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NoL250/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.11.71
REGULATION (EEC)No2417/71OFTHECOMMISSION
of10November1971
amendingRegulation (EEC)No1280/71inparticularasregardsthestandardamounts
fixedbythatRegulation
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionofthe
ManagementCommitteeforSugar;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
Article1 1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1060/71,2andinparticular
Article9(8)thereof;Thefollowingparagraph4shall-beaddedtoArticle
1ofRegulation (EEC)No1280/71:
'4.Approvalshallbegivenorwithdrawnby
theinterventionagency.'
Article-2
ThefollowingArticle3ashallbeinsertedin
Regulation (EEC)No1280/71:
'Article3a
Onlysugarwhichhasnotpreviouslybeenthe
objectofinterventionbuyingmaybeofferedfor
intervention .'WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1280/713
of18June1971layingdowndetailedrulesof
applicationforthebuying-inofsugarbyintervention
"agenciesfixesstandardamountsforthecostsof
storageandofvarioustypesofpackagingwhichare
bornebytheinterventionagencies;whereas,since
theseamountshaveremainedthesameforseveral
years,someoftheamountsshouldbealteredinview
ofincreasesintheactualcosts;
Whereasthecoststobebornebytheintervention
agency,whereitrequirescertaintypesofpackaging,
arefixedataflatrateforbagsinaperfectcondition;
whereasthereforeinthecaseofastoragecontract
withtheoffererprovisionshouldbemadeforthese
coststobepaid,whenthestateofthebagshasbeen
ascertained,atthesametimeasthebalanceofthe
paymentforthesugarinquestion;
Whereasexperiencehasshownthattheintervention
agenciesmaybefacedwithanofferofsugarwhich
hasalreadybeentheobjectofinterventionbuying;
whereastheacceptanceofsuchanoffermayendanger
theveryprincipleofinterventionbuying;whereas
thereforesuchapracticemustbeprevented;.Article3
Thefollowingparagraph3shallbeaddedtoArticle
5ofRegulation (EEC)No1280/71:
'3.Theoffershallbeaccompanied bya
declarationfromtheofferercertifyingthatthe
sugarinquestionhasnotpreviouslybeenthe
objectofinterventionbuying.'
Article4
1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1. Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthefirstindent
ofthesecondsubparagraphofArticle6(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1280/71:2OJNoL115,27.5.1971,p.16.
3OJNoL133,19.6.1971,p.34.

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Article7 'ifexaminationshowsthatoneoftherequisite
conditionshasnotbeenfulfilled,inparticular
thatthesugarofferedhasalreadybeentheobject
ofinterventionbuying.'In(a)and(b)ofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle
17(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1280/71,thewords
'0-66unitsofaccount'and'0-88unitsofaccount'
shallbesubstitutedforthewords'0-60unitsof
account'and'0-80unitsofaccount'respectively . Article5
Article8Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthesecond
subparagraph ofArticle7(4)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1280/71:
'Thestoragecostsshallbefixedataflatrateof
0-018unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesper
ten-dayperiod.Theinterventionagencymay
howeverincreaseordecreasethisamountby35%
and,inspecialcircumstances ,increaseitbya
maximumof50%.'ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle
21(2)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No1280/71:
'(c)inArticle14(1)oftheRegulationreferredto
in(b),thewords:
—"ofArticle18ofRegulation (EEC)No
1280/71"shallbesubstitutedforthe
words:"ofArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No782/68",
—"ofArticle13"shallbesubstitutedfor
thewords"ofArticle12";
(d)inArticle14(3)oftheRegulationreferredto
in(b),thewords:
—"ofArticle18"shallbesubstitutedfor
thewords"ofArticle15",
—"ofArticle14"shallbesubstitutedfor
thewords"ofArticle13".'Article6
Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthefirst
subparagraph ofArticle15(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1280/71:
'Whereastoragecontracthasbeenconcluded,the
interventionagencyshall,withineightweeks
fromthedateofsubmissionoftheoffer,makea
provisionalpaymentofanamountestablishedon
thebasisoftheinformationappearingintheoffer
andthebuying-inprice.Anypackagingcostsshall
bepaid,whenthestateofthebagshasbeen
ascertained,atthesametimeasthebalanceofthe
payment.'Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10November1971.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
FrancoM.MALFATTI