9.12.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL315/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2725/77
of8December 1977
fixingforthe1976/77sugarmarketingyeartheamountoftheproductionlevy
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,totalled1415176-7tonnes,expressedaswhitesugar;
whereas,therefore,theguaranteedquantityis
9136000tonnes:
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasArticle7(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No
700/73providesthatafixedamountshallbecalcu­
latedonthebasisoftheaverageoflossesincurredin
disposingofsugarduringtheperiodfrom1October
oftherelevantmarketingyearto30Septemberofthe
followingyear;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticular
Article27(7)thereof,
Whereas 1908719-1tonnesofsurplusproduction
wasdisposedofbetween 1October1976and30
September1977;whereasthefixedamountcalculated
ontheabovebasisis18-227unitsofaccountper100
kilograms;WhereasArticle7(1)ofCommonRegulation(EEC)
No700/73of12March1973layingdowncertain
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthequotasystem
forsugar(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1573/76(4),providesthattheamountoftheproduc­
tionlevymustbefixedforeachsugarmarketingyear;
whereasthecriteriaforfixingthesaidamountarelaid
downinArticle27(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74andinArticle7(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
700/73;Whereasthetotallossesincurredindisposingof
productioninexcessoftheguaranteedquantitycan
thusbeassessedat124518844-12unitsofaccount;
Whereasthetotalproductionabovebasicquotasbut
withinmaximumquotasandnotcarriedforwardwas
1220496-7tonnes;whereastheamountofthe
productionlevyiscalculatedbydividingthetotal
lossesbythelast-mentioned quantity;whereasthe
amountsocalculatedis10-20unitsofaccountper
100kilograms ;WhereasthetotalCommunitysugarproductionfor
the1976/77sugarmarketingyearwas10002723-5
tonnes;whereasthequantitiescarriedforwardtothe
1977/78sugarmarketingyearpursuanttoArticle31
ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74amountedto
30784-2tonnesandthequantitiesproducedduring
thesugarcampaigninquestionbutnotcarried
forwardexceededthemaximumquotasby152783-3
tonnes;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle27(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74,theguaranteedquantityshallbe
equaltohumanconsumptionintheCommunityless
thequantityimportedonpreferentialtermsduring
thesameperiod;whereastheguaranteedquantity
maynotbelessthanthesumofthebasicquotas;WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No,834/76of6
April1976fixingforthe1976/77sugarmarketing
yearthederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesfor
beet,thethresholdpricesandthemaximumamount
oftheproductionlevy,andfixingthecoefficientfor
calculatingthespecialmaximumquota(5),fixedthe
maximumamountoftheproductionlevyat9-94
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofwhitesugar;
whereasthelevyshouldthusbefixedat9-94unitsof
account ; Whereasthequantitydisposedofforhumanconsump­
tionintheCommunityduringtheperiod1October
1976to30September1977maybeestimatedat
8977000tonnes;whereaspreferentialimportsWhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL134,28.5.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL67,14.3.1973,p.12.h)OJNoL172,1.7.1976,p.52. (5)OJNoL100,14.4.1976,p.25.

NoL315/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.12.77
Article2 HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Theamountoftheproductionlevyforthe1976/77
sugarmarketingyearshallbe9-94unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsofwhitesugar.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8December1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President