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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)291final
Brussels-4June1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdown,forthe1979/80sugarmarketingyear,measurestofacilitate
thedisposalofsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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EXPLANATORY KESRANEUK
II.PrnTTi^pdCnimr.1lRegulationlaving-down.for .the197.9/80.ev.irxr
gar^atingvenr^Eieasaresto.facilitatethgdl,3r>on?.lof,gurar
Becauseofthedifficulties indisposingoftherawsugarproduced
intheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsinEuropeanregionsofthe
Community,measuresdesignedtofacilitateitsdisposalhaveapplied
since1February1973whentheCommunitybegantoimportofsugar
coveredbytheCommonwealth SugarAgreement *Thesemeasures,appli­
cableinprincipleonasugarmarketingyearbasis,consistofthe
granting,undercertainconditions,ofCommunityaidfortherefining
ofthissugar.
The(juantityofsugarrefinedineachsugarmarketingyearhasbeen
oftheorderof3^0000tonnes.
Thedifficulties recognisedbytheCommunityinthepastcontinue
toexist,andtheCommissionthereforethinksitappropriateto
proposethatsimilar .facilitating measuresshouldbeadoptedfor
the1979/8Osugarmarketingyear.TheseshouldconsistofaCommunity
refiningsubsidywhichwillasfaraspossibleassistthedisposal
ofthiesugarwithintheCommunityandincreaseitstradeflow,
irrespective oftheplaceofrefiningandthetechnicalnatureof
therefineries ooncemed.
Suchsubsidyshouldbeestablishedonthebasisofthevalueof
therawsugardeliveredattheplaceofrefining,theoutletsafter
processing,thenecessaryrefiningmarginforsugarrefinedina
"pure"refinery,andthedifferential amountfixedforthe
sugarmarketingyear*Onthisbasisitisappropriatetoprovide
asubsidyof1.47ECUper100kilogrammesofsugar
expressedaswhitesugar*
%
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
layingdown,forthe1979/80sugarmarketingyear,measures
tofacilitatethedisposalofsugarproducedintheFrench
overseasdepartments
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3330/74of19December1974
onthecommonorganisation ofthemarketinBugar(l),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticularArticle9(5)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle9(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74providesthatappro­
priatemeasuresaretobetakenintheeventofdifficulties arisingin
thedisposalofsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;whereas
theexistenceofsuchdifficulties hasbeenrecognizedinthepastand
appropriate Communitymeasureshavealreadybeentaken;whereasthese
difficultiesstillremain;
Whereastheeconomicrelationship betweentheFrenchoverseasdepartments
andtheEuropeanregionsoftheCommunityrequiresthatthebulkofthe
sugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments shouldbedisposedofinthose >
regions;
Whereasasubsidyshouldbegrantedfortherefiningofthesugarconcerned
toensurethatthesequantitiesaredisposedofinthoseregions;whereas
theamountofthesubsidyshouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthevalue
oftherawsugardeliveredattheplaceofrefining,theoutletsafter
processing,thenecessaryrefiningmarginforsugarrefinedinarefinery
asdefinedinArticle9(7)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74a-nd"the
differential amountfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No/79
1979fixing,forthe1979/80sugarmarketingyear,thedifferential
chargetobeleviedonrawpreferential sugarandthedifferential amount
tobegrantedinrespectofrawcanesugarfromtheFrenchoverseas
departments (3),
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION !
(1)0JNoL359,31.12.1974,p.l
(2)0JNoL170,27.6.1978,p.l
(3)SeepageofthisOfficialJournal

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Article 1
This Regulation shall apply forthe1979/80sugar marketing year »
Article 2 '
1.Within themaximum quota asubsidy shall "begranted forsugar
produced intheFrench overseas departments andrefined inthe
Community .
2.Thesubsidy referred toinparagraph 1shall he1-47 ECUper
100kilograms ofsugar expressed inwhite value .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on1July 1979 *
This Regulation shall "bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member .States .
Done atLuxembourg , For the Council

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Date:17.*5*1979
1.BUDGETHEADING:Heading6414measureFOD-sugar )APPROBIATIONS :
2.TITLE:ProposalofCouncilRegulation layingdown,forthe1979/80sugar-
marketing yearmeasurestofacilitate thedisposal ofsugarproducedinthe
Frenchoverseas departments . 1
3.LEGALBASIS-SAP-fcicle9(5)ofCovincilRegulation (EEC)NO.3330/74
«.AIMSOFPROJECT;j[gnecessary tograntarefining subsidy onFOD-sugar to
guarantee that300*000tofthatsugarcanbe'disposed ofindeficit
areasoftheCommunity .
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESIIBALA>= -»#€€-WSI .
measure 1imitedtothemarketing year1979/805.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE ■„-CHARGED TOTHEECBUDGET MKUA
-^-NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
–-OWt#
5.1RECEIPTS
-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
-NATIONALPERIOD OF12MONTHS
4,1CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR
.{79)
1,6FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
(80)
2,5
5.2METHOD OFCALCULATION i
' ',"' '
300.000tx14,75Bcu/t=»4,425"1Ecu=4,1mEua
6.0CANTHEPROJECT BEFINANCED FROMAPPROBATIONS ENTERED INTHERELEVANT CHAPTER OFTHECURRENT BUDGET ?
YES/TO
I6.1CANTHEPROJECT BEFINANCED BYTRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OFTHECURRENT BUDGET ?
YCSrNO
6.2ISASUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BENECESSARY ?
t V1Έ5/Ν0
rWILLFUTURE BUDGET APPROBATIONS BENECESSARY ?
-YtS/NO
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