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discriminatory asbetweenCRSsystems.Thisunder­
linestheneedfortheblockexemptiontobesuperseded
bythe'codeofconduct'(astheCommitteehaspointed
outpreviously).
4.4.TheCommitteewouldremindtheCommission
ofitsconcernthatCRSsystemsshouldbecompetitiveacrosstheCommunityandthatthedominanceofone
systemoveranotherinaMemberStateshouldnot
reflectthepredominance ofanowner-airline inthat
MemberState.
4.5.TheCommitteewillreserveanyfurthercom­
mentsonCRStoitsOpinionontheCodeofConduct.
DoneatBrussels,24November1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)amendingRegulation (EEC)
No1785/81onthecommonorganizationofthemarketsinthesugarsector(*)
(93/C19/16)
On9October1992theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle43oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheEconomicandSocialCommitteedecidedtoappointMrCharlesPelletierasRapporteur­
GeneralforitsOpinion.
Atits301stPlenarySession(meetingof25November1992),theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.3.BywayofderogationfromArticle16(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No1785/81,areducedimportlevy
ispaidonthistonnage,basedontheinterventionprice
ratherthanthethresholdprice.1.Preliminarycomments
1.1.Article303ofthePortugueseActofAccession
of12June1985containedtransitionalarrangements
fortheimportofrawsugartosupplythePortuguese
refiningindustry.
1.2.Thesetransitionalarrangementsallowtheannu­
alimportof75000tonnesofrawsugarfromfourACP
StateswithwhichPortugueserefinerieshadconcluded
multiannualagreementspriortoPortugal'saccession
totheEC.1.4.TheActofAccessionalsostatesthatifCom­
munitysuppliesofrawsugarareinsufficient,Portugal
canbeauthorizedbyCommissionRegulationtoimport
fromthirdcountries,atthesamereducedlevy,the
amountofsugarnecessarytomakeupthesuppliesto
itsrefineries .
1.5.Thesetransitionalarrangements ,designedto
ensurethatthePortugueserefiningindustryreceivesall
thesuppliesitneedstomeetdomesticconsumer
(J)OJNoC265,14.10.1992,p.3. demand,expireon31December1992.

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andthesupplyconditionsfortheECrefiningindustry
concurrently .TheCommitteecouldthenhaveissueda
singleOpiniononthePortugueserefiningindustry.
2.2.TheCommitteewillthushavetoreturntothe
matterinaseparateOpiniononthearrangementsfor
thecommonmarketinsugartobeappliedfrom1July
1993.1.6.Thecurrentproductionquotaarrangements in
thesugarsectoralsoexpireon30June1993.Regulation
(EEC)No1785/81requirestheCounciltodecideby
1January1993onthenewcommonmarketorganiza­
tionforsugartobeappliedfrom1July1993.
1.7.AstheCommissionhasnotyetpresenteda
proposalonthesubject,itisunlikelythattheCouncil
canrespectthisdeadline.
1.8.Inordertoensurethatthearrangementsforthe
importofrawsugarintoPortugalafter1July1993are
inkeepingwiththenewECsugararrangements ,a
RegulationisneededcoveringarrangementsinPortugal
fortheperiodfrom1Januaryto30June1993.Atthe
sametime,thenewsugarRegulation,toapplyfrom1
July1993,shouldalsolaydowntheconditionsunder
whichtheECrefiningindustry(includingthatofPortu­
gal)istobesupplied.
1.9.Accordingly,theCommissionproposesto
extendthepresentarrangementsforPortugalfora
furthersixmonths,reducingthetonnagetobeimported
tofitinwiththelengthofthisperiod.
2.Generalcomments
2.1.TheCommitteeregretsthattheCommissionhas
notissuedproposalsforthenewsugarRegulation3.Specificcomments
3.1.SincealteringthesupplyarrangementsforPor­
tugueserefineriestwicewithinafewmonthswould
impedetrade,theCommitteeapprovestheproposed
Regulation .
3.2.However,thisapprovaliswithoutprejudiceto
theOpinionwhichtheCommitteewillissueonthe
Commission'sforthcomingproposalsonsupplycon­
ditionsfortheECrefiningindustry,includingthatof
Portugal,from1July1993.
3.3.TheCommitteestressesthattheseproposals
mustrespectCommunitypreferenceonthePortuguese
marketwithregardtowhitesugarandrawsugarpro­
ducedwithintheEC.
DoneatBrussels,25November1992.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
SusanneTIEMANN