NoL162/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.7.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1466/77
of30June1977
fixing,forthe1977/78marketingyear,theamountsofthelevyinconnectionwiththe
offsettingofstoragecostsforsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,rulesforoffsettingstoragecostsforsugarandrepeal­
ingRegulation (EEC)No750/68(4),thequantity
instoretobetakenintoconsideration forthereim­
bursementofonemonth'sstoragecostsisequaltothe
averagequantitiesofsugarheldinstoreatthebegin­
ningandattheendofthemonthinquestion;whereas,
forthe1977/78marketingyear,thequantitiesof
Communitysugarinstoreeachmonthmaybe
estimatedbyreferencetoanticipatedstocksatthe
beginningofthemarketingyear,estimatedmonthly
production,thequantitieslikelytobeimported
outsidepreferentialconditionsinthemonthunder
considerationandthequantitieslikelytobedisposed
offordomesticconsumptionorexportedduringthe
samemonth;whereastotalaveragemonthlystocks
duringthe1977/78marketingyearcanbeestimated
atapproximately 61-8milliontonnesofsugarexpres­
sedinwhitevalue;whereasthetotalreimbursement
forCommunitysugarcanthusbeestimatedat
approximately 185*4millionunitsofaccountforthe
1977/78marketingyear;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74of19December1974onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinsugar(x),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticularthe
lastsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesthatstoragecostsforsugarandforcertain
Communitysyrupsandforimportedpreferential
sugarshallbereimbursedataflatratebytheMember
States;
Whereas,forthe1977/78marketingyear,themonthly
amountofthereimbursement hasbeenfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1113/77of17May
1977fixing,forthe1977/78sugaryear,thederived
interventionprices,theinterventionpriceforraw
beetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethreshold
prices,themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
andtheamountoftherepaymenttooffsetstorage
costs(3)at0-30unitofaccountper100kilograms
ofwhitesugar;WhereasArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No1358/77
providesthattheamountofthelevyforCommunity
sugarshallbecalculatedbydividingtotalanticipated
reimbursements bytheanticipatedquantityofsugar
whichwillbedisposedofduringthesugarmarketing
yearinquestionandproducedwithinthemaximum
quotas;whereastotalanticipatedreimbursements are
tobeincreasedordecreasedasthecasemaybeby
theamountscarriedforwardfromprecedingsugar
marketingyears;whereastheamountcarriedforward
fromthemarketingyear1976/77willprobablybe
zero;
WhereasArticle8(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesalsothattheMemberStatesshallcharge
leviesonsugarmanufacturers andonimportersor
refinersofpreferentialsugar;WhereasArticle3ofRegulation (EEC)No442/70
of9March1970layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofoffsettingstoragecosts
forsugar(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No1465/77(8),providesthatthelevyistobefixedper
100kilogramsofwhitesugar;whereasthequantityof
Communitysugarwhichwillbedisposedofduring
the1977/78marketingyearforhomeconsumptionWhereas,pursuanttoArticle4ofRegulation (EEC)
No1358/77of20June1977layingdowngeneral
(*)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.11.(4)OJNoL156,25.6.1977,p.4.
(6)OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.10.
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WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,orforexportmaybeestimatedatapproximately
10*5milliontonnesofsugarexpressedinwhite
value;whereastheamountofthelevyforCommunity
sugarshouldthereforebe177unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsofwhitesugar;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No1358/77
specifiesthattheamountofthelevyforpreferential
sugarshallbecalculatedinthesameway;whereas
totalaveragemonthlystocksduringthe1977/78
marketingyearcanbeestimatedatapproximately
3-1milliontonnesofsugarexpressedinwhitevalue;
whereasthetotalreimbursement forpreferentialsugar
canthusbeestimatedatapproximately 9-3million
unitsofaccountforthe1977/78marketingyear;
whereasthequantityofpreferentialsugartowhich
theevvwillapplyduringthesameperiodmaybe
estimatedat1*3milliontonnesofsugarexpressedin
whitevalue;whereastheamountofthelevyfor
preferentialsugarshouldthereforebe0-71unitof
accountper100kilogramsofwhitesugar;Article1
1.Forthe1977/78marketingyear,theamountofthe
levyreferredtoinArticle8(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74isherebyfixedat1-77unitofaccount
per100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
2.Forthe1977/78marketingyear,theamountof
thelevyreferredtoinArticle8(1)(b)and(c)of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74isherebyfixedat0-71
unitofaccountper100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President