CELEX: 51981PC0288
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Date: 1981-06-05
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down general rules for applying the differential levy on raw preferential sugar#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector#Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) laying down measures for the marketing 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(81)288 final
                                                     Brussels . 5 June 1981
                                  Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
  laying down general rules for applying the differential levy on raw
                             preferential sugar
                              • . Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks in
                                the sugar sector
                                  Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
    laying down measures for the marketing of sugar produced in the
                         French overseas departments
                                                       s ion ) «T
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission        >
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C0M(81 ) 288 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  1 f In the new basic sugar regulation , which wilt apply from 1 July 1981 , provision
        is made for a degressive , differential charge to be made during the marketing
        years 1981 / 82 to 1983 / 84 on raw preferential sugar when it is refined in a
       production unit other than a refinery .
2 . Differential charges Were first introduced in November 1975 . Since that date
       the Council has annually agreed that these charges shall not apply to a quantity
.      of raw preferential sugar refined in Ireland up to a maximum quantity of
     30 000 tonnes ( white value ) in each year .
3 . In its compromise proposals submitted to the Council during its session on 30 / 31 March
           1981     the Commission said that for 1981 / 82 . and subsequent years it was .
       prepared to propose that a quantity of up to 150 000 tonnes should be exempt
       from these charges . Accordingly, it is proposed that in th'e case of Ireland ,
       and for the same reasons as in the past , the exemption should continue during
       the three marketing years mentioned above up to a maximum quantity in each year
      of 30 000 tonnes ( white value ).
                                                                /      ,         -
4 . In the case 'of Italy, it is reasonable to suppose that in a normal crop year
                                     t
      there will be a small sugar deficit in Italy of the order of 40 000 to
       50 000 tonnes . It is therefore proposed that exemption from the differential
       charge should apply to Italy during the same three marketing years up to a
      maximum quantity in each year of 50 000 tonnes ( white value ).
       Financial implications
      These proposals have no financial implications other than those taken into
       accpunt in the formulation of the proposals for a' new sugar regime applicable
      from 1 July 1981 ( doc COM ( 80) 53 final of 30 September 1980 )
                                                                                           \
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
             Laying down general hules for applying the differential levy
                               on raw preferential sugar
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No .../ 81 of                1981
  on the common organization of the market in sugar ( 1 ), and in particular
  Article 37 ( 1 ) thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal ' from the Commission ,
  Whereas Article 36 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No.... / 81 provides that in the
  marketing years 1981 / 82 to 1983 / 84 a differential levy shall' be imposed on
  raw preferential sugar when it is put into free circulation in the
  Community;
  Whereas Article 36 ( 2 ) (b ) of the said Regulation makes provision for the
  non-application of the whole of the differential levy , or part of the
   levy , to any raw preferential sugar which is imported into regions of
  the Community to be determined and which is refined in a unit other than
  a refinery as defined in Article 36 (3 ) of that Regulation ;
  Whereas , having regard to the traditional patterns of supplies of the
  said sugar to Ireland , a maximum quantity of 30 000 tonnes of that sugar
  expressed as white sugar and refined in that region in the 1980 / 81 marketing
  year was exempted from the differential levy ; whereas , for the same
- reasons , that exemption should be continued in respect of Ireland ;
  Whereas , having regard to the Likely, relationship between production and
  consumption in Italy, it is appropriate to provide a similar exemption from
  the differential levy in respect of a maximum quantity of 50 000 tonnes
  expressed as white sugar which will be refined in Italy ;
  Whereas such exemptions should apply during the marketing years 1981 / 82 to
  1983 / 84 in which the differential levy applies ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  ( 1 ) 0J No L
 ---pagebreak---                                     Article 1     ,
 For the purpose of applying the differential       levy   referred to
in Article 36 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No,          the yield of the
raw preferential sugar in question shall be calculated by doubling
the degree of polarization of that sugar and deducting 100 therefrom .
                                    Article 2
During the marketing years 1981 / 82 to 1983 / 84 the differential levy
referred to in Article 1 shall not apply to preferential sugar refined
                     t                -       *
in Ireland up to a maximum annual quantity of 30 000 tonnes of sugar-
expressed as white sugar or in Italy up to a maximum annual quantity of
50 000 tonnes of sugar expressed as white sugar .
                       .      (     Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .                                         •
Done at                  •                               , For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                        EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
 Article 12 of the new basic sugar Regulation ( EEC ) No .../ 81   provides
 that the Council ,, acting on a proposal from the Commission , shall adopt
 general rules governing minimum stocks in this sector and shall fix the
 percentage to apply to this stock from 1 July 1981 .
 The minimum stock system was first established by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1488 / 76 .
 Following the new basic Regulation , theattached proposal recasts Regulation
 ( EEC ) No 1488 / 76 while retaining most of its existing provisions with the
 following adaptations :
 ( a ) the percentage for the stocks to be held by manufacturers of
        beet sugar may fluctuate between 8% and 5% of their production
        within their A quotas ;
 ( b ) the permanent percentage applicable to refiners of raw cane sugar
        will be 5% of the quantity of sugar they have refined .
        The raw cane sugar produced in the FOD will be assimilated with
        preferential sugar ;
 ( c ) for the raw sugar produced in the FOD the minimum stock obligation
        will be transferred to the refiners of this sugar .
. For the manufacturers of beet sygar and for the refiners of raw cane
   sugar the percentage applicable from 1 July 1981 will be 8 % . This
   percentage has applied since August 1980 .
. This proposal has no financial implications .
 ---pagebreak---                             A . Propoeal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           laying down general rules concerning the system of minimum stocks'
                                    in the sugar sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No .../ 81 of                  1981 on the
common organisation of the market in sugar ( 1 ),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,            .
Whereas in view of the aims of the common agricultural policy, in particular the
stabilisation of markets , the maintenance of reasonable prices of supplies to
consumers , and the safeguarding of normal supplies for the entire Community and
each of its regions , Article 12 of Regulation ( EEC ) No        , / 81 provides for
the establishment of a system of minimum stocks ; whereas the said Article lays
down that the minimum stock to be held by manufacturers of beet sugar shall be'
equal to a percentage of their production within the limit of their A quota ;
whereas as regards cane sugar the said article lays down that the minimum stock
shall be equal to a percentage of the quantity of sugar refined over a fixed
period ; whereas the percentages to be adopted must allow the above-mentioned
aims to be achieved whilst taking into account the conditions under which the          ^
sugar in question is manufactured or refined ;                                       "
Whereas these stocks must be held under certain conditions by the manufacturers
and refiners of the sugar in question ; whereas it is necessary to apply this
system in-such a way as to take account of the existing structures in the
sugar sector ; whereas the criteria necessary for the proper utilisation of the
minimum stocks should be laid down;
Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1488/ 76 of 22 June 1976 laying down pro­
visions for the introduction of a system of minimum stocks in the sugar sector(2 ),
as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 2153 / 80 ( 3 ), should be repealed ,-        -
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                              ' -    ■
( 1 ) OJ No L
( 2 ) OJ No L 167, 26.6.1976, p. 11
( 3 ) OJ No L 211 , 14.8.1980, p.1
 ---pagebreak---                                    Article 1
Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Regulation and in so
far a § the products concerned are those to which Article 8 of Regulation
( EEC ) No ..„/ 81 applies :
( a ) each manufacturer    of beet sugar shall , throughout each month of
      the calendar year ,, hold in stock a quantity of sugar equal to a
      fixed percentage of its actual production , within the limit of
       the A quota of the undertaking , during the 12 months immediately
      preceding the month in question ,, This percentage shall be 8 % from
      1 February in each marketing year . For the following months it may
      be reduced with effect from the first of a month insofar as the
      reduction is not such as to impede the aims of Article 12 of
      Regulation ( EEC ) No ..../ 81 . The percentage may not be reduced
      below 5 % .
( b ) each refiner of raw cane sugar produced in the French overseas
      departments or of       preferential sugar shall , throughout each
      month of the calendar year , hold in stock a quantity of sugar equal
      to 5 % of the sugar in question refined by its undertaking during
      the 12 months immediately preceding the month in question .
                                   Article 2
Without prejudice to Article 3 and to such derogations        as   may be
decided upon in the detailed rules , the minimum stock must be the
property of the manufacturer or refiner in question and must be un­
encumbered by any commitments which might impede the aims of Article 12
of Regulation ( EEC ) No .../ 81 .
                                   Article 3
Raw beet sugar or syrups produced prior to the crystallizing stage
which are manufactured by an undertaking having an A quota , which
form part of its minimum stock        and which are intended for processing
into white sugar by another undertaking :
( a ) may be sold to the processor on condition that the latter undertakes ,
      with respect to the quantity of the product in question , to meet
      the obligations referred to under ( a ) of Article 1 and in Article 2 ;
 ---pagebreak---                                               - 3 -
          or
                                                                       \
           ( b ) at the request of the manufacturer who produced them, shall not be
                 subject to the obligation referred to under ( a ) of Article 1 in
                 return for the reimbursement by the manufacturer of a flat-rate
                 amount representing the pecuniary advantage resulting from the     ,
                 release from the said obligation .
                                             Artide 4
    ; Where the supply of sugar to the Community can no longer be
       ensured under normal conditions provision may be made for the owner, of
       a minimum stock to be released , in whole or in part , from the obligation
■*, to hold the sugar in question in stock .                 . - . /
                                             Article 5
       Where the market situation so requires or where action to release sugar
       taken in accordance with Article 4 is ineffective , the Council , acting
       by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission , shall adopt
       appropriate measures to ensure that the necessary quantities are taken
       out of stock to supply the Community or one or more Community zones
       under normal conditions .           '
                                             Article 6
       Where sugar from minimum stocks is marketed under conditions other than
       those provided for by the rules of the system of minimum stocks a
       charge shall be levied in respect of the sugar so marketed .        •
                                                           %
     , The amount of the charge shall be calculated on the basis of : -
  i     ( a ) a fixed amount representing the pecuniary advantage referred to
                under ( b ) of Article 3 ,
.      and
                                s                                            *
        ( b ) the difference between the threshold price and the intervention
                price fixed for white sugar for the marketing year in question
  .             plus a fixed amount of two ECU per 100 kilograms .
                                             Article 7
       As a transitional measure during the period 1 July 1981 to 31 January 1982 ,
       the percentage referred to under ( a ) and < b ) of Article 1 shall be 8% .
        This percentage may be reduced at a uniform rate for the sugars referred
        to in the said Article . The percentage may not be reduced below 5 % .
 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 8
1 „ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in
    the Official Journal of the European Communities .
    It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1981 .
2 = Regulation ( EEC ) No 1488 / 76 is hereby repealed and the references in
    Article 7 thereof shall be understood as references to Article 12     (3)
    of Regulation ( EEC ) No           / 81 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at                                                         For the Counci I
 ---pagebreak---                                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
   1 . The new basic sugar regulation applicable from 1 July 1981 provides that
            derived ( i.e. regionalised ) prices will henceforth be fixed only for the
           deficit zones of the Community . Thus , since the French overseas departments
            ( FOD ) are non-def1dt zones , the intervention price for white sugar and that
           for raw sugar will apply in the FOD at the ex-factory stage to unpacked sugar
            loaded on to a means of transport choseq by the purchaser .
           The Council has recognised that in these circumstances the traditional
           marketing of FOD sugar in the European regions of the Community could be
           rendered impossible . It has therefore provided in the new basic regulation
           ( Article 9 ( 4 )) that appropriate measures must be taken in order to permit
           this marketing to take place .
  2 . During discussions on this question in the different bodies of the Council ,
           the Commission indicated its clear intention to propose to the Council
           measures which would consist partly of Community aids granted in the context
           of the invervention system ( 1 ) and partly of an authorisation to France to
           grant a national aid under certain conditions .
