27.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL54/21
REGULATION (EEC)No552/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21February1973
amendingRegulation (EEC)No473/73authorizingtheUnitedKingdomtograntaid
asatransitionalmeasureforsugartobeconsumedinitsterritory
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(*)concerningthe
AccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity,signedatBrusselson22
January1972,andinparticularArticle63(1)ofthe
Act(2)annexedthereto;
Whereas,inordertofacilitatetheoperationof
CommissionRegulation (EEC)No473/73(3)of31
January1973authorizingtheUnitedKingdomto
grantaidasatransitionalmeasureforsugartobe
consumedinitsterritory,certainofitsprovisions
shouldbeclarifiedandfurtherprovisionsmade;
whereas,furthermore ,inordertopreventanydistor­
tionofcompetitionandanydeflectionoftrade,and
inviewofthefactthatitisimpossibletoensure
thatsugarwhichisdisposedofforhumanconsump­
tion,andforwhichaidhasconsequently been
granted,isnotsubsequentlyexported,itisnecessary
toprovidethatwhitesugarinfreeciculationinthe
UnitedKingdommaynotbeexportedtothirdcoun­
triesundercoverofalicenceissuedunderCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1897/72(4)of1September
1972onastandinginvitationtotendertodetermine
theexportrefundforwhitesugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2847/72(5);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionareinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;—amountingtotheestimatedhumanconsump­
tionforeachoftheperiodsspecifiedin
Article2(1)inthecaseofsugarmanufac­
turedorrefinedintheUnitedKingdomand
disposedofforconsumptionwithoutfurther
processing ;
—amountingto6000metrictonspermonthin
thecaseofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar
importedanddisposedofintheUnited
Kingdom,eitherwithoutbeingfurther
processedorintheformofproductsfalling
withinsubheadingsNos18.06AIIIandex
21.07F;
—importedanddisposedofforconsumption
intheUnitedKingdomintheformof
productsspecifiedintheAnnex,excluding
productsfallingwithinsubheadingsNos
18.06AIIIandex21.07F.
TheUnitedKingdomshalldeterminethe
.amountofestimatedhumanconsumption
referredtointhefirstindentabove.'
Article2
ThefollowingparagraphisaddedtoArticle4of
Regulation (EEC)No473/73:
'3.Whitesugarinfreecirculationinthe
UnitedKingdomshallnotbeexportedunder
coverofanexportlicenceissuedunderthe
standingtenderingproceduregovernedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1897/72.'
Article3
ThefollowingArticleisaddedafterArticle4of
Regulation (EEC)No473/73:
'Article4a
1.TheUnitedKingdomshallforthwith
communicate totheotherMemberStatesandto
theCommission thequantitiesofsugar,
expressedaswhitesugar,referredtointhefirst
indentofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticle1(2)
whichhavebeendeterminedforeachofthe
periodsspecifiedinArticle2(1).
2.TheUnitedKingdomshallcommunicate
totheotherMemberStatesandtotheCommis­HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Article1(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No473/73is
replacedbythefollowing :
'2.Aidisgrantedforquantitiesofsugar:
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(»)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(»)OJNoL53,26.2.1973.
(*)OJNoL201,2.9.1972,p.8.
(«)OJNoL299,31.12.1972,p.4.

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sionbytheendofeachmonthatthelatestthe
quantitiesofsugarwhichhavebenefitedfrom
aidunderArticle1(2)duringthepreceding
month.Thisinformationshallbecommunicated
intermsofwhitesugar,andshallspecifythe
amountsinrespectofeachofthedivisions
containedinthatparagraph.'Article4
1.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthe
dayofitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
2.Articles1and3shallapplyfrom1February
1973.
ThisRegulation 'shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21February1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI