CELEX: 51977PC0232
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-31
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing, for the 1977/78 sugar marketing year, the differential charge to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the differential amount to be granted in respect of raw cane sugar from the French overseas departments#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down, for the 1977/78 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments. (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                         COM(77)232 final
                                         Brussels , 31 May 1977
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          fixing , for the 1977/ 78 sugar marketing year , the
          differential charge to be levied on raw preferential
          sugar and the differential amount to be granted In
          respect of raw cane sugar from the French overseas
                               departments
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
          laying down , for the 1977/ 78 sugar marketing year ,
          measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced
          in the French overseas departments          .
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(77 ) 232 final
 ---pagebreak---                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                                                                     ,Vv :
Proposed Council Regulation filing. for the 1977/78 sugar marketing '
year , the differential charge applicable to raw preferential sugar
and the differential amount to apply to raw cane sugar produced in
the French overseas departments
The basic sugar regulation provides that where the margin necessary
for the refining of raw preferential sugar exceeds the raw "beet sugar
refining margin taken into account in the determination of the relevant
Community prices then a differential charge shall be made on raw pre­
ferential sugar when it is refined in a "mixed" refinery. As this will
be the case in 1977/78 » this proposal is for the purpose of fixing
the said charge .
The basic regulation also provides that an amount equal to the charge
referred to above shall be granted for the raw sugar which is produced
 in the French overseas departments and refined in a pure refinery , and
this is also provided for in this proposal .
 ---pagebreak---                                        Proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                                                                                            »*
              fixing, for the 1977/ 78 sugar marketing year , the differential charge
              to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the differential amount to
              be granted in respect of raw cane sugar from the French overseas
              departments
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) NO 333^/74 of 19 December 1974 on the
common organisation of the market in sugar (l ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC )
No         /77 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 9 ( 5 ) and 47 (l ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 46 (l ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74 provides that where there is
a difference between , on the one hand , the raw sugar refining margin used to determine
the intervention and threshold prices for raw sugar and , on the other , the margin
necessary for the refining of raw preferential sugar , a differential charge to be made
on the latter sugar shall be fixed for the sugar marketing year in question !
Whereas the bulk of the raw preferential sugar cannot be refined unless use is made of the
refineries defined in Article 9 (7 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74$ whereas the margin
required for the refining of the said sugar in such refineries is greater , according to
the information at present to hand , than that taken into account when determining the
intervention and threshold prices for raw sugar for the 1977/78 sugar marketing yearj
whereas a differential charge should therefore be fixed for that year ; whereas the amount
thereof may be fixed at a flat rate of I . 64 units of account per 100 kilograirs        of sugar
expressed as white sugar , taking into account certain differences in the costs involved ;
Whereas Article 46 (2 ) (b ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74 makes provision for the non-
application of the whole of the differential charge , or part of that charge , to any
raw preferential sugar which is imported into regions of the Community and refined
there in a production unit other than a refinery as defined in Article 9 (7 ) of that
Regulation } whereas , having regard to the traditional patterns of supplies of the said
sugar to Ireland , a maximum quantity of 30 000                  of that sugar , expressed
1 ) O.J. No L 359 , 31.12.1974 » p.l
 2 ) O.J. No L
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2-
as white sugar, ref ined in that region in the 197 6/ 77 marketing year * was \
exempted from the differential charge ? whereas , for the same reasons , that
exemption should be continued in respect of Ireland for the 1977/78 sugar
marketing year J
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 3) of Regulation (EEC )
No 3330/74 provides , in particular , that where a differential charge has
been fixed , a differential amount equal to that charge shall be granted in
respect of the raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments and
refined in a refinery defined in paragraph 7 of that Article and situated
in the Community ) whereas that amount should therefore be fixed at 1,64 units
of account per 100 kilograir     of white sugar ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
       -v
 ---pagebreak---                               -3-
                              Micie 1
This Regulation shall apply to the 1977/78 sugar marketing year .
                              Articlg 2
The differential charge provided for in Article 46 (l ) of Regulation
(EEC ) No 3330/74 shall "be          I . 64 units of account per 100 kilograms
of sugar expressed as white sugar by reference to a raw sugar yield calculated
by doubling the degree of polarisation of that sugar and deducting 100 there-
from . Nevertheless , this charge shall not apply to raw preferential sugar
refined during the 1977/78 sugar marketing year in Ireland up to a maximum
quantity of 30 000 tbr>nca of sugar expressed as white sugar .
The differential amount provided for in the second subparagraph of
Article 9 ( 3) of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74 shall be            1.64 units
of account per 100 kilogram*     of white sugar .
                              M ici 3 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977 *
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at                                                  p°r "the Council
       *v                                                 The President
 ---pagebreak---                           FICHE           FINANCIERE
                                                                                         Date      16.5.77
  1. Hgna budgétaire concernée : Art . 110 ( recettes sitcre ) et poste 6414 (mesures sucre D0::>
                                                                                                                                  • I « 1
  Z, IntttnM de l'action î Proposition de règlement £lu Conseil fixant pour la campasne                                           . !
      aucrière 1977/1973 la cotisation différentielle à percevoir sur le sucre préféren– ! • j
      tiel "brut et le montcvnt différentiel à accorder au sucre brut de canne des DOU                                              t' '
                                                                                                              francais .
  3, Baie Juridique î       Articles $ et 47 du R. 3330/74 du Conseil
   4#. Objectifs de 1 action : percevoir une cotisation sur le sucre préférentiel "brut et
      octroyer ce même montant au sucre "brut des DOII POUR éviter des distorsions de
       concurrence entre les raffineries concernées .
   5.0' Coût de l' action                                pendant la campagne      cxcerclce en cours ( 77 î excerclce suivant ( 7p.)
I          3 la charge du Budget de la CE                     4 » 92 mue              2,08 nue                   2.84muc
I          à la charge des adnlnlstr, nationales
           a la charge d* autres secteurs nationaux
   5,1 Echéancier plurl annuel        année , . . . .        année •               année . . « . .
                                               mesure limitée à la canrpame 1977/78
    5.2  Iode de calcul
                                300.000 t x 16,4 uc/t » 4 » 92 mue
    6.1 Financement possible par crédits Inscrits au chapitre concerné dans le ftidget en cours d1 exécution
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     6.3 Nécessité d' un Budget supplénentalre               JOÎXXX                     non
     6.4 Crédits S Inscrire dans les budgets futurs'           non
     Obseratlons :
 ---pagebreak---                   EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
. Proposed Counr.il Regulation laving down , for the 1977 /78 sugar
  marketing year , measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar
  produced in the French overseas departments
  Because of the difficulties in disposing of the raw sugar produced
  in the French overseas departments in European regions of the
  Community , measures designed to facilitate its disposal have applied
  since 1 February 1973 when the Community began to import       of sugar
  covered "by the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement . These measures , appli­
  cable in principle on a sugar marketing year basis , consist of the
  granting, under certain conditions , of Community aid for the refining
  of this sugar .
  The quantity of sugar refined in each sugar marketing year has been
  of the order of 300 000 tonnes .
  The difficulties recognised by the Community in the past continue
  to exist , and the Commission therefore thinks it appropriate to
  propose that similar facilitating measures should be adopted for
  the 1977/78 sugar marketing year . These should consist of a Community
  refining subsidy which will as far as possible assist the disposal
  of this sugar within the Community and increase its trade flow ,
  irrespective of the place of refining and the technical nature of
  the refineries concerned .
  Such subsidy should be established on the basis of the value of
  the raw sugar delivered at the place of refining, the outlets after
  processing , the necessary refining margin for sugar refined in a
  "pure" refinery, and the differential amount fixed for the 1977/78
  sugar marketing year . On this basis it is appropriate to provide
  a subsidy of 1.33 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of sugar
   expressed as white sugar .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for a
                            COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           laying down , for the 1977/ 79 sugar marketing year, measures to
          facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas
                                    departments
TOE COUNCIL OP TOE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,            :
                                                                                     i
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) NO 3330/74 of 19 December 1974
on the common organization of the market in sugar ( l ), as last amended by
Regulation ( EEC ) NO         /77 .(2 ), and in particular Article 9 ( 5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Article 9(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3330/74 provides that appro­
priate measures are to be taken in the event of difficulties arising in the
disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments ; whereas the
existence of such difficulties has been recognized in the past and appropriate
Community measures have already been taken ; whereas thes difficulties still remain ;
Whereas the economic relationship between the French overseas departments and
the European regions of the Community requires that the bulk of the sugar
 from the French overseas departments should be disposed of in those regions ;
Whereas a subsidy should be granted for the refining of the sugar concerned
 to ensure that these quantities are disposed of in those regions ; whereas the
 amount of the subsidy should be determined on the basis of the value of the
 raw s^gar delivered at the place of refining , the oulets after processing ,
 the necessary refining margin for sugar refined in a refinery as defined in
 Article 9 ( 7 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3330/74 and the differential amount fixed
 by Council Regulation ( EEC ) NO         /77 of                1977 fixing, for the
 1977/78 sugar marketing year , the differential charge to be levied on raw
 preferential sugar and the differential amount to be granted in respect of raw
 cane sugar from the French overseas departments ( 3 )»
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION !
 ( 1 ) OJ No L 359 , 31.12.1974 , p.l .
 ( 2 ) OJ No
 ( 3 ) OJ No
 ---pagebreak---                               - 2 -
                           Article 1
This Regulation shall apply for the 1977/ 78 sugar marketing year#
                           Article 2
1 * Within the maximum quota a subsidy shall be granted for raw
    sugar produced in the French overseas departments and refined
    in the Community#
2 * The subsidy referred to in paragraph 1 shall be l f 33 units of
    account per 100 kilogram^    of sugar expressed as white sugar *
                          Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977 *
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
      applicable in all Member States# '
Done at                                      For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                          FICHE                   FINANCIERE
                                                                                                                                               : 1      M
                                                                                                                Data       16,5 , 1977 ;
 OUB
1, Ligne budgétaire concernée : Poste 6414 (mesures sucre DOIî )
2.             de l'aetfon : Proposition de règlement * du Conseil arrêtant pour la. campagne '
            sucrière j 1977/ 1978 des mesures destinées à faciliter l' écoulement des sucres
       ,   produits dans le3 DOM français .
3.                    :           Art . 9Ç5 du R. 3330/74 du Conseil
     Objectifs de l' action : pour assurer l' éoouleraent de 300„000 t de sucre DOM dans les
           régions communautai roa déficitaires en sucre il est nécessaire d' octroyer une
           subvention pour le raffinage du sucre en cause
5.0' Coût de l' action                                                            pendant la eacpagne   •xcerclce en cour* ( 77) excerclca suivant ( 78 )
         a la charge db Bidget de la CE
                                                                                      3,99 mue             1,66 mue                   2,33 mue
         à la charge des adalnlstr. nationales
         a la charge <f autres secteurs nationaux
5.1   Echéancier plurl annuel        année , . , . «                                       année ««•«,«  année ,
                                   mesure limitée à la campagne 197 7/78
5.2   Bode de calcul
                          300.000 X 13,30 uc/t = 3.99 Mue
6,1 Finançaient possible par crédits Inscrits au chapitre concerné dans le Sbdget en cours d* exécution
                                 ?imJc                                       non
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6,3 Nécessité d' un Bidget supplémentaire                        -                     XôfitXXX               «on
6,» Crédits I Inscrire dans les budgets futurs'                                  non
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