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REGULATION (EEC)No911/69OFTHECOUNCIL
of13May1969
onmeasurestoassistinthemarketingofsugarproducedintheFrench
overseasdepartments
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2100/68,2andinparticularthe
firstindentofArticle9(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereastheexistenceofsomesurplusareasand
deficitareasisacharacteristic oftheCommunity
sugarmarket;whereastherearesubstantialsurpluses
innorthernFrance,BelgiumandtheFrenchoverseas
departments ;whereasItalyandsouthernFrancemay
beconsideredthemostsignificantdeficitareas;
WhereaseconomicrelationsbetweentheFrench
overseasdepartmentsandEuropemakeitnecessary
tomarketinEuropeaminimumquantityofsugarthatareawereable,throughthesystemapplicablein
Francepriortothecommonorganisationofthe
marketinsugar,toselltheirsugarafterrefiningat
thesamepriceasthatofmanufacturers innorthern
France;whereas,onthebasisofthatFrenchsystem,
therefineriesconcernedmarketedpracticallyalltheir
productionintheformofsugarofcertainqualities
andincertainspecificpackagingevenfor
consumptioninquitedistantareas;
Whereas,moreover,thesystemofprice
regionalisation providedforinRegulationNo
1009/67/EECnecessitatesreorganisation ofthe
refiningofsugarfromtheFrenchoverseas
departmentsasregardsqualityandpackagingsoas
toallowthemarketingofsuchsugarinaconsumer
areaneartotheportrefineries;
Whereastransitionalarrangementsshouldtherefore
beprovidedtoenablerefineriestoreorganisetheir
productionandmarketing;whereasitisappropriate ,
tothisend,fortheFrenchRepublictobeauthorised
tograntanationalaidforspecificquantitiesofraw
sugarcomingfromFrenchoverseasdepartments ,
refinedonitsterritory;whereas,however,steps
shouldbetakentopreventanyrefineryfrom
processing,becauseofsuchaid,alargerquantityof
rawsugarthanthatrefinedduringareferenceperiod;
whereas,asaninducement tothedesired
reorganisation ,provisionshouldbemadefora
progressivereductioninthemaximumamountsof
theaidtobegrantedduringaspecificperiod;fromthosedepartmerts ;
Whereas,asaresultofthepricederivationadopted
forregionalisation ,aconsiderablequantityofsugar
fromtheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsmustbe
marketedinItalyforrefiningandconsumptionthere;
whereasatpresentthedeficitareaofsouthernItaly
cannotabsorballthesugartraditionallysentto
Europe;whereasanotheroutletmustthereforebe
ensuredforthesugarinquestion,takingintoaccount
howeverthetotalamountwhichcanbemarketedin
Italy; HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Whereasthetraditionaloutletsforthesugarin
questionareinsouthernFrance;whereasrefineriesinArticle1
1.Duringthe1968/69to1972/73marketingyears
theFrenchRepublicmay,undermeasuresintended
toassistthemarketingofsugarproducedinthe1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
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Article2 Frenchoverseasdepartments,grantanationalaidfor
rawsugarcomingfromthosedepartmentsand
refinedintherefineriesreferredtoinparagraph2.1.TheaidreferredtoinArticle1(1)shallnot,in
respectof1000kilogrammesofstandard-quality raw
sugar,exceed:
—11-73unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefined
duringthe1968/69marketingyear;2.Theactualquantityoftherawsugarreferredto
inparagraph1inrespectofwhichtheaidmaybe
grantedshallberestrictedto:
(a)110000metrictonsfortherefineryinMarseilles,—
(b)140000metrictonsfortherefineriesinBordeaux
andNantes. ' —6-57unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefinedduring
the1969/70marketingyear;
6-10unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefinedduring
the1970/71marketingyear;
5-63unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefinedduring
the1971/72marketingyear;
516unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefinedduring
the1972/73marketingyear.Thequantityofrawsugarinrespectofwhichtheaid
maybegrantedshallnot,however,exceed90000
metrictonsforanyoneoftherefineriesreferredtoin
(b).
TheFrenchRepublicmayfurthermore ,atits
discretion,allocatetotherefineriesreferredtoin(a)
and(b),andwithintheoveralltonnage,aquantityof
upto10000metrictonsoftherawsugarinrespect
ofwhichtheaidmaybegranted.2.Ifthequalityoftherawsugarinquestion
deviatesfromthestandardquality,theamounts
referredtoinparagraph1shallbemultipliedbya
coefficientequaltotheyieldoftherawsugarin
questiondividedby92.Suchyieldshallbecalculated
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle1of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/681of9April
1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontier-crossing pointfor
calculatingc.i.f.pricesforsugar.3.Shoulddifficultiesarisewithregardtothe
supplyofrawsugarfromtheFrenchoverseas
departmentstoberefinedonItalianterritoryfor
localhumanconsumption ,thequantitiesreferredto
inparagraph2(a)and(b)maybereviewedin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle
40ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC.
Anyreductionasaresultofsuchareviewshallnot
exceedthequantitynecessaryforthesupplyreferred
tointheprecedingsubparagraph .Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
Stages.
DoneatLuxembourg ,13May1969.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER
1OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.