27.6.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL172/7
REGULATION (EEC)No1602/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of25June1974
amendingRegulationNo1009/67/EEConthecommonorganizationofthemarketin
sugar
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,establishment ofthepossiblefuturearrangements
forsugarimportsintotheCommunityfromcertain
developingcountriesasfrom1January1975;
WhereasItalyhasbeenauthorizedtogranttempor­
aryaids;whereasanincreaseinthemaximumaid
grantedpermetrictonofbeetfrom1-80to4-00
unitsofaccountisjustifiedbyanewassessmentof
theconditionsofproduction,inparticularthetem­
porarycompetitivesituationinrelationtomaize
production,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thethirdsubparagraph ofArticle24(2)ofRegu­
lationNo1009/67/EECshallbereplacedbythe
following:
'However,thecoefficienttobeappliedtothe
UnitedKingdomfordeterminingthemaximum
quotashallbe:
—TOOfortheperioduptotheendofthe
1973/74sugarmarketingyear,and
—1-10forthe1974/75sugarmarketingyear.'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
Whereas,inviewoftheCommunity'ssugarsupply
situation,themaximumquota,fixedat135%ofthe
basicquotasincethe1968/69sugarmarketingyear,
hasbeenincreasedto145%ofthebasicquotafor
the1974/75sugarmarketingyear;whereasitis
thereforejustifiedtoprovideforamaximumquota
applicabletotheUnitedKingdomof110%ofthe
basicquota;
WhereasArticle16ofCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EECI1)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),doesnotapply
tosugarproducedinexcessofthemaximumquota;
whereas,moreover,shortagesandhighpricespersist
ontheworldmarketandCommunitysuppliesare
atriskbecauseofuncertaintyaboutthequantitiesto
beimportedinthefutureunderProtocolNo22
annexedtotheActofAccession(3);whereas,in
viewoftheabovesituation,undertakingstoexport
thesaidsugarlongbeforeithasbeenproduced
shouldbeavoided;whereastheexportlevyshould
thereforealsobeapplicabletosugarproducedin
excessofthemaximumquota;whereasthereshould
neverthelessbethepossibilityofnotapplyingthis
levyassoonastheCommunity'ssupplysituation
canbeadequatelyascertained ;
Whereas,forthe1974/75sugarmarketingyear,the
guaranteedquantityshouldbefixedonlyafterArticle2
Article25(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshall
bereplacedbythefollowing:
'Articles8,9,16and17shallnotapplytothe
quantityreferredtoinparagraph1whichisnot
carriedforwardtothefollowingsugarmarketing
yearpursuanttoArticle32.However,asan
exception,itmaybedecidedthatArticle16shall
beapplicableinsofarasitisnecessarytoensure
theCommunity'ssugarsupply.
Inthisevent,itwillberecordedatthesametime
thattheentirequantityofsugarinquestionmay
finallybedisposedofontheinternalmarket
withouttheamountlaiddowninparagraph3
beinglevied.'OOJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.

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Article4
InArticle34(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECthe
amountof1-80unitsofaccountshallbereplaced
by4-00unitsofaccount.Article3
Thefollowingparagraph3shallbeaddedtoArticle
26ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC:
'3.Bywayofderogationfromparagraphs 1
and2,theguaranteedquantityforthe1974/75
sugarmarketingyearshallbefixedbytheCoun­
cil,actingonaproposalfromtheCommission
andinaccordancewiththevotingprocedurelaid
downinArticle43(3)oftheTreaty,afterestab­
lishmentofthesystemapplicablefrom1January
1975tosugarimportsintotheCommunityfrom
certaindevelopingcountries.'Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,25June1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.E>.GENSCHER