29.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL309/67
REGULATION (EEC)No3118/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of28November 1975
fixingforthesugarmarketingyear1974/75theguaranteedquantityandthe
amountoftheproductionlevyandlayingdowncertainassociatedspecial
measures
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74(*)of19December1974onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2623/75(2),andinparticular
Article48thereof;
WhereasunderArticle26(1)and(2)ofCouncilRegu­
lationNo1009/67/EEC(3)of18December1967on
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinsugar,as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2476/74(4),the
Councilwastofixforeachmarketingyear,atthe
sametimeasthederivedintervention prices,a
guaranteedquantitybasedonanticipatedhuman
consumption lessthequantityofsugarpermittedto
beimportedunderthearrangements laiddownin
Protocol17(5)totheActannexedtotheTreatyof
Accession ;whereas,inrespectofthesugarmarketing
year1974/75,paragraph3ofthesameArticle,which
wasaddedbyRegulation (EEC)No1602/74(6),
providedbywayofderogationfromthepreceding
paragraphsofthatArticlethattheguaranteedquantity
shouldbefixedafterthecommencement ofthearran­
gementstobeappliedwitheffectfrom1January
1975inrespectofimportsintotheCommunityof
sugaroriginatingincertaindevelopingcountries;
WhereasunderProtocol3onACPsugarannexedto
theACP-EECConventionofLomeandprovisionally
implemented witheffectfrom28February1975by
theAgreements (7)oncanesugarintheformof
exchangesoflettersbetweentheCommunityand
certainACPStates,andbyvirtueoftheCouncilDeci­
sionof25February 1975(8)onimportsofcanesugar
originatingintheoverseascountriesandterritories
(OCT),assupplemented bytheCouncilDecisionof
26March1975(9),andoftheAgreement (10)betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheRepu­
blicofIndiaoncanesugar,whichenteredintoforce
on18July1975,canesugaroriginatingintheStates,
countriesandterritoriesconcernedhasinthemean­
timebeenallowedtobeimportedintotheCommu­
nityonpreferentialterms;whereastheCouncilhas
consequentlybeenunabletofixintimeforthesugar
marketingyear1974/75thesaidguaranteedquantity;
whereasRegulationNo1009/67/EEChasbeen
repealedwitheffectfrom30June1975byRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74;
Whereastheabovementioned provisionsgoverning
thepreviousfixings,andthereasonswhichledthe
Counciltoderogatetherefromasregardsthe
marketingyear1974/75,shouldinspiteoftherepeal
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECbegiveneffectin
respectofthatyear;whereastheguaranteedquantity
forthesaidmarketingyearshouldthereforebecalcu­
latedbysubtractingthequantitiesimportedonprefer­
entialtermsovertheperiod1October1974to30
September1975fromthequantitydisposedoffor
humanconsumptionduringthesameperiod;whereas
thislatterquantityamountsto9587000metrictons
whiletheimportsinquestionamountto1158000
metrictonsexpressedinwhitevalue;whereasthe
guaranteedquantityshouldthereforebefixedat
8429000metrictonsofwhitesugar;
WhereasArticle7(1)ofCommission Regulation
(EEC)No700/73(u)of12March1973layingdown
certaindetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthequota
systemforsugarprovidesthattheamountofthe
productionlevyvalidforagivenmarketingyearshall
befixedbefore1Decemberofthefollowing
marketingyear;whereastheamountoftheproduc­
tionlevyistobecalculatedinparticularbyreference
tothelossesincurredindisposingofthequantity
producedintheCommunityinexcessofthe
guaranteedquantity;whereasproductionwithinthe
maximumquotasduringthemarketingyearinques­
tion,includingquantitiescarriedforwardtothat
marketingyear,amountedto8363175-1metrictons;
whereastheproductionlevyforthesugarmarketing
year1974/75shouldthereforebefixedatzero;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL268,17.10.1975,p.1.
(3)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
C)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p.70.
(5)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.173.
(0)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.
(7)OJNoL268,17.10.1975,p.39.
(s)OJNoL268,17.10.1975,p.43.
OOJNoL268,17.10.1975,p.45.
(10)OJNoL190,23.7.1975,p.36. (")OJNoL67,14.3.1973,p.12.

NoL309/68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.11.75
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theguaranteedquantityforthesugarmarketingyear
1974/75shallbe8429000metrictonsofwhitesugar.
Article2
Theamountoftheproductionlevyforthesugar
marketingyear1974/75shallbe0-00unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesofwhitesugar.Article3
Thepricetobepaidbysugarmanufacturers tosellers
ofbeetinrespectofbeetsusedforsugarproduced
duringthemarketingyear1974/75inexcessofthe
basicquotabutwithinthemaximumquotashallbe
notlessthantheminimumpriceforbeetforthat
year.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission