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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROIEAN COMMUNITES
COM(74)601 Final
Brussels ,26April 1974
PROPOSAI .FORA
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REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
onataxto "becharged onexports ofcertain sugar products
based oncereals ,rice andmilk intheevent ofsupply
difficulties with regard tosugar
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(74 )601Final

EXPLAMTORY MMORA1TOUM
Article16ofthebasicsugarRegulationprovidesforachargeofaspecial
exportlevywhenyouhavetheriskthatthesugarsupplyintheentire
CommunityorinanareaoftheCommunitycannot "besecuredatapricelevel,
whichdoesnotexceedthethresholdprice*InNovember1973thesituation
ontheworldmarketandontheinternalmarketoftheCommunitynecessitated
theestablishment ofthisspecialexportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar#
Sincethentheworldmarketpriceconcerningsugarhasgoneupsothatthis
pricehasreachedalevelataboutthedoubleoftheCommunityprice#
TheinternalsugarmarketoftheCommunity,beinginastateoftotal
equilibriumconsideringtheinternalproduction,importsfromsomeCommonwealth
countriesandthepredictedconsumption ,hasrecentlybeencharacterized by
asensiblepriceincrease.
Thebasicsugarregulationdoesnotprovideforthepossibilitytoexpandthe
applicationofalevy011sugarexportstoprocessedsugarproductsbasedon
milkorotheragricultural products#Whatthesugarproductsbasedoncereal
orriceconcernitisparticularly aquestionofcertainmixturesofglucose
andsucrosewhichcangiverisetoabuseinordertoavoidthespeciallevy
onsugarexports#
Withregardtoalltheeconomicalfactorsontheinternalandexternalsugar
marketandinparticularthefavourablepositionofthesugarproductsin
theCommunity,itprovesnecessarytoprovideforthepossibilitytoesta­
blishanexporttaxtoavoidanincreasingexportofsugarproductsbased
oncereal,riceandmillc#
Theproposedprovisionallowstheuseofataxonexportsofthesedifferent
productsaccordingtotheproceduresoftheManagementCommitteefor"cereal",
"rice"and"milk"*

iiR.VFTU?PROPOSALOP
REGULATION .(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
onataxto"bechargedonexportsofcertainsugarproducts
"basedoncereals,riceandmilkintheeventofsupply
difficulties withregardtosugar
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUREPEANCOMMUNITIES ,•
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No120/67^of13June1967»
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketincereals,aslastamended "by
Regulation(EEC)No..../74^»andinparticularArticle18(2)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO359/67^of25July1967*on
thecommonorganization ofthemarketinrice,aslastamended "byRegulation
(EEC)NO/74^\andinparticularArticle20(2)thereof;,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68"^of27Juae1968on
thecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No662/74^1and-inparticularArticle19(2)
thereof; '
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;Whereaspursuanttothe ', -/,„/7)secondsubparagraph -ofArticlelo(l)ofCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
of18December1967onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinsugar,as
lastamendedbyRégulation(EEC)NO/74»provisionmaybemadefor
aspeciallevytobechargedonexportsofsugarintheeventofsupply
difficulties withintheCommunitywithregardtosugar;
Whereasfromexperiencegainedinapplyingthismeasureithasbeenclear
thatitseffectiveness maybeendangeredincaseswheresugarisexported
intheformofcertainproductsbasedoncereals,riceormilk;whereas
.thisdangerexistinparticularforcertainmixturesofsugarandthese
1and
productsbasedoncerealsandricesoforcertainmilkproducts,particularly
asskimmedmilkpowderandcondensedmilk,whenthesemixturesormilkproducts
havearelativelyhighsugarcontent;whereasprovisionshouldtherefore
1)OJNr.117,19.6.1967,p.2269/67
2)OJNr.
3)OJNr.174.31.7.1967,p.l
4}OJNr.
5)OJNr.L148,28.6.1968,p.13
6)OJNr.L85,29.3.1974 »S.51
7)OJNr.308,18.12.1967,S.l 1
8)OJNr.

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for
bemade/acharge to "belevied onexports oftheproducts inquestion ,
calculated onthebasis ofthe special levy onsugar when this levy -
isexceeding acertain amount jwhereases desirable forapplying this
measure totake inaccount ,asthecase maybe,thecharge onexport
levied pursuant theRegulation .HoI2O/67/EEC ,Ho359/67/EECand (EEC)
No804/685
Whereas this additional measure must beadopted byderogating from the
rules provided forrespectively inparagraph 2ofArticles 18,20 and19
ofRegulations No120/67/EEC ,No359/67/EECand (EEC)No804/68.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1
1#Where aspecial levy exceeding 5units ofaccount per100kilogrammes is
charged onexports ofsugar ,thecharging ofataxonexports ofproducts
containing sugar referred toinArticle 1ofRegulations Nq120/67/EEC ,
No359/67/EECandHo804/68may "bedecided inaccordance with the
procedure laid down inparagraph 3*
2«Theamount oftheexport taxshall hefixed inrelation tothesugar
content ofthesugar product based oncereals ,rice ormilk concerned ,
tothespecial levy applying towhite sugar and,should thecase happen ,
tothecharge onexport ofthesame products pursuant respectively to
Regulations NoI20/67/EEC,No359/67/EECand (EEC)No804/68.
3«Detailed rules fortheapplication ofthis article shall beadopted in .
accordance with theprocedure laid down inArticle 26ofRegulation
No120/67/EECor,asthecasemaybe,inthecorresponding article of
Regulation No359/67/EECand (EEC)No804/68,
Article 2
This regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities »
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable in
allMember States .
Done atBrussés , Per the Council