NoL53/64 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No475/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
concerningthedetailedarrangementsfortheimportofsugarundertheCommonwealth
SugarAgreement
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
242/73(*)of31January1973,layingdowngeneral
rulesfortheimplementation ofthearrangementsfor
importingsugarintotheUnitedKingdomwithinthe
termsoftheCommonwealth SugarAgreement,and
inparticularArticle9thereof;
Whereasitisnecessarytolaydowncertaindetailed
provisionsconcerningimportcertificatesandcon­
cerningthecalculationoftheyieldofthesugar
importedpursuanttotheprovisionssetoutinProtocol
No17oftheAct(2)annexedtotheTreaty(3)con­
cerningtheAccessionofthenewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheEuropean
AtomicEnergyCommunity ;whereasinadditionit
isnecessarytodeterminethedetailedprovisionsfor
thecalculationoftheresalepriceandalsoforthe
methodofadjustingthetaxorthesubsidyprovided
forinRegulation (EEC)No242/73;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar;'Article32a
InthecaseofsugarforimportintotheUnited
KingdomundertheprovisionsofProtocol17of
theAct,theapplicationandthecertificateshall
includethefollowingindicationunderitem12:
'C.S.A.—N.P.Q.Y
Article2
Thepaymentforthecostsoftransportandinsurance
providedforinArticle5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No242/73maybeeffectedbyoffsettingitagainstthe
pricetobepaidforthesugarconcerned .
Article3
Thecostsoftransportandinsurancereferredtoin
Article5(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No242/73shallbe
establishedbythecompetentauthorityoftheUnited
Kingdomonthebasisofthemostfavourablerates
oftransportandinsuranceforthemarketsconcerned.
Article4
Theyieldofthesugarimportedshallbecalculated
accordingtotheprovisionssetoutinArticle1(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No431/68(6)oftheCouncil
of9April1968determiningthestandardqualityfor
rawsugarandfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossing
pointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar.
Article5
TheworldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle7(1)
ofRegulation (EEC)No242/73shall,wherenecessary,
beadjustedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Article4(3)ofthatRegulation .
Article6
TheworldmarketpricereferredtoinArticle4(1)
andArticle7(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No242/73
shallbeequaltothespotpriceontheLondonSugar.
Terminal(LondonDailyPrice:LDP).HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThefollowingArticle32ashallbeinsertedinto
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No2637/70(4)of
23December1970relatingtoparticulararrangements
forapplyingthesystemofimport,exportandpre­
fixationcertificatesforagriculturalproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No128/73(5).
(J)OJNoL29,1.2.1973,p.23.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL283,29.12.1970,p.15,
(5)OJNoL17,20.1.1973,p.16. (<■)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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3.Notwithstanding theprovisionsofparagraphs 1
and2,theadjustmentofthetaxorthesubsidyshall
besuchthatthedifferencereferredtoinArticle7(2)
ofRegulation (EEC)No242/73isequaltozeroatthe
endoftheperiodforimportsprovidedinProtocol
No17oftheAct.Article7
1.From1March1973andfromthemomentwhen
thedifferencereferredtoinArticle7(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No242/73exceeds0-05unitof
accountper100kilogrammes ,thecompetentauthority
mayadjust,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthat
paragraph,thetaxorthesubsidyduringasubsequent
period.
Whenthatdifferenceexceeds0-15unitofaccount
thecompetentauthorityshalladjustthetaxorthe
subsidyduringasubsequentperiod.
2.Theadjustmentmaynotbegreaterthan0-40
unitofaccountper100kilogrammesnorlessthan
0-05unitofaccountper100kilogrammes .Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI