13.3.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL66/21
REGULATION (EEC)No689/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of9March1973
layingdowncertaindetailedrulesnecessaryfortheapplicationofthesubsidyprovided
fortherefiningofrawsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andin
particularArticles9(8)and38thereof;
Whereas,inArticle2ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No239/73(3)of31January1973onthemarketing
priceforsugarimportedintotheUnitedKingdom
underthetermsoftheCommonwealth SugarAgree­
mentandonmeasurestoassistthemarketingof
sugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,
asubsidyisprovidedforrawsugarproducedinthe
Frenchoverseasdepartmentsandrefinedinthe
Community asoriginallyconstituted ;whereas
certainprovisionsshouldbemadetoregulatethe
procedureforgrantingsuchsubsidy;whereasit
mustbeensuredthat,intradeinsuchsugar,com­
petitionisnotdistortedbythegrantingofotheraids,
evenwherethesetaketheformofanexemptionin
wholeorinpartfromacharge;
WhereastheamountsspecifiedinArticle3ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No239/73arefor100kilogrammesof
whitesugar;whereasforadministrative purposes
connectedwiththegrantingofthesubsidythose
amountsshouldbeconvertedintoamountsfor100
kilogrammesofrawsugarandprovisionshouldbe
madeforthenecessaryadjustmentswheretheyield
differfromthatofthestandardquality;
Whereasprovisionshouldbemadeforregular
commmunication whichwouldhelptoascertain
howmuchofthesugarinvolvedisbeingrefined;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSugarhas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitset
byitsChairman ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheamountsofsubsidyspecifiedinArticle3
ofRegulation (EEC)No239/73,convertedinto
amountsfor100kilogrammes ofstandardquality
rawsugar,are:
(a)0-86unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefined
between1February1973and30June1973.
inclusive;
(b)0-63unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefined
duringthe1973/74marketingyear;
(c)0-40unitsofaccountforrawsugarrefined
between1July1974and28February1975
inclusive.
2.Forrawsugarofaqualityotherthanthe
standardqualitytheamountsspecifiedinparagraph
1shallbeadjustedbyaconversionfactor.This
conversionfactorshallbeequaltotheyieldofsuch
rawsugardividedby92.Theyieldshallbecalcu­
latedinaccordancewithArticle1ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No431/68(4)of9April1968deter­
miningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand
fixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar.
Article2
ThesubsidyproviedforinArticle2ofRegulation
(EEC)No239/73shallbegrantedtoanyrefiner
whoprocessesrawsugarintowhitesugarinoneof
theMemberStatesoftheCommunityasoriginally
constituted .Thesubsidyshallbegranted,onappli­
cationfromtherefinertobesubmittedbeforethe
sugarisrefined,bytheMemberStateinwhoseterri­
torytherawsugarisprocessed.Theapplicantshall
provethattherawsugarinquestionwasproduced
intheFrenchoverseasdepartments .Theconcerned
MemberStatetakesthissugarundercustoms
control,orunderanadministrative inspection
offeringequivalentguarantees .
Article3
Allotheraidsconcerningtherefiningofthesugar
specifiedinArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No
(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(s)OJNoL29,1.2.1973,p.14. (4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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239/73,evenintheformofexemptioninwholeor
inpartfromanycharge,isprohibited .
Article4
EachoftheMemberStatesspecifiedinArticle2
shallinformtheCommission foreachmonthwithin
thenexttwomonthsofthequantitiesonwhichthe
subsidyspecifiedinArticle1hasbeengranted;forthepurposesofsuchcommunications thequantities
shallbeconvertedintostandardqualityrawsugar.
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayof
itspublicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuro­
peanCommunities .Itshallapplyfrom1February
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DaneatBrussels,9March1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI