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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1490/76
of22June1976
fixing,forthe1976/77sugarmarketingyear,thedifferentialchargetobelevied
onrawpreferentialsugarandthedifferentialamounttobegrantedinrespectof
rawcanesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments
importedandrefinedinthatregionbetween 1
November1975and30June1976wasexempted
fromthedifferentialcharge;whereas,forthesame
reasons,thatexemptionshouldbecontinuedin
respectofIrelandforthe1976/77sugarmarketing
year;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74provides,inparticular,
thatwhereadifferentialchargehasbeenfixed,adiffer­
entialamountequaltothatchargeshallbegrantedin
respectoftherawsugarproducedintheFrenchover­
seasdepartmentsandrefinedinarefinerydefinedin
paragraph7ofthatArticleandsituatedinthe
Community ;whereasthatamountshouldtherefore
befixedat1-20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes
ofwhitesugar,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1487/76(2),andinparticular
Articles9(5)and47(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle46(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatwherethereisadifference
between,ontheonehand,therawsugarrefining
marginusedtodeterminetheinterventionandthres­
holdpricesforrawsugarand,ontheotherhand,the
marginnecessaryfortherefiningofrawpreferential
sugar,adifferentialchargetobemadeonthelatter
sugarshallbefixedforthesugarmarketingyearin
question;
Whereasthebulkoftherawpreferentialsugarcannot
berefinedunlessuseismadeoftherefineriesdefined
inArticle9(7)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74;
whereasthemarginrequiredfortherefiningofthe
saidsugarinsuchrefineriesisgreater,accordingto
theinformationatpresenttohand,thanthattaken
intoaccountwhendeterminingtheinterventionand
thresholdpricesforrawsugarforthe1976/77sugar
marketingyear;whereasadifferentialchargeshould
thereforebefixedforthatyear;whereastheamount
thereofmaybefixedataflatrateof120unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes ofsugarexpressedas
whitesugar,takingintoaccountthedifferencesin
someofthecomponentsoftherefiningcostsforthe
rawsugarinquestion;
WhereasArticle46(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74makesprovisionforthenon-application of
thewholeofthedifferentialcharge,orpartofthat
charge,toanyrawpreferentialsugarwhichis
importedintoregionsoftheCommunityandrefined
thereinaproductionunitotherthanarefineryas
definedinArticle9(7)ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
havingregardtothetraditionalpatternsofsuppliesof
thesaidsugartoIreland,atotalquantityof30000
metrictonsofthatsugarexpressedaswhitesugarArticle1
ThisRegulationshallapplytothe1976/77sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
ThedifferentialchargeprovidedforinArticle46(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shallbefixedat1-20
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ofsugar
expressedaswhitesugarbyreferencetoarawsugar
yieldcalculatedbydoublingthedegreeofpolarization
ofthatsugaranddeducting100therefrom .Neverthe­
less,thischargeshallnotapplytorawpreferential
sugarrefinedduringthe1976/77sugarmarketingyear
inIrelanduptoamaximumquantityof30000
metrictonsofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar.
Article3
Thedifferentialamountprovidedforinthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle9(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74shallbefixedat1-20unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes ofwhitesugar.
Article4
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,22June1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS