NoL27/6 1.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
REGULATION (EEC)No223/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of31January1973
layingdowngeneralrulestoensuretheproperfunctioningofthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinsugarfollowingtheAccessionofthenewMemberStates
Whereastheeffectofapplyingthefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle55(6)oftheActwouldbetomakesugar
importsintotheUnitedKingdomfromtheother
MemberStatesoftheCommunitymoreexpensive
thansugarfromtheexportingcountriescoveredby
theCommonwealth SugarAgreement;whereas,
therefore,inordertoavoiddistortionofcompetition
andhavingregardtothelargeamountofsugar
coveredbyProtocolNo17annexedtotheAct,itis
essentialtoinvokethesecondsubparagraph of
Article55(6)oftheActinrespectoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC(2)of18December1967onthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)174/73(3);
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyconcerningthe
AccessionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunity(*),signedatBrusselson22
January1972,andinparticularthesecond
subparagraphofArticle55(6)andArticle62(1)of
theActannexedthereto;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle56oftheabovementioned Act
prpvidesthatappropriatemeasuresmaybetaken
withaviewtoensuringtheproperfunctioningofthe
commonorganizationofthemarket,inparticularif
therefundonexportsofaproducttothirdcountries
islessthanthecompensatoryamountorifnorefund
isapplicable;whereassuchasituationislikelyto
ariseinthecaseofsugar;
Whereastheeffectofthesituationunder
consideration wouldbetocauseoperatorstoexport
fromtheterritoryofcertainnewMemberStates
sugarproducedwithintheCommunityasoriginally
constitutedinordertobenefitfromthecompensatory
amountgrantedpursuanttoArticle55oftheAct;
whereasthemostsuitablemeansofpreventingthe
properfunctioningofthecommonorganizationof
thesugarmarketfrombeingdisturbedbydeflection
intradeistoprovideforthechargeofa
compensatory levyonexports;
Whereas,moreover,byvirtueofProtocolNo17
annexedtotheAct,sugarimportedintotheUnited
KingdomundertheCommonwealth Sugar
AgreementwillalwaysbeavailableontheUnited
Kingdommarketatthemarketingpriceirrespective
ofanyfluctuationsinworldmarketprices;whereas
importsfromotherthirdcountriesarenegligible;1.If,inrespectofanexportofoneofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(d)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EEC:
—therefundonexportstothirdcountriesisless
thanthecompensatory amount,or
—norefundonexportstothirdcountriesis
applicable,
theexportingMemberStatewhichapplies
compensatory amountsontradewithathirdcountry
shallchargeacompensatory levyonexportsofthe
saidproducts,withtheexceptionofsugarexported
pursuanttotheprovisionsreferredtoinArticle25of
Regulation1009/67/EEC.
2.Thecompensatory levytobechargedon
exportsshallbeequal:
(a)wherethefirstindentofparagraph1applies:
—tothedifferencebetweenthecompensatory
amountapplicableonthedaywhenthe
productconcernedisexportedandtherefund
(2)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(*)OJSpecialEdition,27.3.1972,p.5. (3)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.

1.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL27/7
coveredbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No804/68(*)
of27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslastamended
bytheAct,CouncilRegulation (EEC)No865/68(2)
of28June1968onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinproductsprocessedfromfruitand
vegetables,aslastamendedbytheAct,and
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2682/72(3)of12
December1972layingdowngeneralrulesfor
grantingexportrefundsoncertainagricultural
productsexportedintheformofgoodsnotcovered
byAnnexIItotheTreaty,andthecriteriaforfixing
theamountofsuchrefunds.
4.TherulesfortheapplicationofthisArticleand
inparticularthelistofproductssetoutii?paragraph
3shallbeadoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
providedforinArticle40ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECandinthecorresponding Articlesof
Regulations (EEC)No804/68and(EEC)No865/68.applicabletotheexportinquestioninthe
caseofoneoftheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC;
—totheresultofmultiplyingthedifference
betweenthebasiccompensatory amount
applicableonthedaywhentheproduct
concernedisexportedandthebasicamount
oftheexportrefundinquestion,bythe
sucrosecontentincludingthecontentofother
sugarexpressedinsucroseofthesaidproduct,
inthecaseofoneoftheproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)oftheabovementioned
Regulation;
(b)wherethesecondindentofparagraph1applies:
—tothecompensatory amountapplicableon
thedaywhentheproductconcernedis
exportedinthecaseofoneoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(a)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC;
—totheresultofmultiplyingthebasic
compensatory amountapplicableontheday
whentheproductconcernedisexportedby
thesucrosecontentincludingthecontentof
othersugarexpressedinsucroseofthesaid
productinthecaseofproductslistedin
Article1(1)(d)oftheabovementioned
Regulation .
3.Paragraphs 1and2shallalsoapply,where
necessary,tothesugarcontentoftheproductsArticle2
Thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle55(6)oftheAct
shallnotapplytosugar.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS
(!)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
(3)OJNoL289,27.12.1972,p.13.