CELEX: 11972B/PRO/17
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-22 00:00:00
Title: DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 17 ON THE IMPORT OF SUGAR BY THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN THE COMMONWEALTH SUGAR AGREEMENT

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11972B/PRO/17

DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 17 ON THE IMPORT OF SUGAR BY THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN THE COMMONWEALTH SUGAR AGREEMENT  

Official Journal L 073 , 27/03/1972 P. 0173

++++1 . UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 1975 , THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPORT FROM THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN THE COMMONWEALTH SUGAR AGREEMENT , ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS , QUANTITIES OF SUGAR WITHIN THE NEGOTIATED PRICE QUOTAS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT .  2 . THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE CHARGED AT THE TIME OF IMPORTATION :   ( A ) A SPECIAL LEVY , EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE C.I.F . EQUIVALENT OF THE AGREED PURCHASE PRICE AND THE PRICE AT WHICH THE SUGAR IS MARKETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM . ARTICLE 55 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION SHALL NOT APPLY ;   ( B ) A CHARGE BASED ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORLD C.I.F . PRICE OF RAW SUGAR AND THE C.I.F . EQUIVALENT OF THE AGREED PURCHASE PRICE ; THIS CHARGE WILL BE USED TO FINANCE THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THE RE-SELLING OF THE SUGAR BY THE UNITED KINGDOM SUGAR BOARD .  HOWEVER , IF THE WORLD C.I.F . PRICE OF RAW SUGAR EXCEEDS THE C.I.F . EQUIVALENT OF THE AGREED PURCHASE PRICE , THE BOARD SHALL PAY THE DIFFERENCE TO THE IMPORTER .  3 . THE PRICE AT WHICH THE SUGAR IN QUESTION IS MARKETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SHALL BE FIXED AT A LEVEL SUCH AS TO ALLOW THE QUANTITIES IN QUESTION EFFECTIVELY TO BE MARKETED WITHOUT PREJUDICING THE MARKETING OF COMMUNITY SUGAR .  4 . NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 15 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 766/68 LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR THE GRANT OF EXPORT REFUNDS FOR SUGAR , THE EXPORT REFUND APPLICABLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MAY BE GRANTED FOR WHITE SUGAR PRODUCED FROM RAW SUGAR IMPORTED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS PROTOCOL .  5 . THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , ADOPT THE MEASURES NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PROTOCOL IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ENSURE THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR AND IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE THAT , IN THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 2 , THE PRICE AT WHICH THE SUGAR IS MARKETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS RESPECTED .