10.11.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL311/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3254/90
of9November 1990
altering,forthe1990/91,marketingyear,theadjustmentaidandadditionalaid
tothesugarrefiningindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1069/89(2),andinparticularthe
seventhindentofArticle9(6)thereof,
WhereasArticle9(4b)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatduringthe1987/88to1990/91marketing
yearsadjustmentaidofECU0,08per100kilogramsof
sugarexpressedaswhitesugaristobegrantedasan
interventionmeasuretotheCommunity'spreferentialraw
canesugarrefiningindustry;whereas,asprovidedforin
thoseprovisions,additionalaidequaltothatamountisto
begrantedduringthesameperiodfortherefiningofraw
canesugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
andfortherefiningofquantitiesofrawbeetsugar
harvestedintheCommunityandqualifyingforthe
refiningaidpursuanttothesecondsubparagraphof
Article9(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andin
accordancewithCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1836/90(3);
Whereasthefourthsubparagraph ofArticle9(4b)of
Regulation (EEC)No1785/81providesthatthe
adjustmentaidandtheadditionalaidreferredtoabove
maybealteredinrespectofagivenmarketingyearinthe
lightinparticularofthestoragelevyfixedforthatyear;
whereasthestoragelevyforthe1990/91marketingyear
wasfixedbyCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1725/90(4)atECU2,50per100kilogramsofwhitesugar;
whereasthatamountrepresentsareductionofECU0,50
per100kilogramsofwhitesugarinthatapplicablefor
the1989/90marketingyear;
Whereasusingasabasisthedataavailabletothe
Commissionshowsthatthereductioninthatlevyhas
actuallybeenpassedonsince1July1990,whichhasledtoacorresponding effectonthemarginofprofitforthe
refiningindustriesconcerned,jeopardizingthebalance
whichistheaimoftheaidsinquestionandthusofthe
objectivespursued;whereasthoseaidsmustthereforebe
altered;
Whereasaccountshouldinadditionbetakenofthe
alterationintheaidinquestionthathasalreadybeen
madeforthe1989/90marketingyearinorderto
neutralizetheeffectofsuccessivestoragelevyreductions
ontherefiningmarginforthe1990/91marketingyear;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSugarhasnot
deliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetbyits
Chairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountsoftheadjustmentaidandoftheadditional
aidprovidedforrespectivelyinthesecondandthird
subparagraphs ofArticle9(4b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81shallbeincreasedtoECU1,58per100
kilogramsofsugarexpressedaswhitesugarforthe
1990/91marketingyear.
Forthesamemarketingyear,theamountreferredtoin
thefirstsubparagraphshallalsobegranted,asadditional
aid,fortherefiningofthequantityofrawbeetsugar
referredtoinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No1836/90.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1July1990.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9November1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
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