamounttobepaidpursuanttothesecondsub­
paragraphofArticle27(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECforthe1971/72sugaryearis1-62unitsofaccount
permetrictonofstandardqualitybeet.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI