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NoL282/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.12.71
REGULATION (EEC)No2723/71OFTHECOUNCIL
of20December1971
ontherulesforproductionrefundsforwhitesugarusedinthemanufactureofthe
productslistedinAnnexItoRegulation (EEC)No765/68
theindustriesconcernedshouldnotfallbelow13-30
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofsugar,have
provedtobesensibleandbeneficial;whereasthese
ruleshaveenabledtheindustryproducingsorbitol
fromsugartodeveloprapidlywithout,sofar,
causinganyappreciableharmtothecompeting
industryusingstarches;whereas,inshort,theserules
havebothbroughtaboutadegreeofbalancebetween
thetwotypesofproductionandhaveallowedthem
toachievesomemeasureofprogress;
Whereasthecontinuation oftheactioncarriedout
hithertointhisfieldwillimposepracticallyno
financialburdenontheCommunity,sincehuman
consumption hasinthemeantimeexceeded
productionwithinthebasicquotasandhasreached
theleveloftheguaranteedquantity;whereas,
therefore,sugarusedbythechemicalindustrymay
bedeemedtobepartofproductionoutsidethebasic
quotasandconsequentlyhastobeartheproduction
levy,thelevelofwhichcorrespondsbroadlytothe
leveloftheproductionrefundsinquestion;
Whereasundertheseconditionsitseemsadvisableto
pursuetheexperimentandwhereasitisappropriate
toextendtheapplicationoftheruleslaiddownin
Regulation (EEC)No765/68foraperiodequalto
thefirst;whereas,consequently ,thetextofthat
Regulationshouldbeamendedaccordingly ;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1060/71,2andinparticular
Article9(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle5(3)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No765/683of18June1968layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheproductionrefundonsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2486/694,laysdowninparticularthatthe
Councilmustmakeadecisionontheruleswhich
shallapplyfrom1February1972toproduction
refundsontheproductslistedinAnnexItothesaid
Regulation;whereasthesaidrulesmustbebasedon
thecriterialaiddownintheaboveArticle;
Whereasexaminationoftheinformationsuppliedby
theMemberStateshasenabledtheCommission to
prepareandsubmittotheCouncilsince1968three
annualreportsrelating,inparticular,tothe
productionofsorbitolandmannitolwithinthe
Community ;
Whereasanassessmentoftheinformation onthe
basisofthe*variouscriteriawhichhavebeen
determinedshowsthattheruleslaiddownin
Regulation (EEC)No765/68,bylimitingthe
productionrefundsforsugarintendedforthei
manufactureofproductscoveredbyAnnexItothe
saidRegulationsothatthedisposalpriceofsugartoHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle5(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No765/68the
words'until30June1975'shallbesubstitutedfor
'until31January1972'.
Article2
1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle5(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No765/68:
'3.Before1April1975,theCouncil,actingon
aproposalfromtheCommissioninaccordance2OJNoL115,27.5.1971,p.16.
3OJNoL143,25.6.1968,p.1.
4OJNoL314,15.12.1969,p.8.

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(d)competitionfromsyntheticproducts;
(e)thecompetitiveposition.ofindustries
processingtheproductsconcerned.'withthevotingprocedurelaiddowninArticle
43(2)ofthe.Treaty,shalldecideontherules
whichshallapplyfrom1July1975toproduction
refundsontheproductslistedinAnnexI,onthe
basisof:
(a)theuseofsugarbytheindustryconcerned;
.(b)trendswhichhavebecomeapparentinthe
technicalfield;
(c)thefinancialconsequencesoftheproposed
measures;Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20December1971.'
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.PEDINI