NoL344/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2889/78
of7December 1978
fixingtheamountoftheproductionlevyforthe1977/78sugarmarketingyear
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,9462000tonnes;whereaspreferentialimports
totalled1321243-3tonnes,expressedaswhitesugar;
whereastherefore,theguaranteedquantityis
9136000tonnes;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
WhereasArticle7(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
700/73providesthatafixedamountshallbecalcu­
latedonthebasisoftheaverageoflossesincurredin
disposingofsugarduringtheperiodfrom1October
oftherelevantmarketingyearto30Septemberofthe
followingyear;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Article27(7)thereof,
Whereas2930670*3tonnesofsurplusproduction
weredisposedofbetween1October1977and30
September1978;whereasthefixedamountcalculated
ontheabovebasisis23.117unitsofaccountper100
kilograms;WhereasArticle7(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No700/73of12March1973layingdown
certaindetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthequota
systemforsugar(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1573/76(4),providesthattheamountofthe
productionlevymustbefixedforeachsugar
marketingyear;whereasthecriteriaforfixingthesaid
amountarelaiddowninArticle27(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74andinArticle7(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No700/73;Whereasthetotallossesincurredindisposingof
productioninexcessoftheguaranteedquantitycan
thusbeassessedat36788771524unitsofaccount;
Whereasthetotalproductionabovebasicquotasbut
withinmaximumquotasandnotcarriedforwardwas
1886937.0tonnes;whereastheamountofthe
productionlevyiscalculatedbydividingthetotal
lossesbythelastmentioned quantity;whereasthe
amountsocalculatedis19.50unitsofaccountper
100kilograms;WhereasthetotalCommunitysugarproductionfor
the1977/78sugarmarketingyear,includingquanti­
tiescarriedforwardpursuanttoArticle31ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,is11566334.8tonnes;
whereasthequantitiescarriedforwardtothe1978/79
sugarmarketingyearamountedto23256-7tonnes
andthequantitiesproducedduringthesugaryearin
questionbutnotcarriedforwardexceededthe
maximumquotasby793424-9tonnes;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle27(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74,theguaranteedquantityistobe
equaltohumanconsumptionintheCommunityless
thequantityimportedonpreferentialtermsduring
thesameperiod;whereastheguaranteedquantity
maynotbelessthanthesumofthebasicquotas;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1113/77of17
May1977fixing,forthe1977/78sugarmarketing
year,thederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
priceforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,
thethresholdprices,themaximumamountofthe
productionlevyandtheamountoftherepaymentto
offsetstoragecosts(5),fixedthemaximumamountof
theproductionlevyat9-85unitsofaccountper100
kilogramsofwhitesugar;whereasthelevyshould
thusbefixedat9.85unitsofaccount;
Whereasthequantitydisposedofforhumanconsump­
tionintheCommunityduringtheperiod1October
1977to30September1978maybeestimatedatWhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,(»)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(3)OJNoL67,14.3.1973,p.12.
(*)OJNoL172,1.7.1976,p.52. (5)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.11.

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Article2 HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountoftheproductionlevyforthe1977/78
sugarmarketingyearshallbe9.85unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsofwhitesugar.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7December1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President