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COM (78)285
Vol.1978/0105

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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)285final.
Brussels,16June1978
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixing,for1978/1979sugarmarketingyear,thedifferential
chargetoheleviedonrawpreferential sugarandthediffe­
rentialamounttohegrantedinrespectofrawcanesugarfrom
theFrenchoverseasdepartments
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
layingdown,forthe1978/1979sugarmarketingyear,measures
tofacilitatethedisposalofsugarproducedintheFrench
overseasdepartments
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
\
frrt»
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COM(78)285final.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
.Prnmp«»CmmMIRp^v)*-Honforth«171°11^wii^a.rrr■arlfPt^riff
yp^r.thod<ffprerrHp1nhP.TP*annHn°h1btorawpreferential surar
andthedlffprpntial amounttoannTvtorawcanasugarproducedin
thraFrenchoverseasdenartnienta
Thebasicsugarregulationprovidesthatwherethemarginnecessary
fortherefiningofrawpreferential sugarexceedstherawbeetsugar
refiningmargintakenintoaccountinthedetermination oftherelevant
Communitypricesthenadifferential chargeshallbemadeonrawpre­
ferentialsugarwhenitisrefinedin.a"mixed"refinery.Asthiswill
bethecasein>-)1■'/'])thisproposalisforthepurposeoffixing
0
thesaidcharge.
Thebasicregulationalsoprovidesthatanamountequaltothecharge
referredtoaboveshallbegrantedfortherawsugarwhichisproduced
intheFrenchoverseasdepartments andrefinedinapurerefinery,and
thisisalsoprovidedforinthisproposal*

Proposalof
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixing,forthe1978/79sugarmarketingyear,thedifferentialchargetobelevied
onrawpreferentialsugarandthedifferentialamounttobegrantedinrespectof
rawcanesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES .
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe.European
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No(2),andinparticular
Articles9(5)and47(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle46(I)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74providesthatwherethereisadifference
between,ontheonehand,therawsugarrefining
marginusedtodeterminetheintervention -and
thresholdpricesforrawsugarand,ontheotherhand,
themarginnecessaryfortherefiningofrawpreferen­
tialsugar,adifferentialchargetobemadeonthe
lattersugarshallbefixedforthesugarmarketingyear
inquestion;
Whereasthebulkoftherawpreferentialsugarcannot
berefinedunlessuseismadeoftherefineriesdefined
inArticle9(7)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74;
whereasthemarginrequiredfortherefining,ofthe
saidsugarinsuchrefineriesisgreater,accordingto
theinformationatpresenttohand,thanthattaken
intoaccountwhendeterminingtheinterventionand
thresholdpricesforrawsugarforthel97fi/79sugar
marketingyear;whereasadifferentialchargeshould
thereforebefixedforthatyear;whereastheamount
thereofmaybefixedataflatrateof1,69unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressedaswhite
sugar,takingintoaccountcertaindifferencesinthe
costsconcerned ;
WhereasArticle46(2)(b)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3HO/74makesprovisionforthenon-applicationof
thewholeofthedifferentialcharge,orpartofthat
HOJNoI.11,12.1*74,p.|
(')OlNoI. 'charge,toanyrawpreferentialsugarwhichis
importedintoregionsoftheCommunityandrefined
thereinaproductionunitotherthanarefineryas
definedinArticle9(7)ofthatRegulation ;whereas,
havingregardtothetraditionalpatternsofsuppliesof
thesaidsugartoIreland,amaximumquantityof
30000tonnesofthatsugarexpressedaswhitesugar
refinedinthatregioninthe1977'78sugarmarketing
yearwasexemptedfromthedifferentialcharge;
whereas,forthesamereasons,thatexemptionshould
becontinuedinrespectofIrelandforthe197Q/7)
.sugarmarketingyear;
WhereasthesecondsubparagraphofArticle9(3)of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74provides,inparticular,,
thatwhereadifferentia !chargehasbeenfixed,adiffer­
entialamountequaltothatchargeshallbegrantedin
respectoftheraw.sugarproducedintheFrenchover­
seasdepartmentsandrefinedinarefinerydefinedin
paragraph7ofthatArticleandsituatedinthe
Community ;whereasthatamountshouldtherefore
befixedat1,69unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsof.whitesugar.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article/
ThisRegulationshallapplytothe1978/79sugar
marketingyear.
Artille2
ThedifferentialchargeprovidedforinArticle46(I)
ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbefixedat1,69
unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofsugarexpressed
aswhitesugarbyreferencetoarawsugaryieldcalcu­
latedbydoublingthedegreeofpolarizationofthat
sugaranddeducting100therefrom.Nevertheless ,this
chargeshallnotapplytorawpreferentialsugar

