CELEX: 31978R1402
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1402/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down, for the 1978/79 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments

27. 6. 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 170/ 15
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1402/78
                                                     of 20 June 1978
               laying down, for the 1978/79 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the
                        disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    the value of the raw sugar delivered at the place of
COMMUNITIES,                                                   refining, the outlets after processing, the necessary
                                                                refining margin for sugar refined in a refinery as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          defined in Article 9 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                             3330/74 and the differential amount fixed by Council
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Regulation (EEC) No 1401 /78 of 20 June 1978 fixing,
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­               for the 1978 /79 sugar marketing year, the differential
zation of the market in sugar ( !), as last amended by         charge to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the
Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular             differential amount to be granted in respect of raw
Article 9 (5) thereof,                                          cane sugar from the French overseas departments (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74
provides that appropriate measures are to be taken in                                    Article 1
the event of difficulties arising in the disposal of sugar
produced in the French overseas departments ;                  This Regulation shall apply for the 1978/79 sugar
whereas the existence of such difficulties has been             marketing year.
recognized in the past and appropriate Community
measures have already been taken ; whereas these diffi­                                  Article 2
culties still remain ;
                                                                1 . Within the maximum quota a subsidy shall be
Whereas the economic relationship between the                  granted for sugar produced in the French overseas
French overseas departments and the European                    departments and refined in the Community.
regions of the Community requires that the bulk of
the sugar from the French overseas departments                  2. The subsidy referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
should be disposed of in those regions ;                        1 -22 units of account per 100 kilograms of sugar
                                                                expressed as white sugar.
Whereas a subsidy should be granted for the refining
of the sugar concerned to ensure that these quantities                                   Article 3
are disposed of in those regions ; whereas the amount
of the subsidy should be determined on the basis of             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1978 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                              P. DALSAGER
(') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .
(2) See page 1 of this Official Journal .                       (3) See page 13 of this Official Journal .