25.6.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL156/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1356/77
of20June1977
fixing,forthe1977/78sugarmarketingyear,thedifferentialchargetobelevied
onrawpreferentialsugarandthedifferentialamounttobegrantedinrespectof
rawcanesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,charge,toanyrawpreferentialsugarwhichis
importedintoregionsoftheCommunityandrefined
thereinaproductionunitotherthanarefineryas
definedinArticle9(7)ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
havingregardtothetraditionalpatternsofsuppliesof
thesaidsugartoIreland,amaximumquantityof
30000tonnesofthatsugarexpressedaswhitesugar
refinedinthatregioninthe1976/77sugarmarketing
yearwasexemptedfromthedifferentialcharge;
whereas,forthesamereasons,thatexemptionshould
becontinuedinrespectofIrelandforthe1977/78
sugarmarketingyear;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74provides,inparticular,
thatwhereadifferentialchargehasbeenfixed,adiffer­
entialamountequaltothatchargeshallbegrantedin
respectoftherawsugarproducedintheFrenchover­
seasdepartmentsandrefinedinarefinerydefinedin
paragraph7ofthatArticleandsituatedinthe
Community ;whereasthatamountshouldtherefore
befixedat1-64unitsofaccountper100kilogramsof
whitesugar,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticular
Articles9(5)and47(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle46(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatwherethereisadifference
between,ontheonehand,therawsugarrefining
marginusedtodeterminetheintervention and
thresholdpricesforrawsugarand,ontheotherhand,
themarginnecessaryfortherefiningofrawpreferen­
tialsugar,adifferentialchargetobemadeonthe
lattersugarshallbefixedforthesugarmarketingyear
inquestion ;
Whereasthebulkoftherawpreferentialsugarcannot
berefinedunlessuseismadeoftherefineriesdefined
inArticle9(7)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74;
whereasthemarginrequiredfortherefiningofthe
saidsugarinsuchrefineriesisgreater,accordingto
theinformationatpresenttohand,thanthattaken
intoaccountwhendeterminingtheinterventionand
thresholdpricesforrawsugarforthe1977/78sugar
marketingyear;whereasadifferentialchargeshould
thereforebefixedforthatyear;whereastheamount
thereofmaybefixedataflatrateof164unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressedaswhite
sugar,takingintoaccountcertaindifferencesinthe
costsconcerned ;
WhereasArticle46(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74makesprovisionforthenon-application of
thewholeofthedifferentialcharge,orpartofthatHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationshallapplytothe1977/78sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
ThedifferentialchargeprovidedforinArticle46(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shallbefixedat1-64
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressed
aswhitesugarbyreferencetoarawsugaryieldcalcu­
latedbydoublingthedegreeofpolarizationofthat
sugaranddeducting100therefrom .Nevertheless ,this
chargeshallnotapplytorawpreferentialsugarC)0|No1.W,}1.12.IST4,p.1.
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refinedduringthe1977/78sugarmarketingyearin
Irelanduptoamaximumquantityof30000tonnes
ofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar.3330/74shallbefixedat1-64unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
Article3Artiee4
Thedifferentialamountprovidedforinthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle9(3)ofRegulation (EEC)NoThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN
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