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REGULATION (EEC)No749/68OFTHECOUNCIL
of18June1968
onthefinancingofinterventionexpenditureinrespectoftheinternalmarketinsugarduring
the1967/68marketingyear
premiumisfixedinaccordancewiththeprocedure
providedforinArticle16ofRegulationNo44/67/
EEC;
WhereasArticle3(1)(a)ofRegulationNo255onthe
financingofthecommonagriculturalpolicy,asamended
byRegulationNo741/67/EEC6laiddownthatre­
fundsonexportstothirdcountriesgrantedinaccord­
ancewiththfeprovisionscontainedintheregulations
concerningtheproductsareeligibleundertheFund;
whereasasfromthefinancialyear1967/68suchre­
fundsarenolongertobecalculatedonthebasisofthe
rateofrefundintheMemberStatewiththelowestaver­
agerefund;
Whereasthelargestpossibleamountofsurplussugarfor
animalfeedingstuffsorforthemaunfactureofcertain
productsofthechemicalindustryshouldbemarketed;
whereas,inviewoftheconditionsforfixingexportre­
funds,expenditureondenaturingpremiumsandproduc­
tionrefundswhichMemberStateshaveactuallyin­
curredwithinthelimitsfixedbytheprovisionsadopted
underArticle6ofRegulationNo44/67/EECshouldbe
fullyreimbursed,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HayingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo17/64/EEC1
.of5February1964ontheconditionsforgrantingaid
fromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuarantee
Fund,andinparticularArticle5(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheconditionsforgrantingaidfromtheEuro­
peanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaranteeFundshould
bedeterminedforCommunityfinancingofintervention
expenditureineachsectorofthecommonorganization
ofthemarkets;
WhereasArticle6ofRegulationNo44/67/EEC2of21
February1967oncertainmeasuresforacommonor­
ganizationofthemarketinsugarforthe1967/68mar­
ketingyearprovidesforthepossibilityofgrantinga
denaturingpremiumforsugarwhichhasbeenrendered
unfitforhumanconsumptionandaproductionrefund
forsugarusedinthemanufactureofcertainproductsof
thechemicalindustry;whereasthesetwooperations
meettheconditionslaiddowninArticle5(1)ofRegula­
tionNo17/64/EEC;
WhereasRegulationNo215/67/EEC3laiddowngen­
eralrulesgoverningproductionrefundsforsugarused
inthechemicalindustry;whereasthemaximumamount
ofsuchrefundwasfixedbytheCouncilpursuanttoAr­
ticle6(2)ofRegulationNo44/67/EEC;
WhereasCommissionRegulationNo235/67/EEC4of
30June1967onthedenaturingofsugarforanimalfee­
dingstuffslaiddowntheconditionsforgrantingdenatur­
ingpremiums;whereasthemaximumamountoftheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Withintheframeworkofthecommonorganizationof
themarketinsugarforthe1967/68marketingyearac­
tionsarisingfromtheapplicationofthefirstparagraph
ofArticle6(1)andthefirstsentenceofparagraph 1of
Article6(2)ofRegulationNo44/67/EECshallbecon­
sideredasinterventionontheinternalmarketwithan
aimandpurposeidenticaltothoseofrefundsonexports
tothirdcountriesinaccordancewithArticle5(1)of
RegulationNo17/64/EEC.
2.Thefollowingexpenditureshallbeeligibleforaid
fromtheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuaran­
teeFund:
1OJNo34,27.2.1964,p.586/64.
2OJNo40,3.3.1967,p.597/67.
3OJNo135,30.6.1967,p.2889/67. 3OJNo30,20.4.1962,p.991/62.
4OJNo137,20.6.1967,p.2940/67. 6OJNo258,25.10.1967,p.2.

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Article2 (a)denaturingpremiumsgrantedbyMemberStatesin
respectofsugarwhichhasbeenrenderedunfitfor
humanconsumption ;
(b)refundsonproductiongrantedbyMemberStatesin
respectofsugarusedinthemanufactureofcertain
productsofthechemicalindustry.TheEuropeanAgriculturalGuidanceandGuarantee
FundshallreimburseexpenditureincurredbyMember
StatesbyvirtueofthemeasureslaiddowninArticle1(2)
withinthelimitsfixedbytheprovisionsadoptedunder
Article6oftheRegulationNo44/67/EEC.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1968.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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