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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1465/77
of30June1977
amendingRegulation (EEC)No442/70layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplication
ofthesystemofoffsettingstoragecostsforsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Whereasfrom1July1977thelevyisnolonger
includedintheinterventionprice;whereasitshould
thereforebeprovidedthatthelevyisnolongertobe
chargedwhenthesugarissoldtoanintervention
agencybutonlywhenthesugarisresoldbythe
agency;
Whereassugarofdifferentoriginsmaybestoredon
thesamepremises;whereasstrictcontrolmeasures
shouldthereforebelaiddowninrespectofsugar,
qualifyingunderArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticular
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)thereof,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No442/70
of9March1970layingdowndetailedrulesfortheap­
plicationofthesystemofoffsettingstoragecostsfor
sugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2836/76(4),hashithertobeenapplicableonlyto
sugarandtocertainsyrupsproducedfrombeetor
caneharvestedintheCommunity ;whereas,asa
resultoftheextensionwitheffectfrom1July1977
tosugarimportedunderpreferentialconditionsofthe
systemofoffsettingstoragecosts,Regulation (EEC)
No442/70mustbeadaptedsoastoprovidespecial
offsettingarrangementsforsuchsugar;Article1
Regulation (EEC)No442/70isamendedasfollows:
1.ThefirstindentofArticle1(2)(b)isamendedto
readasfollows:
'—oneofwhosemainactivitiesconsistsof
wholesaledealinginsugarandwhopurchases
aminimumquantityof10000tonnesof
Communitysugarand/orpreferentialsugar
ineachmarketingyear;'.
2.Article3isamendedtoreadasfollows:
'Article3
Theamountsoftheleviesshallbefixed£er100
kilogramsofwhitesugar.Thereimbursement
andtheleviesshallbeapplicableper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugarwhateverthequalityof
thewhitesugarinquestion.'Whereastheformulasusedforconvertingrawsugar
intowhitesugarforthepurposeofcalculatingthe
reimbursement andleviesshouldatthesametime
beharmonized ;
oOJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.10.
(4)OJNoL326,25.11.1976,p.15.

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1c.Inrespectofstocksofsugarheldbythe
intervention agenciesthelevyshallbecome
payablebysuchagenciesonthesaleofthe
sugar.'
8.AfurtherparagraphasfollowsisaddedtoArticle
9:
'7.Thesaleofwhiteorrawsugartoaninterven­
tionagencyshallnotberegardedasdisposal
withinthemeaningofparagraph1.'3.Article4(1)isamendedtoreadasfollows:
'Forpurposesofthecalculationofthereimburse­
mentandleviesapplicabletorawsugarthelatter
shallbeconvertedintowhitesugarequivalent
accordingtooneofthefollowingmethodsat
thechoiceoftheMemberStateconcerned :
(a)onthebasisofitsyieldasascertainedaccord­
ingtotheprovisionsofArticle1ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No431/68(x);or
(b)—forrawcanesugarbymultiplyingthe
quantityofrawsugarbythefactor0-96,
or
—forrawbeetsugarbymultiplyingthe
quantityofrawsugarbythefactor0-92.
ThemethodchosenbyanindividualMember
Stateshallremainunchangedduringagiven
sugarmarketingyear.9.Thefollowingwordsareaddedattheendof
Article10(1)(b):
'andbetweenCommunitysugarandpreferential
sugar.'
HOJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.'10.Furtherparagraphsasfollowsareinsertedin
Article10asparagraphslaandlb:
'la.Ifthenotifiedstockattheendofamonth
differsfromthestockatthebeginningofthe
followingmonthparticularsofthelattershallbe
communicated separately.
lb.Allclaimantsforreimbursement whostore
inthesamepremisesbothsugareligiblefor
reimbursement andsugarnotsoeligibleshall
provideproofthattheformerisinfacteligible
forreimbursement .Thesameshallapplymutatis
mutandisasregardsthelevy.
Insuchcases,theMemberStateconcernedshall
placethesugarinquestionundercustomscontrol
orunderanadministrative controlofferingequi­
valentsafeguards.'4.Article4(2)isdeleted.
5.AnArticle6aasfollowsisinserted:
'Article6a
Preferentialsugarinrespectofwhichcustoms
formalitiesonimportationhavebeencompleted
andwhichisthereafterstoredinapproved
premisesshallbeeligibleforthereimbursement
ofstoragecosts.'
6.ThefirstsentenceofArticle9(1)isamendedto
readasfollows:
'Thelevyshallbepayableinrespectofproducts
asreferredtoinArticle8(1)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74whicharedisposedof.'11.InArticle10(2)thewords'andbrokendown
accordingtotheprovisionsofArticle9(2)'are
deleted.
7.Furtherparagraphsasfollowsareinsertedin
Article9asparagraphsla,lband1c:
'la.Inrespectofpreferentialsugarasreferredto
inArticle8(1)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74thelevyshallbepayableonimportation .The
dayofimportationshallbethedayonwhich
customsformalitiesonimportationarecompleted.
lb.Inrespectofpreferentialsugarasreferredto
inArticle8(1)(c)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74thelevyshallbepayable,insofarasit
hasnotalreadybecomepayable,attheendof
themonthduringwhichthesugarisrefined.12.Furtherparagraphsasfollowsareinsertedin
Article10asparagraphs2aand2b:
'2a.Eachimporterofpreferentialsugarwhich
isdisposedofinthenaturalstateshallcommuni­
cate,atthesametimeastheinformationreferred
toparagraph1,particularsofthequantitiesof
sugarasreferredtoinparagraphlaofArticle.
9importedduringtheprecedingmonth.
2b.Eachrefinerofpreferentialsugarshall
communicate ,atthesametimeastheinformation
referredtoinparagraph 1,particularsofthe

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quantitiesofsugarasreferredtoinparagraph
lbofArticle9refinedduringthepreceding
month.'Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1977.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President