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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1401/78
of20June1978
fixing,forthe1978/79sugarmarketingyear,thedifferentialchargetobelevied
onrawpreferentialsugarandthedifferentialamounttobegrantedinrespectof
rawcanesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments
refinedinthatregioninthe1977/78sugarmarketing
yearwasexemptedfromthedifferentialcharge;
whereas,forthesamereasons,thatexemptionshould
becontinuedinrespectofIrelandforthe1978/79
sugarmarketingyear;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74provides,inparticular,
thatwhereadifferentialchargehasbeenfixed,adiffer­
entialamountequaltothatchargeshallbegrantedin
respectoftherawsugarproducedintheFrenchover­
seasdepartmentsandrefinedinarefinerydefinedin
paragraph7ofthatArticleandsituatedinthe
Community ;whereasthatamountshouldtherefore
befixedat1-69unitsofaccountper100kilogramsof
whitesugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(}),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Articles9(5)and47(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle46(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatwherethereisadifference
between,ontheonehand,therawsugarrefining
marginusedtodeterminetheinterventionand
thresholdpricesforrawsugarand,ontheotherhand,
themarginnecessaryfortherefiningofrawpreferen­
tialsugar,adifferentialchargetobemadeonthe
lattersugarshallbefixedforthesugarmarketingyear
inquestion;
Whereasthebulkoftherawpreferentialsugarcannot
berefinedunlessuseismadeoftherefineriesdefined
inArticle9(7)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74;
whereasthemarginrequiredfortherefiningofthe
saidsugarinsuchrefineriesisgreater,accordingto
theinformationatpresenttohand,thanthattaken
intoaccountwhendeterminingtheinterventionand
thresholdpricesforrawsugarforthe1978/79sugar
marketingyear;whereasadifferentialchargeshould
thereforebefixedforthatyear;whereastheamount
thereofmaybefixedataflatrateof1-69unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressedaswhite
sugar,takingintoaccountcertaindifferencesinthe
costsconcerned ;
WhereasArticle46(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74makesprovisionforthenon-application of
thewholeofthedifferentialcharge,orpartofthat
charge,toanyrawpreferentialsugarwhichis
importedintoregionsoftheCommunityandrefined
thereinaproductionunitotherthanarefineryas
definedinArticle9(7)ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
havingregardtothetraditionalpatternsofsuppliesof
thesaidsugartoIreland,amaximumquantityof
30000tonnesofthatsugarexpressedaswhitesugarArticle1
ThisRegulationshallapplytothe1978/79sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
ThedifferentialchargeprovidedforinArticle46(1)
ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbefixedat1-69
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressed
aswhitesugarbyreferencetoarawsugaryieldcalcu­
latedbydoublingthedegreeofpolarizationofthat
sugaranddeducting100therefrom .Nevertheless ,this
chargeshallnotapplytorawpreferentialsugar
refinedduringthe1978/79sugarmarketingyearin
Irelanduptoamaximumquantityof30000tonnes
ofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar.
Article3
Thedifferentialamountprovidedforinthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74shallbefixedat1-69unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
Article4
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.DALSAGER