TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES ;
WHEREAS IN RECENT YEARS PRODUCTION IN THE COMMUNITY AS ORIGINALLY CONSTITUTED HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL IN RELATION TO CONSUMPTION ; WHEREAS EVEN IN THOSE REGIONS WHICH ARE LEAST SUITABLE FOR BEET CULTIVATION PRODUCTION HAS REMAINED AT LEVELS LITTLE SHORT OF THE BASIC QUOTAS ; WHEREAS THANKS TO THE EXISTENCE OF A MEASURE OF COMPETITION , PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF SUGAR PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE BASIC QUOTAS , THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE REGIONAL SPECIALIZATION ; WHEREAS , BECAUSE PRODUCTION OUTSIDE THE QUOTAS HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP FREELY , IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BENEFIT TO SOME EXTENT FROM WORLD MARKET PRICES ; WHEREAS , ACCORDINGLY , THE SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION QUOTAS IS LIKELY TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO COPE WITH SURPLUSES AS WELL AS DEFICITS ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , AND IN VIEW OF THE NEW SITUATION ARISING FROM THE ACCESSION OF NEW MEMBER STATES TO THE COMMUNITY , THIS SYSTEM CAN BE RETAINED FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD PROVIDED THAT CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE TO IT IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE , PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS THE INTRODUCTION OF CERTAIN RULES IN RESPECT OF SUGAR PRODUCED OUTSIDE THE QUOTAS ;
WHEREAS IT IS DESIRABLE TO MAINTAIN THE OTHER BASIC PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY GUARANTEES IN RESPECT OF PRICES AND SALES WHICH ARE LIMITED OR WITHDRAWN IN THE CASE OF QUANTITIES MANUFACTURED OVER AND ABOVE THE BASIC QUOTA DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT THESE QUANTITIES EXCEED A CERTAIN CEILING , AND ALSO THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING DELIVERY CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR BEET AND SUGAR CANE AND THE RULES OF THE CARRY-FORWARD SYSTEM ;
WHEREAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE MARKET BASED ON A COMMON PRICE SYSTEM WOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BY THE GRANTING OF CERTAIN AIDS ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY WHICH ALLOW THE ASSESSMENT OF AIDS GRANTED BY MEMBER STATES AND THE PROHIBITION OF THOSE WHICH ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE COMMON MARKET SHOULD BE MADE TO APPLY TO SUGAR ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , ITALIAN BEET AND SUGAR PRODUCTION IS ADVERSELY AFFECTED OWING TO CLIMATIC REASONS AND , MORE PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS BEET PRODUCTION , BY DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM THE APPLICATION OF MODERN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE TEMPORARY GRANTING BY ITALY OF ADAPTATION AID TO THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS THE TRANSITION TO THE SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THIS REGULATION MUST BE EFFECTED AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , CERTAIN TRANSITIONAL MEASURES MAY PROVE NECESSARY AND THE SAME NEED MAY ARISE AT EACH CHANGE-OVER FROM ONE MARKETING YEAR TO THE NEXT ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING APPROPRIATE MEASURES ;
WHEREAS INTERVENTION IS ESSENTIAL IF THE SUGAR PRICE IS TO BE GUARANTEED ; WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE SPECIAL IMPORTANCE OF SUGAR PRODUCTION FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS , PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE SECTION OF THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND MUST BE MADE TO