NoL176/3 30.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1462/78
of29June1978
fixing,forthe1978/79marketingyear,theamountsofthelevyinconnection
withtheoffsettingofstoragecostsforsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticularthe
lastsubparagraph ofArticle8(3)thereof,
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatstoragecostsforsugarandforsyrups
shallbereimbursedataflatratebytheMember
States;
Whereas,forthe1978/79marketingyear,the
monthlyamountofthereimbursement hasbeenfixed
at0-30unitofaccountper100kilogramsofwhite
sugar,byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1399/78of20
June1978fixing,forthe1978/79sugaryear,the
derivedinterventionprices,theinterventionpricefor
rawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethres­
holdprices,themaximumamountoftheproduction
levyandtheamountoftherepaymenttooffset
storagecostsandfixingthecoefficientforcalculating
thespecialmaximumquota(3);
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesalsothattheMemberStatesshallcharge
leviesonsugarmanufacturers andonimportersor
refinersofpreferentialsugar;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No1358/77of20June1977layingdowngeneral
rulesforoffsettingstoragecostsforsugarand
repealingRegulation(EEC)No750/68(4),asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1397/78(5),thequantityin
storetobetakenintoconsideration forthereimburse­
mentofonemonth'sstoragecostsisequaltothe
averagequantitiesofsugarheldinstoreatthebegin­
ningandattheendofthemonthinquestion;
whereas,forthe1978/79marketingyear,thequanti­
tiesofCommunitysugarinstoreeachmonthmaybe
estimatedbyreferencetoanticipatedstocksatthe
beginningofthemarketingyear,estimatedmonthly
production,thequantitieslikelytobeimported
outsidepreferentialconditionsinthemonthunderconsideration andthequantitieslikelytobedisposed
offordomesticconsumptionorexportedduringthe
samemonth;whereastotalaveragemonthlystocks
duringthe1978/79marketingyearcanbeestimated
atapproximately 64-6milliontonnesofsugar
expressedinwhitevalue;whereasthetotalreimburse­
mentforCommunitysugarcanthusbeestimatedat
approximately 193-8millionunitsofaccountforthe
1978/79marketingyear;
WhereasArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No1358/77
providesthattheamountofthelevyforCommunity
sugarshallbecalculatedbydividingtotalanticipated
reimbursements bytheanticipatedquantityofsugar
whichwillbedisposedofduringthesugarmarketing
yearinquestionandproducedwithinthemaximum
quotas;whereastotalanticipatedreimbursements are
tobeincreasedordecreasedasthecasemaybebythe
amountscarriedforwardfromprecedingsugar
marketingyears;whereastheanticipatedbalanceof
precedingsugarmarketingyearscanbeestimatedata
negativeamountof19-9millionunitsofaccount;
whereasdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthe
systemofoffsettingstoragecostsforsugarprovide
thatthelevyistobefixedper100kilogramsofwhite
sugar;whereasthequantityofCommunitysugar
whichwillbedisposedofduringthe1978/79
marketingyearforhomeconsumptionorforexport
maybeestimatedatapproximately 10-8million
tonnesofsugarexpressedinwhitevalue;whereasthe
amountofthelevyforCommunitysugarshouldthere­
forebe1-98unitsofaccountper100kilogramsof
whitesugar;
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)No1358/77
specifiesthattheamountofthelevyforpreferential
sugarshallbecalculatedinthesameway;whereas
totalaveragemonthlystocksduringthe1978/79
marketingyearcanbeestimatedatapproximately 2-9
milliontonnesofsugarexpressedinwhitevalue;
whereasthetotalreimbursement forpreferentialsugar
canthusbeestimatedatapproximately 88million
unitsofaccountforthe1978/79marketingyear;
whereasthattotalanticipatedreimbursements forpref­
erentialsugarshallbeincreasedordecreased,asthe
casemaybe,bytheamountscarriedforwardfrom
precedingsugarmarketingyears;whereastheamount
carriedforwardfromthe1977/78sugarmarketing
yearwillprobablybeapositiveamountof03million
unitsofaccount;whereasthequantityofpreferential
sugartowhichthelevywillapplyduringthesame
periodmaybeestimatedat1-3milliontonnesof
sugarexpressedinwhitevalue;whereas,theamount
ofthelevyforpreferentialsugarshouldthereforebe(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
P)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.6.
(4)OJNoL156,25.6.1977,p.4.
(5)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.3.

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0.65unitofaccountper100kilogramsofwhite
sugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1978/79marketingyear,theamountof
thelevyreferredtointhethirdsubparagraphunder(a)ofArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74is
herebyfixedat1.98unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugar.
2.Forthe1978/79marketingyear,theamountof
thelevyreferredtointhethirdsubparagraphunder
(b)and(c)ofArticle8(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74isherebyfixedat0.65unitofaccountper
100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
Stated.
DoneatBrussels,29June1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President