1,69
refinedduringthe1978/79sugarmarketingyearin3330/74shallbefixedat\funitsofaccountper
Irelanduptoamaximumquantityof30000tonnes 10.0kilogramsofwhitesugar,
ofsugarexpressedaswhitesugar.
ArticleJ - Article4
Thedifferentialamountprovidedforinthesecond
subparagraphofArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)NoThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1978
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
Done
FortheCouncil

FICHEFIHŒE DATEI -'/>•6.1978
.Art .110 (recettes sucre )X.LIGNE UOTCCTAIRB COSCERSEE ,Art . IM\REUECRUD IT3 I
Ï,DUAILYCI B4IW * ■.«M \etposte 6414 (mesures (sucre DOMj
2.INTITULE DEL'ACTICÏ IProposition derèglement duConseil fixant pour acampagne
âucrière 1978/1979 lacotisation différentielle àpercevoir surlesucre prefe
rentiel àaccorder ausucre brutdecanne desdépartements français doutre mer
J.BASEJURIDIQUE IArticles 9et47duRègl .3330 /74duConseil
4.OBJECRIRS DEL'ACTION !percevoirunecotisation surlesucre préférentiel brut raffiné
ensucrerie etoctroyer cemêmemontant ausucre brutdesDOMpour éviter des
distorsions deconcurrence .
5.ISCIDHICES FINANCIERES
5.0DE?2."3E3
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to^»CSVX(i^ii'TERTOrrio:is )enMuce
-ALACHARGE AKITHISTR .NATIONALES
y-ALACHARCE D'AUTRES S3STEORS NATIKAUX
5.1RECETTES ,
-RESSOURCES PROPRIS CE
(PRELEVO-ENTS /DROITS DEDOUANE )
-SURL£PLAN NATIONALSUIVA:IT (79
5,5 2,2 3,-3
ANNEE Α2ΠΤΕΕ· ANNES
5.0.1 ECHEANCIER PLURIANNUEL DEPENSES
5.1.1 ECHEANCIER PLURIANNUEL RECETTESmesure limitée àlacampagne 1978 /79
5.2 MODE DECALCUL300.000 tx16,9 =5»1raucsoit 5,5muce
6.0 FINANCÉXSiT POSSIBLE PARCREDITS INSCRIT3 AtJCHAPITRE CONCERNE DANS LEBUDCET ENCOURS D'EXECUTION OUI/
6.1 FINANCEMENT POSSIBLE PAflTIRDŒÎT ENTRE CHAPITRES DUBUDGET ENCOURS D'EXECUTION
6.2 NECESSITE D'UNBUDGET SUPPLEKERTAIRE .TTON
5.1 CRKDIT3 AINSCRIRE DANS LESBUDGETS FUTURS /NON
OBSERVATIONS ICette action n'estpasunemesura nouvelle ;elle estprévue au
règlement debase (C&3)no3330/74©"telle aétéappliquée chaque
campagne depuis lamise enoeuvre duProtocole no3surlesucre ACP
annexe alaConvention deLomé .

EXPLANATORY MET-JORMDUM
II.Prnrr.gp^CmirirnRft/nilatlon1avir\rdQwrU-fOT-Jthfl DBUretf"
F.firKfitinff-v»f%r»rifitfMTflatQfaf.mt.itethedisposalofsugar
producedintheFrenchoyeraeafidepartments
Becauseofthedifficulties indisposingoftherawsugarproduced
intheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsinEuropeanregionsofthe
Community,measuresdesignedtofacilitateitsdisposalhaveapplied
since1February1973whentheCommunity "begantoimportofsugar
covered "bytheCommonwealth SugarAgreement »Thesemeasures,appli­
cableinprincipleonasugarmarketingyearbasis,consistofthe
granting,under.certainconditions,ofCommunityaidfortherefining
ofthissugar*
Thequantityofsugarrefinedineachsugarmarketingyearhas"been
oftheorderof2^0000tonnes.
Thedifficulties recognisedbytheCommunityinthepastcontinue
toexist,andtheCommissionthereforethinksitappropriateto
proposethatsimilarfacilitating measuresshouldbeadoptedfor
the 3U£armarketingyear.TheseshouldconsistofaCommunity
refiningsubsidywhichwillasfaraspossibleassistthedisposal
ofthissugarwithintheCommunityandincreaseitstradeflow,
irrespective oftheplaceofrefiningandthetechnicalnatureof
therefineries concerned.
Suchsubsidyshouldbeestablished onthebasisofthevalueof
therawsugardeliveredattheplaceofrefining,theoutletsafter
processing ,thenecessaryrefiningmarginforsugarrefinedina
"pure"refinery,andthedifferential amountfixedforthe
*
sugarmarketingyear.Onthisbasisitisappropriatetoprovide
asubsidyof1,22unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofsugar
expressedaswhiteBUgar.

