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REGULATION (EEC)No366/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
layingdowninterimrulesforsugarimportedundercertainconditionsbycertainMember
StatespursuanttoagreementsarisingoutoftheInternational
SugarAgreement
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,subjecttoagreementsbetweenGovernments of
countriesofdestinationandexportingcountries;
whereas,morever,theMemberStatesconcerned
shouldnotifytheCommissionregularlyofthese
quantitiesofsugarandtheCommissionshouldinform
allMemberStates;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.InderogationfromtheprovisionsofArticle20(2),
firstsubparagraph ,secondindentofRegulation
No1009/67/EEC,sugarexportedtotheCommunity
fromthirdcountries,pursuanttoArticle30ofthe
International SugarAgreement,shallnotcirculate
freelywithintheCommunity .
2.MemberStateswhohavetherighttotakedelivery
ofsugarinaccordancewithparagraph1,shall,where
appropriate,takeallmeasuresnecessarytocomply
withparagraph1.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(*)concerningthe
AccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity ,signedatBrusselson22January
1972,andinparticularArticle63(1)oftheAct(2)
annexedthereto,hereinaftercalledthe'Act',
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(3)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
theAct,andinparticularArticle38thereof;
WhereascertainnewMemberStates,pursuantto
Article30oftheInternationalSugarAgreement,have
theright,undergivenworldmarketconditions,to
takedeliveryofcertainquantitiesofsugarata
maximumprice.Nowandforsometimetheworld
marketpricehasbeensubstantiallythemaximum
price;whereasinthelightoftheseprovisions,these
MemberStatesarealsoobligedtoexportaproportion
ofthesequantitiesofsugarunderthesameprice
arrangements ;whereastheInternationalSugarAgree­
mentexpireson31December1973andinterimrules
arerequiredtoensurethat,untiltheAgreementex­
pires,therulesgoverningCommunityleviesarenot
affectedbythesedeliveriesatreducedprices;
Whereastheseinterimrulescouldbeexpressedasto
ensurethatthesugarinquestiondoesnotcirculate
freelywithintheCommunity ;whereasitshouldbe
re-exportedeitherinthenaturalstateorprocessed;
Whereasthefeasibilityofcontrollingthistradeis
assuredbecausethesugarinquestionisexclusivelyArticle2
1.TheMemberStatesreferredtoinArticle1(2)
shallnotifytheCommission ,notlaterthanatthe
endofeachmonth,ofthequantitiesofsugarof
whichtheyhavetakendeliveryduringtheprevious
month,pursuanttoArticle30oftheInternational
SugarAgreement.Thisnotificationshalldistinguish
betweenquantities :
—whichhavenotreachedthecustomsterritoryof
theMemberStateinquestion;
—whichhaveenteredthecustomsterritoryofthe
MemberStateinquestionunderarrangements in
respectofwhichthepaymentofduties,charges
andleviesissuspended;(x)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.

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—which,followingreleaseunderarrangements
referredtointheprecedingindenthavebeen
re-exportedeitherinthenaturalstateorafter
processing.
2.TheCommission shallinformtheMemberStates
ofinformationreceivedpursuanttothisRegulation .Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean­
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI