17.7.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL194/7
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No2225/86
of15July1986
layingdownmeasuresforthemarketingofsugarproducedintheFrench
overseasdepartmentsandfortheequalization ofthepriceconditionswith
preferentialrawsugar
withsugarofCommunityoriginrequirestheequalizing
ofthepricesofrawsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseas
departmentswiththatofpreferentialrawsugarbymeans
ofaidsforrefiningwiththeaimofcompensating the
effectofthestoragelevy,aftertakingaccount,however,of
thereimbursement ofstoragecostsforthepartcorrespon­
dingtotheaveragestorageperiodinrefinery;
Whereasthegrantingofrefiningaidsisjustifiedonlyfor
thequantitiesofrawsugar,originatingintheFrench
overseasdepartments ,whicharelikelytoberefinedinto
whitesugarinthevariousEuropeanregionsofthe
Community ,havingregardtothequantitiesofsuchsugar
availableasshownonabalancesheetfortheCommunity
itselfestablishedonaregularbasis;whereasitisequally
necessarytotakeintoaccounttheregionfromwhichthe
sugaroriginatesbyreasonofdifferencesingrowing
seasons :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No934/86(2),andinparticularArticles9(5)
and19(6)thereof,
HavingregardtotheCommissionproposal,
WhereasArticle9(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
laysdownthatappropriatemeasuresaretobetakenon
thesubjectofthetransportandstoragecostsofsugars
producedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,inorderto
permitthosesugarstobemarketedintheEuropean
regionsoftheCommunity ;
Whereas,byaJointDeclaration,annexedtotheActof
AccessionofSpainandPortugal,onsuppliestothesugar
refiningindustryinPortugal,itwasagreedtotakeappro­
priatemeasureswithaviewtoequalizingthepricesof
Communityrawsugar;whereas,therefore,equalizing
shouldapplytorawcanesugaroriginatingintheFrench
overseasdepartmentswithaviewtoenabling,inparti­
cular,Portugueserefineriestobesuppliedwiththissugar
underpriceconditionssimilartothoseobtainingfor
preferentialsugars;
Whereas,underArticle5(4)ofProtocol7onACPsugar
annexedtotheThirdACP-EECConvention (3),the
guaranteedpriceistorefertounpackedsugarcifEuro­
peanportsoftheCommunityforsugarofstandard
quality;
Whereasthemostappropriatemeasuresforachievingthe
abovementioned objectivesconsistofthegrantingofflat­
rateCommunityaidsasaformofinterventionmeasure
enabling,ontheonehand,themarketingintheEuro­
peanregionsoftheCommunityoftherawsugar
producedbytheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsand,onthe
otherhand,therefiningofthatsugarinthoseregions;
whereas,havingregardtotheexistenceofauniformprice
forrawsugarforalltheregionsoftheCommunityandin
ordertoenablesuchmarketingtotakeplace,itisneces­
sarytoprovideforaidforthetransportofthesugarin
questiontothoseregions;whereasfurthermore ,the
supplyingofrefineries,particularlyPortugueserefineries,Whereas,moreover,asregardspreferentialrawsugar,
whereitsyielddiffersfromthatofthestandardquality,a
scaleofadjustments isappliedininternationaltrade
whichdiffersfromthatlaiddownintheCommunity
rulesforrawsugarproducedintheCommunity ;whereas,
inordertoequalizepricecondition^betweenthesetwo
typesofrawsugar,thedifferenceresultingfromtheappli­
cationofthesetwoscalesshouldbecoveredbyspecific
interventioninfavouroftherefinerofrawsugar
producedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
Whereas,byreasonoftheobjectivesoftheintervention
measuresinquestion,itisnecessary,whenanadvantage
isgrantedfortherefiningofpreferentialsugarinthe
formoftheoptiontofixinadvancethemonetary
compensatory amountsatthetimeofimportationofthat
sugar,toprovideforacorresponding measureintheform
ofasupplementary aidfortherefiningofrawsugarfrom
theFrenchoverseasdepartments ;whereas,inorderto
enable,ifapplicable,suchameasuretobeintroduced
promptlyitisnecessarytoprovideforsuchameasureto
betakeninaccordancewiththeprocedurereferredtoin
Article41ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81;
Whereascertainprovisionsshouldbeadoptedtoassistthe
transitionfromthearrangements laiddownbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No2067/81of20July1981laying
downmeasuresforthemarketingofsugarproducedin
theFrenchoverseasdepartments (4),tothearrangements
laiddownbythisRegulation ,
(')OJNoL177,1.1.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL87,2.4.1986,p.1.
