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Proposal for a
REGULATION (SEC )OPTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC)Nc"66/68asregards the
granting ;ofexport refunds onsugars imported into
the Community under preferential systems
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CCr(75 )463fiiipl .

EXPLANATORY IIEIOEAIILUM
1.TheCommissionhasjustintroducedlegislationconcerningtenderingwith
aviewtofixingrefundsorexportlevies,asthecasenay"be,forvhite
sugarforthe1975/76marketingyear.Producemustbeexportedfrom
1October1975onwards.
Inthisconnection ,aproblemarisesconcerningexportrefundsonsugar
importedintotheCommunityunderapreferential system.Article15of
Regulation(EEC)Ho766/68,whichlaysdownthatnoexportrefundshall
begrantedonwhitecrrawsugar -unlessproducedfromsugarbeetor
sugarcaneharvestedwithintheCommunityoronthoseproductsfalling
withinheadingsITcs17*02CtoFand17*050oftheCommonCustoms
TariffevenifofCommunityorigin,precludesthegrantingofrefunds
on"preferential "sugars.
2.TheCommissionrecallsthatbyvirtueofparagraph4ofProtocol17,until
28February1975vhitesugarproducedfromrawsugarimportedunderthe
terrasoftheProtocolwaseligiblefortheexportrefundapplicablein
theUnitedKingdom.
TheCommissionalsopointsoutthatProtocolNo3totheLomeConvention
betweentheAOPcountriesandtheEEC,liketheCouncilDecisionof
25February1975concerningtheimportation ofcanesugaroriginatingin
theoverseascountriesandterritories andtheagreementoncanesugar
betweentheEECandtheRepubliccfIndia,introducedpreferential
systemsinvolving-inparticular-anundertakingtopurchaseatnegotiated
pricescombinedwitharightofintervention andanundertakingto
importintotheCommunity :,Underthesecircumstances ,this"preferential "
sugarbecomesidenticalwith"Community"sugar.
Finally,theCommissionnotesthevirtualimpossibility ofdistinguishing
betweenbeetsugarcrcasesugarproducedx:ithintheCommunityandthat
ofotherorigins.
Consequently ,thoCommissionintendstoproposetotheCouncilthatthe
32rstemofexpertrefundsshouldbeextendedto"preferential "sugar.
./.

Proposalof.
REJULATIOir(EEC)OFTHECOUfCIL
amendingRegulation(EEC)W®766/68asregardsthegranting
ofexportrefundsonsugarsimportedintotheCommunity
•underpreferential systems
ÏHECCUBCILOPTH2EUROPEANCŒMJIŒTISS,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoRegulation(EEC)Bo3330/74of"theCouncilof19December1974
onthecommonorganization ofthemarketinsugar'andinparticularArticle1?
(2)and(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
2
WhereasArticle15ofRegulation(EEC)H®166/68oftheCouncilof18June1968
layingdotrageneralrulesforgrantingexportrefundsonsugar•,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)Ho1102/75^»laysdownfirstlythatnorefund
shallbegrantedontheproductslistedinArticle1(l)(a)and(c)of
RegulationHoIOO9/67/EEC,nowrepealedandreplacedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3130/'i4»unlesstheyhavebeenproduced'fromsugarbeetorsugarcane
harvestedwithintheCommunity,andsecondlythatnoexportrefundshall
begrantedontheproductslistedinArticle1(l)(d)oftheaforementioned
regulation .-whicharenotofCommunityorigin;'
whereasunderparagraph4ofProtocolITo17totheactofaccession^and
notwithstanding theprovisionsofArticle15(l)ofRegulation(EEC)
ITo"J66/6S,theexportrefundapplicableintheUnitedKingdommaybegranted
forwhitesugarproducedfromrawsugarimportedunderthetermsofthe
Protocol;
Whereaspreferential importsystemsapplyingtosugarcombinedwithunder-
talcingtopurchaseandimportweresubsequently introducedbyProtocolN*3
onsugartotheLomeConventionbetweentheACPcountriesendtheEEC,by
theCouncilDecisionof25February1975concerningtheimportationofcane
^0JÎToL359of31.12.1974,P.l
2^0JHoL143of25.6.19?8,p.6
^0JHoL110of30.6.1975,P.l
4'0JIToL73of27.3.1972,p.17 ''•/•

,5)exjtx inthoov-arne-vsco-intriesandterritories ,saidbythe
6^agreementbetweentheSECandtheRepublicofIndiaoncanesngar'?
whereastheimplementation ofthesepreferential Eystomsajidinparticular
oftheundertakings referredtocallsforanextensionofthesystem
ofexportrefundstosugarsimportedunderpreferentiel systems;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article15ofRegulation(EEC)Ho766/68shallbedeletedandreplaced
bythefollowing:
"Article15
1#BoexportrefundshallbegrantedontheproductslistedinArticle1
(a)ofRegulation(EEC)Ho3330/74unlesstheyhavebeen:
I
a)producedfromsugarbeetorsugarcaneharvestedwithinthe
Community;
b)importedintotheCommunitybyvirtue:
-ofProtocolHo3onsugartotheLomeConventionbetweenthe
ACPcountriesandtheESC;
-oftheCouncilDecisionof25February1975concerningthe
importationofcanesugaroriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories ;
-oftheagreementbetweentheEECandtheRepublicofIndiaon
canesugar;.
c)producedfromoneoftheproductsimportedbyvirtueoftheprovisions
referredtounder(b)«
ι
2#HoexportrefundshallbegrantedontheproductslistedinArticle1
(l)(c)and(d)ofRegulation(EEC)Ho3330/74whicharenotofComimi-
« ?:T,nityoriginorhavenot?beenproducedfromsugarsimportedintothe
Communitybyvirtueofthe.provisionsreferredtoinparagraphe1(h)
orfromproductsspecified'inparagraph1(c)»Article1
5)-"OJHo ,sr.v
6)oJHoL190of23.7.1975.^P.36

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ThisRegulationshall.beenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowing
itspublicationintheOfficialJournalfotheEuropeanCommunities®
ItshallapplyfVom1October1975»
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallITonberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil