NoL39/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No363/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
fixingnormalstocksofsugarforthenewMemberStateson
1February1973
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;toaboveisfixedat941583tonsfortheUnited
Kingdom,245721tonsforDenmarkand127052tons
forIreland;
WhereasArticle33a(3)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesforthenecessarymeasurestobetaken
toobviatesuchfinancialburdensasmayresultfor
theCommunityfromthemarketingofaquantity
equaltothedifferencebetweentherecordedstock
andthefixednormalstock;whereastothatend
thesequantitiesshouldbeexportedwithoutCom­
munityinterventionandbeforeanappointeddate;
WhereasnotificationbythenewMemberStateson
theleveloftheirrecordedstocksandwhereappropri­
ateonthequantityexportedwithoutCommunity
interventionisnecessaryforthepropermanagement
ofthemarketinsugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(x)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
theAct(2),annexedtotheTreaty(3)ontheAccession
ofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
GommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,signedatBrusselson22January1972,
andinparticularArticles33a(4)and38thereof;
WhereasArticle33a(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EEClaysdownthatthenewMemberStatesshall
makeaninventoryofthestocksofsugarinfree
circulationintheirterritoryat0.00hourson1Feb­
ruary1973;whereasitisdesirabletoprovidefor
theconversionofthedifferenttypesofsugarin
accordancewiththeruleslaiddowninCommission
Regulation (EEC)No142/69(4)of25January1969,
layingdowncertaindetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthequotasystemforsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No144/73(5);HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Forthepurposesoftheinventoryreferredtoin
Article33a(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,the
quantitiesofwhitesugar,ofrawsugar,ofinvert
sugarandofsyrupsshallbeexpressedintermsof
whitesugaraccordingtotheprovisionsofArticle1(3)
ofRegulation (EEC)No142/69.WhereasArticle33a(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EEClaysdownthataquantityofsugarwhichmay
beregardedasrepresentinganormalstockat0.00
hourson1February1973shallbefixedforeachnew
MemberState;whereasthisquantityshallbefixed
takingintoconsideration anormalworkingstock,
theanticipatedconsumption intheMemberState
concerneduntilthenewbeetharvestandthesupply
situationbasedonnationalproductionandimports
orexportsofthatMemberState;whereas,taking
accountofthesecriteria,thenormalstockreferredArticle2
Thenormalstockon1February1973at0.00hours
referredtoinArticle33a(2)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECshallbe:
(a)fortheUnitedKingdom941583metrictonsof
whitesugar,
(b)forDenmark245721metrictonsofwhitesugar,
(c)forIreland127052metrictonsofwhitesugar.(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
(3)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL20,27.1.1969,p.1.
(5)OJNoL18,23.1.1973,p.13.

12.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL39/21
(bb)thedocumentsreferredtoinArticle15of
Regulation (EEC)No1373/70(*)forthe
releaseofthedeposit;
(b)forproductsforwhichexportlicencesarenot
providedbytheproductionofaproofwhichis
comparablewiththeonereferredtounder(a)
andapprovedbytheMemberStateconcerned.Article3
1.Ifthequantityofthestocksofsugarestablished
asaresultoftheinventoryreferredtoinArticle33a(1)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECexceedsthequantity
fixedforthisMemberStateinArticle2,aquantity
equaltothedifferencebetweenthosetwoquantities
shallbeexportedbefore1July1973tothirdcountries
asundenaturedsugarinthenaturalstateorinthe
formofprocessedproductswithoutanyrefund
accordedintheframeworkofacommonorgan­
izationofthemarkets.
2.Forthequantitytobeexportedreferredtoin
Paragraph1,noexportchargesshallbeapplicable.
3.Theproofthatthesugarhasbeenexported
accordingtotheprovisionsofParagraph1shallbe
constituted :
(a)forproductsforwhichexportlicencesareprovided
bytheproductionof
(aa)theselicencescontaining,inSection12,the
followingendorsement :
—'forexportinpursuanceafArticle3of
Regulation (EEC)No.../73'forexport
ofsugarfromtheUnitedKingdomor
fromIreland,or
—'tileksportimedforafartikel3iforord­
ning(E0F)nr.../73',forexportof
sugarfromDenmark;andArticle4
1.ThenewMemberStatesshallcommunicate to
theCommissionbefore1April1973theleveloftheir
stocksestablishedaccordingtotheprovisionsof
Article33a(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC.
2.ThenewMemberStatesinwhichtheestablished
stockexceedsthequantityfixedforitinArticle2,
shallcommunicatetotheCommissionbefore1August
1973thequantityexportedaccordingtotheprovisions
ofArticle3.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
ThisRegulationshallapplyfrom1February1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
i1)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.