SAY DELIVERIES BETWEEN SUGAR PRODUCERS THROUGH TRADITIONAL BELGO-NETHERLANDS TRADING ORGANIZATIONS, ON TERMS SATISFACTORY FOR EXPORT . TO GIVE EFFECT TO YOUR PROPOSAL, WE ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH NETHERLANDS BUSINESS HOUSES ON THESE QUESTIONS ...'.
143 RT BY A TELEX MESSAGE OF THE SAME DATE IN ANSWER TO THE BEFOREMENTIONED TELEX MESSAGE ( ANNEX 82 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ), AFTER HAVING STATED THAT IT WAS 'VERY PLEASED INDEED' WITH EXPORT'S STATEMENT THAT IT WAS IN AGREEMENT, GOES ON TO SAY THAT 'WE ARE THEREFORE MAKING SUGAR AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR THE NETHERLANDS CONDENSED MILK INDUSTRY TO BE HANDLED THROUGH THE LONG ESTABLISHED TRADE ... ON THE OTHER HAND IF THE NETHERLANDS SUGAR INDUSTRY WERE TO ASK US TO SUPPLY ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS, ANY EXPORTS OF BELGIAN SUGAR WOULD LIKEWISE BE HANDLED WITH THE HELP OF OUR BUSINESS HOUSES . IT FOLLOWS FROM THE BEFOREMENTIONED ARRANGEMENTS THAT YOU WILL REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY OTHER INITIATIVES ON THE NETHERLANDS MARKET SO THAT THE PATTERN OF THIS MARKET IS NOT DISTURBED '.
144 EXPORT REPLIED BY A TELEX MESSAGE OF 20 AUGUST 1970 ( ANNEX I 83 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ) GIVING PARTICULARS OF THE TERMS OF THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE AS FOLLOWS : 'EXPORT CONFIRMS THAT IT AGREES TO FOLLOW RT ... IN WORKING OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH SU AND CSM ... FOR THE 1970/71 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR UPON THE FOLLOWING LINES :
1 . EXPORT GIVES UP DEALING IN BELGIAN SUGAR WITH NETHERLANDS PURCHASER-CONSUMERS IN CONNEXION WITH WHAT WE CALL THE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS, THAT IS TO SAY, ON THE ONE HAND, FOR SUGAR IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, FOR SUGAR FOR THE FACTORIES MANUFACTURING SWEETS TO BE CONSUMED IN THE NETHERLANDS ... THIS SWEET MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE MILK PROCESSING INDUSTRY . THE DENATURING TRADE AND THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY ARE ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE TRADE WHICH EXPORT HAS GIVEN UP .
2 . GIVING UP THIS TRADE BY EXPORT IS LINKED ... SO FAR AS
2 . GIVING UP THIS TRADE BY EXPORT IS LINKED ... SO FAR AS THE NETHERLANDS IMPORT REQUIREMENTS OF EEC SUGAR ARE CONCERNED ... WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE DELIVERIES TO BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN BELGIAN AND NETHERLANDS SUGAR MANUFACTURERS IN ORDER TO SUPPLY THIS NETHERLANDS MARKET SHALL BE EFFECTED THROUGH THE LONG ESTABLISHED BELGIAN AND NETHERLANDS TRADE ...'.
145 WITH REGARD TO THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SU AND CSM, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE NETHERLANDS DEALERS, ON THE OTHER HAND, A NOTE OF 3 SEPTEMBER 1970 SENT BY MR KRONACKER OF EXPORT TO MR ROLIN OF RT ( ANNEX I 86 TO THE STATEMENTS OF DEFENCE ) REFERS TO A STATEMENT OF MR ROLIN THAT 'THE THREE TRADITIONAL NETHERLANDS IMPORTERS GAVE AN UNDERTAKING TO SU AND CENTRALE ( CSM ) NOT TO IMPORT SUGAR FOR CONSUMPTION IN THE NETHERLANDS EXCEPT WITH THEIR CONSENT' AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, THAT 'HE ( MR ROLIN ) WAS GIVEN AN UNDERTAKING BY CSM