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17.2.71 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/15
REGULATION (EEC)No335/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of16February1971
amendingRegulation (EEC)No442/70layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationof
thesystemofoffsettingstoragecostsforsugar
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,
Article1
Havingregardtothe.Treatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;.
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1253/70,2andinparticular
Article8(3)thereof;
WhereasArticle9(1)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No442/703of9March1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemof
offsettingstoragecostsforsugarprovidesforthe
reimbursement ofstoragecosts;whereastoavoid
differenttreatmentbeingaccordedin"thevarious
MemberStatesthedatesonwhichreimbursement is
tobeaffectedmustbeharmonised ;whereas,for
administrative andeconomicreasons,thesamedates
shouldbespecifiedforpaymentofthestoragecosts
levybymanufacturers andthereimbursement dueto
eachmanufacturershouldbeoffsetagainstthelevy
payable;
Whereas,inviewoftheprovisionsofArticle2of
CouncilRegulation (EEC,Euratom,ECSC)No2/714
of2January1971ontheapplicationoftheDecision
of21April1970onthereplacementofthefinancial
contributionsofMemberStatesbytheCommunities '
ownresources,itmustbeprovidedthatMember
Statesshouldestablishtheamountsinquestion;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;ThefollowingshallbesusbtitutedforArticle9of
Regulation (EEC)No442/70:
-'1.Thelevyshallbepayableinrespectof
productsdisposedof.Forthepurposeof
calculatingtheamountofthelevy,providedthe
levyisnotyetdue,"disposal"shallmean:
(a)exitofthesugarfromthefactoryinwhichit
wasmade,wherethesugardoesnotenteran
approvedwarehouseofthemanufacturer of
thesugar;
(b)exitfromtheapprovedwarehouseofthe
manufacturer ;however,transferofthesugar
fromanapprovedwarehousetoanother
approvedwarehouse ofthesame
manufacturer shallnotbeconsidered as
disposal;
(c)transferofpropertyrightstothesugarto
anotherclaimantforreimbursement of
storagecostswithoutexitofthesugarfrom
theapprovedwarehouseofthemanufacturer ;
(d)processingbythemanufacturer ofthesugar
andsyrupsintoproductsotherthanthose
fallingwithinheadingNo17.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff;
(e)denaturingofthesugar;
(f)exit,asaresultoftransferofownership,of
syrupsfromreservoirsofthemanufacturer '
referredtoinArticle6;
(g)themomentatwhichthesugarorsyrups
becomesubjecttooneofthesystemsreferred
toinArticles2or3ofRegulation (EEC)No
441/69.
2.Foragivenmonth,andatthelatestbythe
fifteenthdayofthefollowingmonth,Member1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
2OJNoL143,1.7.1970,p.1.
3OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.10.
4OJNoL3,5.1.1970,p.1.

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3.Theamountreferredtoinparagraph2(c)
shallbepaidbetweenthefirstandthefifteenthof
thefourthmonthfollowingthemonthforwhich
thereimbursement orthelevyisdueStatesshallestablishinrespectofallpersons
eligibleforreimbursement orliableforpayment
ofthelevy:
(a)thetotalamountofreimbursements towhich
heisentitled;
(b)thetotalamountoflevypayable;and
(c)onthebasisoftheamountsreferredunder(a)•
and(b),thebalancetobepaidtoorbyhim.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1971.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16February1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI
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