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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)280final
..Brussels.16June1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No1358/77layingdowngeneral
*rulesforoffsettingstoragecostsforsugar
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C0M(78)280final

EXPLANATORY I®IORANDUM
ThisproposedRegulationarisesdirectlyfromtheproposaloriginally
presentedtotheCouncilon16November1977DocR2773/77(Agri733)
(Fin703)of16.11.19777whichaims,inparticular,tomodifyArticle3
ofthe.basicsugarRegulation(EEC)NO3330/74andwhichisduetobe
approvedbytheCouncilatitssessiononI9/2OJune1978.Thefirst
ArticleoftheNovember1977proposalisintendedtomodifythesaid
Article3soastoextendthestoragelevyandreimbursement system
tosucrosesyrupsproducedpriortothecrystallisation stage,or
thereafter ,fromsugarofCommunityoriginandfrompreferential sugar.
Consequently ,thepresentproposalisaimedatcompletingthegeneral
ruleslaiddownbytheCouncilinthisfieldinitsRegulation (SEC)
ITo1353/77.
Financialimplications
Initself,thepresentproposalhasnofinancialimplications .The
financial ^implications oftheCommission'sproposalof16November1977
weresetoutinthestatementaccompanyingthatproposal.(Thebudget
headingconcernedis6412(FSOGA)andchapter11(sugarlevies)}.

Proposal fora
COUl'CIL EEÜULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No1358/77laying down general rules
toroffsetting storage coats for
sug:ar
THE COUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC .)NO3330/74of19December 1974
onthecommon organization cftheraarket insugar (l),aslast amended
byRegulation (EEC)No /~j8(2)tandinparticular Article 8(3)(a )
thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal ,from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 8ofRegulation (EEC )No3330 /74defining thebasic pro­
visions governing the system foroffsetting storage costs for sugar extends
theapplication ofthat system tosucrose syrups produced inthe Community
after crystallisation ofsugar and tosyrups derived from preferential
sugar ;whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No1358/77of20June 1977 laying
down general rules foroffsetting storage costs forsugar andrepealing
Regulation (EEC)No7%>/6<3(3)should therefore beamended ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(1)OJNoL359 »31.12.197 ^,p«1
(2)OJNoL
(3)OJNoL156 ,25.0.1977 »p*4

Article1
Regulation(EEC)No1358/77isherebyamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle2(l),thewords"atthe"beginningoftheperiodreferredto
inArticle4(2)"aredeleted.
2.ThereisaddedattheendofthesecondindentofArticle3(l)the
following:
"andthesyrupsreferredtointhesecondsubparagraphofArticle8(l)
ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74»"*
3.ThesecondindentofArticle7(4)shallreadasfollows:
*
"eachrefinerinrespectofthequantitiesofpreferential sugar
whicharerefinedandofthesyrupsreferredtounder(c)ofthe
thirdsubparagraphofArticle8(l)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74»"«
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities *
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1July1978.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates* ' ,
Doneat FortheCouncil