Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1920/81 of 10 July 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector
Date: 1981-07-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: minimum stock, sugar













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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1920/81 of 10 July 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector  


Official Journal L 189 , 11/07/1981 P. 0023 - 0024 Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 13 P. 0152  Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 22 P. 0128  Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 13 P. 0152  Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 22 P. 0128  





COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1920/81 of 10 July 1981 amending Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 12 (3) thereof,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 of 30 June 1981 laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector (2),  Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has amended certain provisions in the system of minimum stocks applicable before 1 July 1981 ; whereas it is laid down that sugar produced in the French overseas departements and sugar imported and refined in the Community shall be treated similarly;  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 allows the transfer of the storage obligation from one manufacturer of white beet sugar to another;  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 (3) should be amended accordingly;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:    Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 is hereby amended as follows:    1. The second indent of Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:  "- shall not include sugar which has been carried forward in accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81."       2. Article 2 is replaced by the following:  "1. Without prejudice to Articles 2 and 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81, the minimum stock may be the property only of the manufactuer or refiner in question and must be unencumbered by any commitments which might impede the aims of Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.  Provided that the person concerned retains the right to dispose of the quantity of sugar in question, a commitment contracted by the manufacturer or refiner for the purpose of financing a minimum stock shall not be considered as impeding the obligations of this paragraph.  2. Where a manufacturer of beet sugar undertakes to fulfil the minimum stock obligation pursuant to Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81, he shall send to the competent authority of the Member State concerned, to reach it at the latest 30 days before the transfer of the storage obligation becomes effective, a copy of the contractual undertaking signed by the two contracting parties indicating the part of the obligation being transferred and the duration of the transfer.  Such duration shall not exceed a period of 12 calendar months ; it shall commence on the first day of a month. The manufacturer to whom the storage obligation is transferred shall inform the competent authority before the end of each month, in respect of the following month, the monthly quantity to which the transferred obligation applies.  Paragraph 1 shall apply to the manufacturer referred to in the first subparagraph to the extent of the quantities in respect of which the storage obligation has been transferred."       3. In Article 5 (4), the word "preferential" shall be replaced by the word "cane".     Article 2 1. This Regulation enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  2. The references to Regulation (EEC) No 1488/76 contained in Regulation (EEC) No 189/77 shall be understood as references to Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81.   (1) OJ No L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.  (2) OJ No L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 39.  (3) OJ No L 25, 29.1.1977, p. 27.      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 10 July 1981.  For the Commission  The President  Gaston THORN