(3)OJNoL86,31.3.1986,p.164. (4)OJNoL203,23.7.1981,p.3.

NoL194/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.7.86
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Flat-rateCommunityaidsforthemarketing,intheEuro­
peanregionsoftheCommunity ,ofsugarsproducedin
theFrenchoverseasdepartmentsshallbegrantedasan
intervention measureundertheconditionslaiddownin
Articles2,3and4.tionpriceforrawsugarforthemarketingyearduring
whichrefiningtookplace.
2.Paragraph 1shallapplywithinthelimitsofthe
quantitiestobedeterminedaccordingtotheregionsof
theCommunityinwhichtherefiningislikelytotake
placeandseparatelyaccordingtotheoriginatingFrench
overseasdepartmentordepartmentsinquestion.
Thequantitiesreferredtointhefirstsubparagraphshall
bedeterminedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaid
downinArticle41ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81on
thebasisofaCommunitysupplybalancesheetforraw
sugarandfortheirrefiningintheEuropeanregionsof
theCommunityconcerned.
3.Thetotalamountoftheaidreferredtoinparagraph
1shallbegrantedfollowinganapplicationbytheunder­
takingswhichrefinedthesugar,tobesubmittedtothe
competentauthoritiesoftheMemberStateonwhose
territorytherefiningtookplace.
Article4
1.TheaidsreferredtoinArticles2and3shallbe
grantedonlyinrespectofthesugarspecifiedinArticle1
forwhichthebillofladingwasdrawnuponorafter1
July1986.
2.Wherethebillofladingforthesugarreferredtoin
Article1wasdrawnupbefore1July1986,Regulation
(EEC)No2067/81shallremainapplicable.Wheresuchis
thecase,theundertakingconcernedmustproducethe
saidbillofladingoranyotherformofproofwhichthe
MemberStateconcernedregardsasequivalent.Article2
ProducersofthesugarreferredtoinArticle1,delivered
EuropeanportsoftheCommunity ,shallbegrantedaid
consistingof:
(a)aflat-rateamountof14,56ECUpertonneofsugar
expressedaswhitesugar,representingthetransport
costsfromtheexfactorystagetothefobstageforthe
1986/87marketingyear.Foreachofthefollowing
marketingyears,thisamountshallbeadjustedbya
coefficientrepresentingthemodificationincreasein
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarbyreferenceto
thatinforceduringtheprecedingmarketingyear;
and
(b)asingleflat-rateamounttocovertheseatransport
costsfromthefobstageintheFrenchoverseasdepart­
mentstothecifship'sholdstageinEuropeanportsof
theCommunity ,andtheinsurancecostscoveringthis
transport.ThisamountshallbeequaltotheCarib­
bean-UnitedKingdomfreightelementasestablished
bytheFreightCommitteeoftheUnitedTerminal
SugarMarketAssociationofLondonandincorporated
intheLondonDailyPriceforsugarandvalidonthe
dayonwhichthebillofladingiscompletedforthe
sugarinquestion.
Theaidshallbegrantedattherequestoftheproducersof
thesugarconcerned,tobesubmittedtothecompetent
authoritiesoftheFrenchRepublic.Article5
1.Wheretheadvancefixingofmonetarycompensa­
toryamountsintradewiththirdcountriesismadeappli­
cabletotheimportationofpreferentialrawsugarand
wherethisapplicationbenefitsimportsofthissugar,the
aidinArticle3shallbesupplemented byaflat-rate
amounttobedetermined ,whichwillre-establishtoa
corresponding degreetheequilibriuminthepricecondi­
tionsforsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepart­
ments.
2.Thecalculationoftheflat-rateamountreferredtoin
partagraph 1shallbemadeinaccordancewiththeproce­
durelaiddowninArticle41ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81.Article3
1.Withoutprejudicetoparagraph2,forthesugars
referredtoinArticle1whichhavebeenrefinedinarefi­
neryintheEuropeanregionsoftheCommunity ,anaid
shallbegrantedtotheundertakingsconcerned,consisting
of:
(a)anamount,laiddownfor100kgofrawsugarofstan­
dardquality,equaltothedifferencebetweenthe
storagelevyreferredtointhesecondsubparagraphof
Article8(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81which
hasactuallybeencollectedforthesugarinquestion
andthreetimestheamountofthemonthlyreimbur­
sementofstoragecostsreferredtointhefirstsubpara­
graphofArticle8(2)ofthatRegulationapplicable
duringtherefiningofthesugar;and
(b)foreachtenthofapercentagepointofyieldover
92%,anamountequalto0,0387%oftheinterven­Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyfrom1July1986;however,Article5shall
applyfrom1April1986.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15July1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.JOPLING