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No313/2 OFFICIALJOURNALOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 22.12.67
REGULATION No1027/67/EECOFTHECOUNCIL
of21December1967
onthefixingofbasicquotasforsugar
period;whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforthe
transferoftheproductionofafactoryorundertaking
whichhascloseddowntootherfactoriesor
undertakings incaseswheretheonefactoryor
undertakinghasbeentakenoverbytheothers;
Whereas,incaseswhereafactoryorundertakinghas
beenunabletoprocessallthebeetintendedforsugar
manufacturebecauseofprovisionsintheMember
Stateconcernedandwhereafactoryorundertaking
hasproducedsugarfromimportedbeet,theMember
Stateshouldbeabletotakesuchcircumstances into
account;
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforMember
Statestoderogatefromthemethodofdistribution
underspecialcircumstances ;whereassuch
derogationsshouldberestrictedinamountto10%of
thebasicquantityoftheMemberStateconcerned;
WhereasMemberStatesshouldbeabletoalterthe
quotasafterthefirstmarketingyearanduntiltheend
ofthetransitionalperiodinthelightofanystructural
changesinthesugarindustryandinbeetcultivation;
whereas,inviewoftheexceptionalnatureofsuch
derogation,alterationsforthewholeperiodshould
berestrictedinamountto5%ofthebasicquantity
oftheMemberStateconcerned;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadethatthefixingof
quotasinspecialcasesshallnotinanycircumstances
resultinadiscrepancybetweenthenumberofquotas
fixedandthebasicquantityoftheMemberState
concerned;whereas,moreover,inordertomakethe
systemlaiddowninTitleIIIofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECeffectiveforbeetgrowers,Member
Statesmustfixbasicquotasbeforesowingtakes
place;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,andinparticular
Article23(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle23(3)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEClaysdownthattheCouncilshould
adoptgeneralrulesandanyderogationsfrom
provisionsconcerningthedistributionofbasic
quotas;
WhereasArticle23(1)ofthatRegulationcontainsa
mathematicalformulaforfixingquotas;whereasthat
formulaprovidesforthemultiplication oftheaverage
annualsugarproductionofthefactoryor
undertakingconcernedduringareferenceperiod
coveringthe1961/62to1965/66marketingyearsby
acoefficientexpressingtheratiooftheMember
State'sbasicquantitytotheaverageannualsugar
productionofthatStateduringthesameperiod;
whereas,however,inordertotakeintoaccount
specialcasesinwhicheconomicinterestsrequirea
specificdistribution ,itisnecessarytodepartfrom
thisstrictruleandtoprovideforadjustmentswhere
theyarejustifiedbythecircumstances ofsuchcases;
WhereasprovisionshouldbemadeforMember
Statestouseamethodofcalculationsuitablefornew
factoriesorundertakingswhichcommencedsugar
productiononlyafterthebeginningofthereference
period;whereasprovisionshouldbemadefor
varyingthecalculationincaseswhereafactoryor
undertakinghashadtotemporarilysuspendsugar
production,inwholeorinpart,duringthereference
period;
Whereasthecalculationmustbevariedincases
whereafactoryorundertakinghasdefinitively
ceasedproductionafterthebeginningofthereferenceHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
MemberStatesmayfixbasicquotasinderogation
fromArticle23(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC:
(a)ifafactoryorundertakinghastakenoverin
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3.Theremainingquantitymaybedistributedby
theMemberStateatitsowndiscretion .
Article4factoryorundertakingwhichhasceasedsugar
productionduringtheperiodfromthebeginning
ofthe1961/62marketingyearto31August
1967;
(b)ifafactoryorundertakinghascommencedsugar
productionafterthebeginningofthe1961/62
marketingyearbutbefore1September1967;
(c)if,inviewofspecialcircumstances ,afactoryor
undertakinghashadtotemporarilysuspend
sugarproduction,inwholeorinpart,duringone
ormoremarketingyearsduringtheperiodfrom
thebeginningofthe1961/62marketingyearto
theendofthe1965/66marketingyear;
(d)ifafactoryorundertaking ,undertheprovisions
oftheMemberStateinquestionconcerningthe
processingofsugarbeetforpurposesotherthan.
sugarproduction,hasnotprocessedintosugar
allthebeetintendedforthatpurpose;
(e)ifafactoryorundertakinghasduringoneofthe
marketingyears1961/62to1965/66produced
sugarfromimportedbeet.1.Bywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Article23(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECandof
Article1ofthisRegulation,eachMemberStatemay
withdrawfromthebasicquotasallocatedaquantity
notexceeding,forthewholeperiodof1July1969to
30June1975,5%ofthebasicquotaallocatedtothe
factoryorundertakingconcernedforthe1968/69
marketingyear.
2.However,applicationoftheprovisionsof
paragraph1mustnotresultinthebasicquota
allocatedtoafactoryorundertakingbeinglessthan
85%ofthebasicquotacalculatedforthatfactoryor
undertakinginaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article23(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECandof
Article1ofthisRegulation .
3.TheMemberStatemaydistributethequantity
withdrawnatitsowndiscretion .
Article2
Article5Nobasicquotashallbefixedforfactoriesand
undertakingswhich,duringtheperiodfromthe
beginningofthe1961/62marketingyearuntil31
August1967,havedefinitivelyceasedsugar
production .
Article31.ApplicationofthisRegulationmustnotresult
inthetotalityofthebasicquotasforfactoriesor
undertakingsoftheMemberStateconcernedbeing
smallerorgreaterthanitsbasicquantity.
2.MemberStatesshallfixthebasicquotasbefore
1March1968.
3.IfaMemberStateappliestheprovisionsof
Article4itshallfixthealteredquotasbefore1
March,toapplyduringthefollowingmarketingyear.1.Bywayofderogationfromtheprovisionsof
Article23(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,each
MemberStatemay,whenfixingthebasicquotasfor
the1968/69marketingyear,distributeaquantity
lowerthanitsbasicquantity.
,2.EachMemberStateshall,however,distributeat
least90%ofitsbasicquantityinaccordancewiththe
distributionprocedurelaiddowninArticle23(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECandinArticle1ofthis
Regulation .Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1967.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.KATZER