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( 1 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 170 , 27 . 6 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 246 , 27 . 9 . 1977 , P . 12 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 91 , 12 . 4 . 1968 , P . 5 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 156 , 25 . 6 . 1977 , P . 7 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1335/79

OF 29 JUNE 1979

DETERMINING , IN RESPECT OF THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , THE AMOUNTS FOR STORAGE AND PACKING COSTS AND THE PREMIUM FOR RAW SUGAR REFERRED TO IN REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 OF 19 DECEMBER 1974 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1396/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 9 ( 6 ) AND 11 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77 OF 23 SEPTEMBER 1977 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE BUYING IN BY INTERVENTION AGENCIES OF SUGAR MANUFACTURED FROM BEET AND CANE HARVESTED IN THE COMMUNITY ( 3 ) PROVIDES THAT THE STORAGE COSTS APPLICABLE WHEN A STORAGE CONTRACT IS CONCLUDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 447/68 OF 9 APRIL 1968 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR INTERVENTION BUYING OF SUGAR ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1359/77 ( 5 ), ARE TO BE DETERMINED AT A FLAT RATE FOR EACH SUGAR MARKETING YEAR PER 100 KILOGRAMS AND PER 10-DAY PERIOD , AND THAT THE COST OF ANY SPECIAL PACKING REQUIRED BY AND CHARGEABLE TO THE INTERVENTION AGENCY IS ALSO TO BE DETERMINED AT A FLAT RATE PER 100 KILOGRAMS FOR EACH SUGAR MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 14 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77 PROVIDES THAT , FOR COMMUNITY REGIONS IN WHICH A QUALITY PREMIUM IS ACTUALLY OBTAINED ON THE MARKET WHEN RAW SUGAR IS SOLD AFTER REFINING , THE INTERVENTION AGENCIES CONCERNED SHALL GRANT A PREMIUM FOR SUCH SUGAR AND THAT THE REGIONS CONCERNED AND THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM ARE TO BE DETERMINED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE SUGAR MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS A SURVEY OF THE MARKET SITUATION IN THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY REGIONS SHOWS THAT , FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , AS REGARDS RAW SUGAR PRODUCED AND ACCEPTED FOR INTERVENTION IN THE PRODUCING REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY , THE PREMIUM SHOULD BE SET AT 0.725 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF RAW SUGAR EXPRESSED IN WHITE VALUE ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SUGAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR THE AMOUNT OF THE STORAGE COSTS AS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 8 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77 SHALL BE 0.031 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF SUGAR PER 10-DAY PERIOD .

2 . FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR THE FLAT RATE AMOUNT OF THE COSTS IN RESPECT OF THE TYPES OF PACKING REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 17 ( 2 ) ( A ) AND ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77 SHALL BE 1.408 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF SUGAR .

ARTICLE 2

1 . FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR THE AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2103/77 SHALL BE 0.725 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF RAW SUGAR EXPRESSED IN WHITE VALUE .

2 . THE AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY FOR RAW SUGAR PRODUCED AND ACCEPTED FOR INTERVENTION IN THE REGIONS OF BELGIUM , FRANCE , GERMANY AND ITALY .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 1979 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT