25.11.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL326/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2836/76
of24November 1976
supplementing Regulation (EEC)No442/70layingdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthesystemofoffsettingstoragecostsforsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1487/76(2),andinparticularthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle8(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle9(2)ofCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No442/70of9March1970layingdown
detailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemof
offsettingstoragecostsforsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1688/74(4),atpresentmakesno
provisionfortakingshortfallsorsurplusquantities
intoaccountwhencalculatingthereimbursement of
storagecosts;whereastothisendthemethodsalready
appliedbytheMemberStatesinthisrespectshould
beharmonized ;
Whereasitiseconomically desirabletoextendthe
term'approvedwarehouseofthemanufacturer'to
coverrentedwarehouses,providedtheseareapproved
bytheMemberStateconcernedandsubjecttoprior
consentbythatMemberState,saveincaseswherethe
processingcontractunderwhichthewarehouseis
rentedhasalreadybeenapprovedunderArticle3(2)
(a)ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No700/73of12
March1973layingdowncertaindetailedrulesforthe
applicationofthequotasystemforsugar(5),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1573/76(6);
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,ingly.Inthecaseofashortfallsuchadjustment
shallberetrospective ,witheffectfromthe
preceding 1November.
Inthecaseofasurplus,theadjustmentshallbe
—effectivefromthemonthinwhichthesurplus
isdiscovered,asregardssurplusesdiscovered
between1Octoberand31January;
—retrospectivewitheffectfromtheprevious1
Februaryasregardssurplusesdiscovered
between1Februaryand30September .
Thedatesreferredtointheprecedingsubpara­
graphsshallbedeferredbythreemonthsin
respectoftheFrenchdepartmentsofGuadeloupe
andMartinique .
If,however,itispossibletoestablishtheprecise
datewhenthediscrepancyinquestionfirstarose,
thenthatshallbethedatebyreferencetowhich
theadjustmentismade.
5.Forthepurposesofparagraph 1theexpres­
sion'approvedwarehouseofthemanufacturer
shallalsocoverawarehouserentedfromanother
manufacturer inwhichisstoredsugarprocessed
bythelatterunderacontractasreferredtoin
Article3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No700/73.
IftherentedwarehouseisinanotherMember
State,theMemberStatesconcernedshallreach
agreementonthemeasurestobetaken.Reimbur­
sementshallbemadeandthelevypaidtothe
MemberStateinwhichtheprincipalisestab­
lished.
6.Whenamanufacturer findsitnecessaryto
rentinthesameMemberStateawarehouseowned
byanothermanufacturer ,orbyaproprietorof
industrialstoragepremisesforrenting,suchaware­
housemay,subjecttopriorconsentbythe
MemberStateconcerned,betreatedasthefirst
manufacturer'swarehouseforpurposesofpara­
graph1.'HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thefollowingparagraphs4,5and6shallbeaddedto
Article9ofRegulation(EEC)No442/70:
'4.Wherediscrepancies arefoundbetweenthe
actualstocksandthestocksrecordedforpurposes
ofthereimbursement ofstoragecosts,theamount
ofthereimbursement shallbeadjustedaccord­
Article2(!)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.$OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL55,10.3.1970,p.10.
(4)OJNoL176,30.6.1974,p.5.
(5)OJNoL67,14.3.1973,p.12.
(6)OJNoL172,1.7.1976,p.52.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission