NoL29/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No239/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of31January1973
onthemarketingpriceforsugarimportedintotheUnitedKingdomunderthetermsof
theCommonwealth SugarAgreementandonmeasurestoassistthemarketingofsugars
producedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
tion(EEC)No911/69(3)of13May1969on
measurestoassistthemarketingofsugarproduced
intheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsbywhichFrance
wasauthorizedtograntnationalaidfortherefining
ofsuchsugar;whereasthatFrenchnationalaid
shouldbereplacedfromnowonbyCommunityaid
applicableintheCommunityasoriginallyconsti­
tuted;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningtheAccession
ofthenewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Communityandinparticularparagraph5ofProtocol
No17annexedtotheAct(l)appendedtothat
Treaty;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1 HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(2)of18December1967onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
theActandinparticularArticle9(7)firstindent
thereof;1.Themarketingpriceofsugarimportedintothe
UnitedKingdompursuanttoProtocolNo17ofthe
Actshallbefixedper100kilogrammesofrawcane
sugar:
(a)at14-88unitsofaccountfortheperiodfrom
1February1973to30June1973;
(b)at15·78unitsofaccountfortheperiodfrom
1July1973to30June1974;
(c)at16·68unitsofaccountfortheperiodfrom
1July1974to28February1975.
2.Thismarketingpriceshallapplytorawsugar
ofthestandardquality,inbulk,cif,freeout,United
Kingdomports.HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereasProtocolNo17annexedtotheabove­
mentionedActauthorizestheUnitedKingdomtoim­
port,underspecialconditions,certainquantitiesof
sugarfromtheexportingcountriesandterritories
referredtointheCommonwealth SugarAgreement ;
Whereasparagraph3ofthesaidprotocolprovides
thatthepriceatwhichthesugarinquestionis
marketedintheUnitedKingdomshallbefixedat
alevelsuchastoallowthequantitiesinquestion
effectivelytobemarketedwithoutprejudicingthe
marketingofCommunitysugar;whereasthese
quantitiesrefertorawcanesugar;
WhereasArticle9(5)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforsuitablemeasurestobetakenifdif­
ficultiesareencounteredinthemarketingofsugar
producedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereaswhenthecommonorganization ofthe
marketinsugarwasfirstappliedsuchdifficulties
inmarketingwereaccountedforbyCouncilRegulaArticle2
Duringtheperiodfrom1February1973to
28February1975asubsidyshallbegrantedtoany
refinerwhoprocesses,withintheframeworkofthe
maximumquota,rawsugarproducedintheFrench
overseasdepartmentsandinanundertakingbelong­
ingtohimsituatedinoneoftheMemberStatesof
theCommunityasoriginallyconstituted .
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(2)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1. (3)OJNoL118,17.5.1969,p.1.

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Article3 (c)0·43unitsofaccountduringtheperiodfrom
1July1974to28February1975.
Article4ThesubsidyreferredtoinArticle2per100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugarproducedfromtheraw
sugarreferredtointhesaidArticleshallbeequalto:
fa)0-93unitsofaccountduringtheperiodfrom
1February1973to30June1973;
(b)0·68unitsofaccountforthe1973/74sugar
marketingyear;Regulation (EEC)No911/69shallberepealed.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
ofitspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS