4.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL333/25
REGULATION (EEC)No3266/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of3December 1973
fixingforthe1972/73sugarmarketingyeartheamountoftheproductionlevy
andtheamounttobepaidbysugarmanufacturers tobeetsellers
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(1)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
Article27(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle7(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No700/73(3)of12March1973layingdown
certaindetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthequota
systemforsugarprovidesthattheamountofthe
productionlevymustbefixedforeachsugar
marketingyear;whereasthecriteriaforfixingthe
amountarelaiddownbyArticle27(2)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECandbyArticle7(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No700/73;
Whereas,inviewofproductionconditionsinthenew
MemberStates,theamountoftheproductionlevyfor
the1972/73sugarmarketingyearshouldbefixedby
referenceonlytotheproductionoftheCommunityas
originallyconstituted ;
WhereastotalCommunitysugarproductionfor
1972/73,includingquantitiescarriedoverpursuantto
Article32ofRegulationNo"1009/67/EEC,is
7712578metrictons;whereastheguaranteedquan­
tityforthe1972/73sugarmarketingyearwasfixedat
6480000metrictonsbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No795/72(4),of17April1972,fixingforthe
1972/73sugarmarketingyearderivedintervention
prices,theinterventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,the
minimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,the
guaranteedquantityandthemaximumamountofthe
productionlevy,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
238/73(5);
Whereasthequantitydisposedofforhumanconsump­
tionduringtheperiodfrom1October1972to30
September1973intheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedmaybeestimatedaccordingtoinforma­
tioncommunicated bytheMemberStatesin
6696000metrictons;whereasinaccordancewith
Article7(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No700/73the
guaranteedquantitymustberaisedbythedifference
betweentheguaranteedquantityandthesalesfor
humanconsumption ifthelatterarehigher;
Whereas215406metrictonswereproducedabove
themaximumquotasforthesugarmarketingyearin
question;whereasthequantitycarriedovertothe
1973/74sugarmarketingyearunderArticle32of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECandproducedwithinthe
maximumquotais19790metrictons;
WhereasArticle7(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
700/73providesthatastandardamountshallbecalcu­
latedonthebasisoftheaverageoflossesincurredin
disposingofsugarduringtheperiodfrom1October
oftherelevantmarketingyearto30Septemberofthe
followingyear;whereas,untiltheendofthe1971/72
sugarmarketingyear,thatperiodcoincidedwiththe
sugaryearinquestion;whereas,inthecaseofthe
1972/73sugarmarketingyear,itseemsappropriate
that,asatemporarymeasure,thatperiodshouldbe
deemedtohavestartedon1July1972;
Whereasatotalof1381269metrictonsofexcess
productionwasdisposedofintheCommunity
between 1July1972and30September1973;
whereasthestandardamounttobecalculatedasabove
indicatedis4-965unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes ;
Whereasthetotallossesincurredindisposingof
Communityproductioninexcessoftheguaranteed
quantitycanthusbeestimatedat38795606unitsof
account;
Whereasthesumofthequantitiesproducedabove
thebasicquotasbutwithinthemaximumquotaand
notcarriedoveris1147608metrictons;whereasthe
amountoftheproductionlevyiscalculatedbydi­
vidingthetotallossesbythequantitylastquoted;
whereasthisgivesafigureof3-38unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes ;
WhereasArticle27(4)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesthatsugarmanufacturers must,
wheretheproductionlevyislessthanthemaximum,(1)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(3)OJNoL67,14.3.1973,p.12.
(4)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.4.
(5)OJNoL29,1.2.1973,p.12.

NoL333/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.12.73
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountoftheproductionlevyforthe1972/73
sugarmarketingyearis3-38unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar.paytothebeetsellersthedifferencebetweenthose
twoamountstoapercentagetobedetermined ;
whereasArticle6(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No700/73
providesthatthisamountshallbefixedatthesame
timeastheamountoftheproductionlevy;whereas,
forthe1972/73sugarmarketingyear,Article7of
Regulation(EEC)No795/72fixedthatpercentageat
60-00andfixedthemaximumamountoftheproduc­
tionlevyat9-36unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,Article2
Theamounttobepaidpursuanttothesecondsub­
paragraphofArticle27(4)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECforthe1972/73sugarmarketingyearis4-66
unitsofaccountpermetrictonofstandardquality
beet.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI