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COMMISSION CPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(74)427final
Brussels,27March1974
Amendmenttotheproposalof
REGULATION(^C)OFTHECOUNCIL
supplementing RegulationNo1009/67/CEEonthecommon
organization ofthemarketinsugar
(Presented ,"bytheCommissiontotheCouncilpursuanttothesecond
paragraphofArticle149oftheEECTreaty)
COT'(74)4?7final

Amendmenttotheproposalof
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
supplementing RegulationNoIOO9/67/CEEonthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinsugar
(doc.COM(74)30final,partX.jdoeCOIi(74)156finalanddoeCOM(74)
382final)
Thisproposalshall"beamendedasfollows:
1.Thefollowingtextasfifthandsixthconsiderations :
"WhereastheprovisionsofArticle16ofRegulationnoIOO9/67/EEC
onexportleviesshallnotapplytothesugarproducedinexcessof
themaximumquota;
Whereasontheonehandthepersistentsituationofunlessashortage
andthehighpricesoftheworldmarketandontheotherhandthe
riskforthesuppliesoftheCommunitybecauseofthe-nncertainty
aboutthefuturequantitiestobeimportedundertheProtocolNo22
annexedtotheActoftheAccessionTreaty"^whereasthereforeand
inviewoftoavoidthecontractforexportofthissugaralongtime
beforehisproductionitseemsnecessarytoadopttheprincipleof
theapplicability oftheexportlevyalsoonsugarproducedinexcess
ofthemaximumquotabutwithproviding,thepossibilitytodecide,
previouslyknowledgeoftherealsituationonapplies,todischarge
thissugarformtheexportlevy,".
2.InsertthefollowingArticle2^er:
"Article2
TheArticle25(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/CE3isreplacedbythe
followingtext:
"TheprovisionsofArticles8,9and17shallnotapplytothe
quantityreferredtoinparagraph 1whichisnotcarriedforward
tothefollowingmarketingyearpersuanttoArticle32.However
theprovisionsofArticle16maybedecidednottoapply.".
(1)O.J.NoL73,27.3.1972,p.177

Explanatory Note
Theproductionsystemtoapplyinthesugarseciouprovidesthatthe
sugarproducedinexcessofthemaxinumquota_shallnot"bedisposed
ofontheinternalmarketoftheCommunityandthatcertainprovisions
asthoseontheexportlevyshallnotapplytothissugar.Theworld
marketischaracterized "byapersistentsituationofunlessashortage
andbypricesdoubleofthepricesintheCommunity.
TheCommonwealth SugarAgreementexpiresontheendof1974andthe
negociations aboutthefutureimportsfromcertaindevelopingcountries
(ProtocolNo22)arenotyetbegun.Inthisncex-taintyitianecessary
inviewofremovingtheriskwhichisresultingforthesuppliesof
theCommunitytolaydotmtheprincipjeoftheapplicationoftheexport
levyalsoonsugarproducedinexcessofthemaximumquotabutwith
providingthepossibilitytodecide,previouslyknowledgeofthereal
situationonapplies,todischargethissugarfromtheexportlevy.
Thereforeitispossibletoavoidthecontractforexportofthis
sugaralongtimebeforehisproductionandthenincaseofunless
ashortagesubsequently ascertainedtobeinapositiontousethis
sugarforsupplyingtheinternalmarketoftheCommunity.