NoL53/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.3.86
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No469/86
of25February1986
layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemofaccessioncompensatoryamountsinthesugar
sector
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasfeaturesofsugarproductioninthenewMem­
berStatesshowthatthisneedtocorrectthecompensa­
toryamountsexistsonlywithregardtotradebetween
Portugal,notincludingtheautonomousregionofthe
Azores,andtheotherregionsoftheCommunity ,and
betweenPortugalandthirdcountries;whereasprovi­
sionshouldaccordinglybemadeforanadjustmentof
theaccessioncompensatory amountsforsuchtrade;HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticles89(1)and234(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,WhereasArticles109and302(2)oftheActprovidefor
thefixingofaccessioncompensatory amountsforcer­
tainproductsinthesugarsectorwithaviewtoprevent­
inganyriskofdisturbanceintrade;whereas,inviewof
theconditionsofproductionofthosevariousproducts,
suchariskofdisturbancecanberuledoutforisoglu­
coseonly;whereasprovisionshouldconsequently be
madeforthefixingofaccessioncompensatory
amountsfortheotherproducts;WhereasArticles68,70,236and238oftheActof
Accessionprovide,forSpainandPortugal,forthefix­
ingofpricesatalevelwhichmaybedifferentfromthat
ofthecommonprices;whereas,underArticles72and
240oftheAct,suchdifferencesinpricelevelsaretobe
offsetbyasystemofcompensatory amounts;
Whereasthecompensatory amountsareintendedin
particulartopreventdisturbanceoftradeasaresultof
pricedifferences ;whereas,consequently ,theapplica­
tionofcompensatory amountsisonlyrequiredwhere
suchdisturbanceistobefeared;WhereasArticles73and241oftheActofAccession
providethatappropriatemeasuresmaybetakenwitha
viewtoensuringtheproperfunctioningofthecommon
organizationofthemarketwhereexportrefundsor,as
thecasemaybe,exportorimportleviesarelessthan
thecompensatory amount,orifnorefundornolevyis
applicable ;whereassuchmeasuresmayinparticular
providefortheapplicationofanamountatleastequal
totheaccessioncompensatory amount;whereasprovi­
sionshouldbemade,however,forthepossibilityof
adjustingundercertaincircumstances theamount
grantedtothequantityofrawcanesugarreferredtoin
Article303(1)oftheActandtoanyquantities
importedfromthirdcountriestoPortugalonaccount
ofinsufficientavailabilityofCommunityrawsugar,
andinparticularofrawsugaroriginatingintheFrench
overseasdepartments ,whenthesupplyofPortuguese
refineriesrisksbeingcalledintoquestionbyarisein
thepriceofsugarontheworldmarket;Whereasinthesugarsector,Articles68,70,72,236,238
and240oftheActofAccessionrelatetotheinterven­
tionpricesforwhitesugarandtothebasicpricefor
beet;whereas,inaccordancewiththepricesrecorded
intheactsoftheConference ,thecommonpricesfor
comparisoninthesugarsectorare,inthecaseofSpain,
thenon-derivedcommonprices,andinthecaseofPor­
tugal,thederivedcommonpricesasappliedinIreland
andintheUnitedKingdominaccordancewithArt­
icles3and5ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3768/85(2); Whereas,shoulditprovenecessary,provisionshallbe
madeforthepossibilityofintroducingasystemforfix­
ingaccessionmonetaryamountsinadvance;
Whereasthesecondsubparagraphs ofArticles108and
302(1)oftheActprovidethatthecompensatory
amountistobecorrected,totheextentnecessaryfor
thesmoothfunctioningofthecommonorganizationof
themarket,bytheincidenceofthecompensation levy
forstoragecosts;Whereasacertainamountofdeflectionoftradeand
distortionofcompetitionmay,inparticular,occurin
thefinalperiodofmovestowardspricealignmentand
whencommonpricesareappliedthroughouttheCom­
munity;whereasitisthereforejustifiedthatmeasures
intendedtoavoidsuchdeflectionanddistortion
shouldapplyforsuchtimeasisnecessaryinorderto
achievethedesiredend,(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
OOJNoL362,31.12.1985,p.8.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthepurposesofthisRegulation :
(a)'CommunityofTen'shallmeantheCommunityas
constitutedbeforetheaccessionoftheKingdomof
SpainandthePortugueseRepublic;
(b)'accessioncompensatory amount'shallmeana
compensatory amountapplicableintradebetween:
—theCommunityofTenandthenewMember
States,
—thenewMemberStates,
—thenewMemberStatesandthirdcountries,
—Portugal,notincludingtheautonomousregion
oftheAzores,andtheautonomousregionof
theAzores.—theotherMemberStatesoftheCommunity,
—thirdcountries,
theaccessioncompensatory amountapplicablefor
whitesugarshallbeincreased,pursuanttothe
secondsubparagraphofArticle302(1)oftheAct
ofAccession,byallorpartofthestoragelevy.
Fortheperiodfrom1Marchto30June1986,the
increaseshallbeequalto4,25ECUper100kgof
whitesugar.
