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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of9November 1990
alteringtheadjustmentaidtothePortugueserefiningindustryforrawsugar
importedfromthirdcountriesatareducedlevyforthe1990/91marketingyear
intoPortugal
(OnlydiePortuguesetextisauthentic)
(90/546/EEC)
Whereastheamountofthestoragelevyforthe1990/91
marketingyearwasfixedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No1725/90(3)atECU2,50per100kilogramsof
whitesugar;whereasthatamountrepresentsareduction
ofECU0,50per100kilogramsofwhitesugarbycompa­
risonwiththatapplicableforthe1989/90marketing
year;
Whereas,onthebasisofdataavailabletotheCommis­
sion,ittranspiresthatthereductioninthatlevywasactu­
allypassedonfrom1July1990,resultinginacorrespon­
dingeffectonthemarginsofthePortugueserefining
industries,jeopardizingthebalancesoughtthroughthe
grantingoftheaidsinquestionandthereforetheobjec­
tivespursued;whereasacorresponding alterationinthe
adjustmentaidthereforeappearsnecessary;whereas
accountshouldinadditionbetakenofthealterationin
theaidinquestionthathasalreadybeenmadeforthe
1989/90marketingyearinordertoneutralizetheeffectof
successivestoragelevyreductionsontherefiningmargin
forthe1990/91marketingyear;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSugarhasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
chairman,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1069/89(2),andinparticulartheseventh
indentofArticle9(6)thereof,
WhereasArticle9(4)(c)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthat,duringthe1988/89to1990/91marketing
years,adjustmentaidistobegrantedasanintervention
measuretotherefiningindustryforrawsugarimported
intoPortugalatareducedlevypursuanttoArticle303of
theActofAccessionofSpainandPortugalandrefined
intowhitesugarinPortugal;whereasthataidamountsto
ECU0,08per100kilogramsofsugarexpressedaswhite
sugarforquantitiesofsuchsugarthusimportedand
refinedinPortugal;whereasthequantitiesofrawsugar
importedatareducedlevyarethosereferedtointhefirst
paragraphofArticle303oftheActofAccessionaswell
asthequantitieslackingreferredtointhethirdparagraph
ofthatArticle,theimportofwhichatareducedlevyis
authorizedforthemarketingyearunderconsideration ;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION : Whereasthethirdsubparagraph ofArticle9(4)(c)of
Regulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthattheabove­
mentionedadjustmentaidmaybealteredforagiven
marketingyear,inthelightinparticularoftheamountof
thestoragelevyfixedforthatyear;whereasalthough
sugarimportedintoPortugalatareducedlevyisnot
subjecttothestoragelevy,inviewofthequantitiesof
suchsugarrefinedthatlevyisadeterminingfactorforthe
pricesasawholeonthemarketforwhitesugarandthere­
foreforthemarginofthePortugueserefineries;Article1
Theadjustmentaidprovidedforinthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle9(4)(c)pfRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
shallbeincreasedtoECU1,58per100kilogramsofsugar
expressedaswhitesugarforthe1990/91marketingyear.
(■)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1. (')OJNoL160,26.6.1990,p.30.

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ThisDecisionisaddressedtothePortugueseRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,9November1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission