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REGULATION (EEC)No242/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of31January1973
layingdowngeneralrulesfortheimplementation ofthearrangements forimporting
sugarintotheUnitedKingdomwithinthetermsoftheCommonwealth SugarAgreement
(a)boughtbythecompetentbodyintheUnited
Kingdomatthepurchasepricecalculatedac­
cordingtoArticle2,
and
(b)re-soldbythisbodyaccordingtotheconditions
laiddowninArticle4.
2.Thetotalquantityofsugarwhichmaybeim­
portedpursuanttoProtocolNo17,paragraph1of
theActinrespectofsugartelquelacalendaryear
shallbe1770471metrictonsapportionedasfollows:
Countriesandterritories
oforiginQuantitiesofsugartoIquel
inmetrictonsTHECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCom­
munity,andinparticularparagraph5ofProtocol
No17annexedtotheAct(*)appendedtothat
Treaty;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereasProtocolNo17annexedtotheaforemen­
tionedActauthorizestheUnitedKingdomtoimport,
onspecialterms,certainquantitiesofsugarfromthe
exportingcountriesandterritoriesreferredtointhe
Commonwealth SugarAgreement,hereinafterreferred
toasthe'Agreement';
Whereasitisnecessarytogiveanindicationofthe
exactquantitieswhichmaybeimportedaswellasthe
limitswithinwhichthesemaybeadjusted;and
whereasitisessentialtodevisesrulesforthepur­
chaseandsaleofthissugarbythecompetentbody
intheUnitedKingdomwhichdonotconflictwith
theCommonAgriculturalPolicyandwhich,atthe
sametimehelptomaintaincertaintraditionalin­
stitutions;
Whereasitisappropriatetospecifythetotalsumto
bepaidbytheimporteratthetimeofimportation,
aswellastheadjustmentsnecessaryinthecaseof
sugarwhoseyielddiffersfromthatofstandard
qualitysugar;whereasvariousinformationhastobe
providedasregardstheimplementation oftheimport
arrangements inquestion;a)Australia
TheWestIndies
andGuyana
Mauritius
Fiji
EastAfrica
BritishHonduras
India
Swaziland
b)SouthernRhodesia340·377
736·637
386099
142·247
7·113
20·829
25·402
86·365
25·402(>)
(>)Importsuspended .
3.Nevertheless :
(a)whenoneormorecountriesorterritoriesof
originisnotorarenotinapositiontosupply
thequantityindicatedinparagraph2(a),the
aboveapportionment maybemodifiedaccording
totheruleslaiddownintheAgreement;
(b)duringtheperiod1February—31December
1973,thequantitiesreferredtoinparagraph2
shallbe:
—increasedbytheamountofthequantities
boughtinrespectofthe1972yearandim­
portedafter31January1973;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheprovisionsofProtocolNo17,paragraph2
oftheActshallapplyonlytosugarwhich,before
importationintotheUnitedKingdomwas:and
—decreasedbytheamountofthequantities
importedduringthemonthofJanuary1973
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ArticleS (c)forthecalendaryear1974,thequantitiesreferred
toinparagraph2,increasedbytheamountof
thequantitiesboughtinrespectofthe1973year,
butimportedin1974,maybeimporteduntil
28February1975.
Article21.TheContractofSaleshallimposethefollowing
obligationsinparticularonthepurchaser :
(a)responsibility fortransportasfarasUnited
Kingdomports;
(b)thatheassumeallrisksconcerningthemerchan­
disefromthemomentofloading.
2.ThecompetentbodyintheUnitedKingdom
shallpaytothepurchaserastandardamountin­
tendedtocompensate ,casebycase:
(a)thecostoftransportingthemerchandisefrom
theexportingcountryorterritorytotheUnited
Kingdom;
(b)thecostofinsuringthemerchandiseduring
transport.1.TheagreedpurchasepricereferredtoinPro­
tocolNo17,paragraph2oftheActshallbeequal
tothepricedecideduponundertheAgreement,
including,whereappropriate,thespecialpayment.
2.Theagreedpurchasepriceshallapplytoraw
canesugar,polarization96°,inbulk,fobandstowed
inaseagoingvesselattheport.
3.Thepricereferredtoinparagraph2shallbe
adjustedbytheincreasesandreductionsprovidedfor
intheAgreement,inrelationtothepolarizationof
thesugarasdelivered.
Article6
Article3 Thespeciallevyandthetaxreferredtoinpara­
graph2ofProtocolNo17oftheActshallbecol­
lectedonimportation .
Acorrectingfactorshallbeappliedtothemarketing
pricereferredtoinRegulation (EEC)No239/73(l)
wheretheyieldofthesugarimportedisgreateror
lessthan92percent.Thisfactorshallbeobtained
bydividingthepercentageyieldoftherawsugar
importedby92.Article7
1.Theworldmarketpriceusedincalculatingthe
taxreferredtoinparagraph2(b)ofProtocolNo17
oftheAct,shallbethatapplicableonthedayof
importation . Article4
1.SubjecttotheprovisionsofArticle5(2)the
re-salepriceshallbefixedbythecompetentbody
intheUnitedKingdomonthebasisoftheworld
marketpriceforrawsugarapplicableontheday
ofre-sale.2.Whentheweightedaverageoftheworldmarket
pricesusedincalculatingthetaxorthesubsidypay­
menttobeappliedtoimportsduringagivenperiod
differsfromtheweightedaverageofthere-saleprices
forthequantitiesinrespectofwhichcontractshave
beenagreedduringthissameperiod,anadjustment
shallbemadeforasubsequentperiodonthe
basisofthedifferencebetweenthetwoweighted
averagesor,whereappropriate,thetaxorthesubsidy
shallbeintroduced .2.Thispriceshallapplytorawsugarof96°
polarization ,inbulk,cif,freeout,deliveredUnited
Kingdomport.
Article83.There-saleprice,whereappropriate,shallbe
adjustedbytheincreasesandreductionsprovided
forbytheSugarAssociationofLondoninkeeping
withthepolarizationofthesugarasdelivered.TheUnitedKingdomandtheCommissionwill
furnisheachotherwiththedatanecessaryforthe
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Article10 Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .TheconditionsofoperationofthisRegulationare
tobeestablishedbytheprocedurelaiddownin
Article40ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC(*)of
18December1967onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinsugar,aslastamendedbytheAct.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS
(»)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.