Forthemarketingyearsfrom1July1986,thesuc­
cessiveincreasesshallbeequaltosix-sevenths ,
five-sevenths ,four-sevenths ,three-sevenths ,two­
seventhsandone-seventhofthestoragelevyappli­
cableforeachofthemarketingyearsconcerned ;
(b)intradebetweenPortugal,notincludingtheauton­
omousregionoftheAzores,andtheautonomous
regionoftheAzores,theincreasesprovidedforin
thesecondandthirdsubparagraphs of(a)shallbe
appliedasanaccessioncompensatory amount.
3.FortradebetweenthenewMemberStates,the
accessioncompensatory amountshallbeequaltothe
sumofor,asthecasemaybe,differencebetweenthe
accessioncompensatory amountapplicableintrade
betweentheCommunityofTenandSpainandthe
accessioncompensatory amountapplicableintrade
betweentheCommunityofTenandPortugal.Article2
1.Withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofparagraph2,
forwhitesugarandfreshbeet,theaccessioncompensa­
toryamountinquestionshall,foreachmarketingyear,
be:
(a)inthecaseofSpain,
—equaltothedifferencebetweentheinterven­
tionpriceforwhitesugarasprovidedforin
Article3(1)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1785/81,applicableinthenon-deficitareas
oftheCommunityofTenandtheintervention
priceforwhitesugarfixedforSpain,
—equaltothedifferencebetweenthebasicprice
forbeetapplicableintheCommunityofTen
andthatfixedforSpain;
(b)inthecaseofPortugal,
—equaltothedifferencebetweenthederived
interventionpriceforwhitesugarfixedforIre­
landandtheUnitedKingdomandtheinter­
ventionpriceforwhitesugarfixedforPortu­
gal,
—equaltothedifferencebetweenthebasicprice
fixedforbeet,increasedbytheincidenceofthe
regionalization ofthepricesprovidedforIre­
landandtheUnitedKingdomontheone
hand,andthebasicpriceforbeetfixedforPor­
tugalontheotherhand.
2.However,
(a)intradebetweenPortugal,notincludingtheauton­
omousregionoftheAzores,andArticle3
1.Accessioncompensatory amountsshallbefixedas
necessarytopreventanyriskofdisturbanceintrade:
(a)fortheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(b)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81otherthanfreshbeet;
(b)fortheproductsfallingwithinCommonCustoms
Tariffsubheading17.01B;
(c)fortherelevantproductslistedinArticle1(l)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
2.Accessioncompensatory amountsshallbedeter­
mined:
(a)fortheproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1(a),on
thebasisofthecompensatory amountapplicable
tofreshbeet;
(b)fortheproductsreferredtoinparagraph 1(b)and
(c),onthebasisofthecompensatory amount
applicabletowhitesugar.

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Article4
Inintra-Community trade,accessioncompensatory
amountsshallbeleviedorgrantedbytheMember
Stateconcernedwhosepricelevelusedforthedetermi­
nationoftheaccessioncompensatory amountsisthe
highest.Communityrawsugarandinparticularofraw
sugaroriginatingintheFrenchoverseasdepart­
ments,thatamountmaybeadjustedtotheextent
necessarytoensurethesupplyofPortugueserefi­
neriesunderpriceconditionsanalogoustothose
obtainingforpreferentialsugar.
2.If,whereexportrefundsvaryaccordingtothedes­
tination,therefundislessthantheaccessioncompen­
satoryamountorisnotfixed,provisionmaybemade
totake,onexportfromanewMemberState,measures
likelytoensureanylevyingoftheamountreferredtoin
paragraph 1.
3.Whereexportleviesareapplied,adecisionmaybe
madeintradebetweenthenewMemberStatesand
thirdcountriesthatArticles72(3)(b)and240(3)(b)of
theActofAccessionandparagraph 1ofthisArticle
shallalsoapply.Article5
1.Theaccessioncompensatory amountapplicable
shallbethatinforceonthedateonwhichthecustoms
servicesaccepttheimportorexportdeclaration ,asthe
casemaybe.
2.However,shoulditprovenecessary,adecisionmay
bemadeinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article7tointroduceasystemforfixingtheaccession
compensatory amountinadvance.
Article7
1.DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegula­
tion,andinparticularforthefixing,grantingandlevy­
ingofaccessioncompensatory amounts,shallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article41ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
2.Themeasuresadoptedinaccordancewiththepro­
cedurereferredtoinparagraph 1whichareintendedto
preventdeflectionoftradeanddistortionofcompeti­
tionmayapply,aslongasdeemednecessary,afterthe
accessioncompensatory amountshavebeendiscontin­
ued.Article6
1.IntradebetweenanewMemberStateandathird
country,iftheaccessioncompensatory amountistobe
deductedfromtheexportrefundor,asthecasemaybe,
fromtheimportlevy,provisionmaybemade:
(a)wheretherefundorthelevyislessthanthecom­
pensatoryamount,toapplyanamountthatdoes
notexceedthedifferencebetweentheaccession
compensatory amountandtherefundorthelevy;
(b)wherenorefundorlevyisfixed,toapplyan
amountequaltotheaccessioncompensatory
amount.However,withregardtotheimportinto
Portugalofthequantityofrawcanesugarreferred
toinArticle303oftheActofAccession,andof
anyquantitiesimportedfromthirdcountriesinto
PortugalonaccountofinsufficientavailabilityofArticle8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March1986.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25February1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
G.BRAKS