OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 615
NoL149/64 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.7.72
REGULATION (EEC)No1397/72OFTHECOMMISSION
of30June1972
fixingtheamountofthereimbursement andamountofthelevyforoffsettingstorage
costsforsugarforthe1972/73marketingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No607/72,2andinparticular
Article8(3)thereof;
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation1009/67/EEC
laysdownthatstoragecostsforsugarandcertain
Communitysyrupsshallbereimbursedataflatrate
bytheMemberStatesandthatMemberStatesshall
chargealevyoneachsugarmanufacturerperunitof
weightofsugarproduced;whereas,inaccordance
withthesameparagraph,theamountofthe
reimbursement andtheamountofthelevymustbe
thesamethroughouttheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
750/683of18June1968layingdowngeneralrules
foroffsettingstoragecostsforsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No152/71,4providesthatthe
amountofthereimbursement shallbefixedper
monthandperunitofweight,takinginto
consideration thecostsoffinancingandinsurance
andspecificstoragecosts;whereasArticle3of
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No442/705of9
March1970layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofoffsettingstoragecostsforsugar,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
335/71,6laysdownthatthereimbursement shallbe
fixedper100kilogrammesofwhitesugar;
Whereasthefinancingcostsmay,atpresent,be
calculatedonthebasisofaninterestrateof6-5%per
year;whereasinsurancecostsmaybeassessedat
from1-5to2perthousandperyear;whereas
insurancecostsandspecificstoragecostsbe
evaluatedat0-37unitsofaccountpermetrictonand
permonth;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No750/68,thequantityinstoretobetakeninto
consideration forthereimbursement ofonemonth's
storagecostsisequaltotheaveragequantitiesof
sugar'heldinstoreatthebeginningandattheendof
themonthinquestion;whereas,forthe1972/73
marketingyear,thequantitiesinstoreeachmonth
maybeestimatedonthebasisofanticipatedstocksat
thebeginningofthatyear,estimatedmonthly
production,thequantitieslikelytobeimportedinthe
monthunderconsideration andthequantitieslikely
tobedisposedoffordomesticconsumptionor
exportedduringthesamemonth;whereas,total
averagemonthlystocksduringthe1972/73
marketingyearcanbeestimatedatapproximately
45-5millionmetrictonsofsugarexpressedaswhite
sugar;whereastotalreimbursements canthusbe
estimatedatapproximately 74millionunitsof
accountforthe1972/73marketingyear;
WhereasArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No750/68
specifiesthattheamountofthelevyshallbe
calculatedbydividingtotalanticipatedreimburse­
mentsbytheanticipatedquantityofsugarwhichwill
bedisposedofduringthesugarmarketingyearin
questionandproducedwithinthemaximumquotas;
whereastotalanticipatedreimbursements aretobe
increasedordecreasedasthecasemaybebythe
amountscarriedforwardfromprecedingsugar1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
2OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.4.
3OJNoL137,11.6.1968,p.4.
4OJNoL20,28.1.1971,p.1.
5OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.10. 6OJNoL39,17.2.1971,p.15.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1marketingyears;'whereasthereisadeficitof
2756702unitsofaccountforthe1968/69to
1970/71marketingyears;whereastheanticipated
balanceforthe1971/72marketingyearmaybe
assessedasadeficitof417000unitsofaccount;
whereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No442/70
laysdownthatthelevyisfixedper100kgofwhite
sugar;whereasthequantityofCommunitysugar
whichwillbedisposedofduringthe1972/73
marketingyearforhomeconsumptionorforexport
maybeestimatedatapproximately 8-1millionmetric
tonsofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar;whereasthe
amountofthelevyshouldthereforebe0-95unitsof
accountper100kilogrammesofwhitesugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;1.Forthe1972/73marketingyear,theamountof
thereimbursement referredtoinArticle8of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECisherebyfixedat0-163
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofwhitesugar
permonth.
2.Forthe1972/73marketingyear,theamountof
thelevyreferredtoinArticle8ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECisherebyfixedat0-95unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammesofwhitesugar.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1972.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1972.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
S.L.MANSHOLT