Proposalof
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
layingdown,forthe1978/79sugarmarketingyear,measurestofacilitatethe
disposalofsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No(2),andinparticular
Article9(5)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatappropriatemeasuresaretobetakenin
theeventofdifficultiesarisinginthedisposalofsugar
producedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereastheexistenceofsuchdifficultieshasbeen
recognizedinthepastandappropriateCommunity
measureshavealreadybeentaken;whereasthesediffi­
cultiesstillremain;
Whereastheeconomicrelationshipbetweenthe
FrenchoverseasdepartmentsandtheEuropean
regionsoftheCommunityrequiresthatthebulkof
thesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments
shouldbedisposedofinthoseregions;
Whereasasubsidyshouldbegrantedfortherefining
ofthesugarconcernedtoensurethatthesequantities
aredisposedofinthoseregions;whereastheamount
ofthesubsidyshouldbedeterminedonthebasisofthe«-valueoftherawsugardeliveredattheplaceof
refining,theoutletsafterprocessing,thenecessary
refiningmarginforsugarrefinedinarefineryas
definedinArticle9(7)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74andthedifferentialamountfixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No.../78of...1978fixing,
forthe1978/7?,sugarmarketingyear,thedifferential
chargetobeleviedonrawpreferentialsugarandthe
differentialamounttobegrantedinrespectofraw
canesugarfromtheFrenchoverseasdepartments(3),
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
This^Regulationshallapplyforthe1978/79sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
1.Withinthemaximumquotaasubsidyshallbe
grantedforsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseas
departmentsandrefinedintheCommunity.
2Thesubsidyreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
1»22unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofsugar
expressedaswhitesugar.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceoniJuly197g.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
Doneat
FortheCouncil
(')OINoI.<1.12.1974,p|(•)OINoL-P'
(■•)SeepageofthisOfficial|ournnl.

■tm
*1ril0FaIOMIt.f-ar°llafIhiîSmîLfikuLflUillVtaShii ^DATE .13.6.1973
1.UŒTE FJDCCTAIRE OCNCERNEE 1Poste6414(mesuressucreDOM)J'
2.INTITULE DEL'ACTION 1Proposition derèglement duConseilarrêtantpourlacampagne
si-crière 1978/1979desmesuresdestinées àfaciliter ,l'écoulement dessucres
produits danslesdépartements français d1outre-mer
3.BAS*;JURIDIQUE »Article 9§5durèglement (CEE)n°3330/74duConseil
4.ODJECÎIFS DEL'ACTIONipourassurerl'écoulement de300.000tdesucreD0Mdansles
régionscommunautaires déficitaires ensucre,ilestnécessaire d'octroyer une
•zj–•– -
subvention pourleraffinage dusucreencause.
5.ISCIDOiCES FINANCIERES
5„0DEPENSES
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( >en.Muoe
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*xxa*x«xwexw xxx«xxacxs»*xixwmwx
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(PRELEVrJSrTS/DROITSDEDOUANE)
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4,0 11,6 I2.,4
ANNEE AîWEE»< ANNEE
5.0AECHEANCIER PLURlAîOîUEl /DEPENSES
5.1.xWW3 mesurelimitée àlacampagne .1978/79
5.2 K0DE DECALCUL300.000tx12,20uc/t=3,67muesoit4»0muoe
LoFINANCDOST POSSIBLE PARCREDITS INSCRITS AUCHAPITRE CONCERNE DANSLEBUDCET TXCOURSD'EXECUTION OUI/
I"\
nNAJiCGOTT POSSIBLE PARvIREKEirr ETJTRECHAPITRES DUBUDGET ENCOURSD'EXECUTION
5.2NECESSITE D'UNFJDGET SUPPLFMESTAIRE /NON
tCREPIT3 AINSCRIRE DANSLESBUDCETS FUTURS
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Cette action n'estpasunemesure nouvelle (voir exposé desmotifs )