17.10.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL268/43
COUNCIL DECISION
on25February1975
concerningtheimportationofcanesugaroriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories (OCT)
(75/614/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle136
thereof;
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromthe
Commission ;
Whereasitisdesirabletoprovideinrespectofcane
sugaroriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterrito­
riesarrangements analogouswiththosecontainedin
interimAgreements withcertainACPstates
concerningsugar,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
1.TheEuropeanEconomicCommunity shall,
undertheconditionslaiddownhereunder,ensurethe
purchaseandimport,atguaranteedprices,specific
quantitiesofcanesugar,raworwhite,originatingin
theoverseascountriesandterritories(OCT)whichthe
OCTdelivertoit.
2.Theimplementation ofthisDecisionshallbe
carriedoutwithintheframeworkofthemanagement
ofthecommonorganizationofthesugarmarket.
Article2
1.Thequantitiesofcanesugarreferredtoin
Article 1expressedinmetrictonsofwhitesugar,
hereinafterreferredtoas'specifiedquantities',for
deliveryineach12-monthperiodreferredtoin
Article3(1),shallbeasfollows:
Belize 39400
St.Kitts—Nevis—Anguilla 14800
Surinam
2.Nevertheless ,inrespectoftheperiodupto30
June1975thespecifiedquantities,expressedin
metrictonsofwhitesugar,shallbeasfollows:
Belize 14800
St.Kitts—Nevis—Anguilla 7900
Surinam
Article3
1.Ineach12-monthperiodfrom1Julyto30June
inclusive,herinafterreferredtoasthe'deliveryperiod',theOCTsugarexportersshalldeliverthequantities
referredtoinArticle2(1),subjectalwaystoanyadjust­
mentsresultingfromtheapplicationofArticle6.
Theyshallalsodeliverthequantitiesreferredtoin
Article2(2)intheperiodupto30June1975,which
shallalsoberegardedasadeliveryperiod.
2.Thequantitiestobedeliveredupto30June
1975,referredtoinArticle2(2),shallincludesupply
enroutefromportofshipment.
3.DeliveriesofOCTcanesugarintheperiodupto
30June1975shallbenefitfromtheguaranteedprices
applicableinthedeliveryperiodbeginning 1July
1975.Identicalarrangements maybemadefor
subsequentdeliveryperiods.
Article4
1.Thewhiteorrawcanesugarshallbemarketed
ontheCommunitymarketatpricesfreelynegotiated
betweenbuyersandsellers.
2.TheCommunityshallnotinterveneifandwhen
aMemberStateallowssellingpriceswithinitsborders
toexceedtheCommunity'sthresholdprice.
3.TheCommunity shallpurchase,atthe
guaranteedprice,quantitiesofwhiteorrawsugar,
withinspecifiedquantities,whichcannotbemarketed
intheCommunityatapriceequivalenttoorin
excessoftheguaranteedprice.
4.Theguaranteedprice,expressedinunitsof
account,shallrefertounpackedsugar,cifEuropean
portsoftheCommunity ,andshallbefixedinrespect
ofstandardqualitysugar,asdefinedinCommunity
Regulations .
5.Fortheperiodfrom1February1975to30June
1976inclusivetheguaranteedpricesshallbeas
follows:
(a)forrawsugar,25-53unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes ;
(b)forwhitesugar,31-72unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammes .
Article5
Purchaseattheguaranteedprice,referredtoinArticle
4(3),shallbeassuredthroughthemediumofthe
interventionagenciesoroftheotheragentsappointed
bytheCommunity .

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Article6
1.If,duringanydeliveryperiods,anOCTexporter
ofsugarfailstodeliveritsspecifiedquantityinfullfor
reasonsofforcemajeure,theCommission ,atthe
requestoftheMemberStatewithwhichtheOCT
concernedhasspecialrelations,shallallowtheneces­
saryadditionalperiodfordelivery.
2.IfanOCTexporterofsugarinformsthe
Commissionduringthecourseofadeliveryperiod
thatitwillbeunabletodeliveritsspecifiedquantity
infullandthatitdoesnotwishtohavetheadditional
periodreferredtoinparagraph 1above,theshortfall
shallbere-allocatedbytheCommissionfordelivery
duringthedeliveryperiodinquestion.
3.Ifduringanydeliveryperiod,anOCTsugar
exporterfailstodeliveritsspecifiedquantityinfull
forreasonsotherthanforce-majeure ,thatquantity
shallbereducedinrespectofeachsubsequent
deliveryperiodbytheundeliveredquantity.
4.ItmaybedecidedbytheCommissionthatin
respectofsubsequentdeliveryperiods,theundeliv­eredquantityshallbere-allocatedbetweentheother
OCTreferredtoinArticle2.
Article7
TheprovisionsofthisDecisionshallenterintoforce
on28February1975.Theyshallcontinuetoapplyup
tothedateonwhichthefutureDecisionofthe
CouncilentersintoforceconcerningtheAssociation
ofOCTwiththeEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
andnotlaterthan30June1976.IfthefutureDeci­
sionentersintoforcebefore30June1976,appro­
priatemeasuresshallbetakentoensuretheapplica­
tionupto30June1976oftheguaranteedpricelaid
downinArticle4(5).
DoneatBrussels,25February1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.FITZGERALD