     .1 ■          .                        -                        ">
           The Commission considers that this approach responds exactly to the obligations
           stemming from successive Council declarations on the treatment to be
           accorded to FOD sugar , in particular the resolution adopted by the Council
           at its session on 29 / 30 September 1975 , paragraph 4 of which says , inter alia :
           " For the period from 1 July 1976 the Council :
                   agrees that the general ponditions applicable to the marketing of un­
                   refined cane sugar from the French overseas departments must ensure that
                   this sugar is actually marketed in the Community and complies with the
                   principle of Community preference , without discrimination between the
,■ ■               undertakings concerned ." ( Doc R / 3035 / 75 )..            1
          Additionally the Council , during its session on 1x9 December 1974 took note ,
          of the following declaration by the Commission :                              . "
           " Particularly as far as price guarantees are concerned , FOD producers .
               will never receive less favourable treatment than producers in the ACP
               states . The Commission will submit appropriate proposals should the
               need arise ." ( Doc R / 3588 / 74 ).
   ( 1 ) see Doc . 10.611 / 80 AGRIORG 639, 27.10.1980, p.7
 ---pagebreak---   Data covering the Last' three campaigns in the FOD show that the
  average total production was about 350 000 tonnes ( i.e. 100 000 tonnes
  in the Antilles and 250 000 tonnes in Reunion ) with an average total
  consumption of the order of 33 000 tonnes . This leaves on average a
  disposable surplus of around 317 000 tonnes .
  Now a significant part of the sugar refined in the pure refineries in
  metropolitan France consists of raw preferential sugar . This means
  that about 200 000 tonnes of raw F0D sugar can be disposed of through
  these refineries , with the balance of the F0D surplus beings exported
  tel quel .
The proposed Community aid would comprise :
( a ) a flat-rate amount of 12.62 ECU per tonne of sugar , expressed as
         white sugar , for the 1981 / 82 marketing year . This amount is intended
        to represent in that year the transport costs between the ex-factory
        stage and the FOB and stowed stage . It is based on the actual costs
        in 1980 / 81 for the three F0D ( Reunion , Guadeloupe and Martinique ),
        expressed in white value and adjusted to take account of the increases
        in prices for the 1981 / 82 marketing year .
         This flat-rate amount would be adjusted in each subsequent marketing
        year by the increase in the intervention price for white sugar .
( b ) a single flat-rate amount equal to 0.8 % of the intervention price
        for white sugar which is intended to represent the maritime transport
        insurance costs for the sugar in question . For the 1981 / 82 marketing
        year this flat-rate amount would be 4.04 ECU per tonne of sugar
        expressed as white sugar ;                      ,
( c ) a single flat-rate amount representing the transport costs from the
        FOB stage to the CIF free out stage , European ports of the Community .
        This amount would be equal to the Caribbean - UK freight element as
        established by the Freight Committee of the United Terminal Sugar'
        Market Association of London and incorporated in the London Daily
        Price for raw sugar . This element would be that valid on the day on
        which the bill of Lading was completed for the sugar cargo in question
                                               /
      , 0n this basis the flat-rate amount would be currently equivalent to
        31.90 ECU per tonne of sugar expressed as white sugar .
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 3 -
    Thus , taking into account current data , the unitary amount of this
    Community aid for the 1981 / 82 marketing year would be 48.56 ECU per tonne
    of sugar expressed as white sugar .
5 . The authorisation of a French national aid is intended above all to allow
    equality of treatment at the refining stage between raw       sugar and raw
    preferential sugar , and this aid element should therefore represent the
    difference between the storage levies applicable to these two sugars .
    For the 1981 / 82 marketing year this difference will be 24.40 ECU per tonne
    of sugar expressed as white sugar . It goes without saying that where such
    aid is granted it must be applied without distinction as to the Community
    zone in which the refining takes place and to the sugar which has bene-
    fitted from the Community aid referred to in point 4 and which will be
    refined in a refinery ( as defined in the' basic sugar regulation
    ( Article 36 ( 3 )) situated in the Community .
                                    f
 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a ■
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
                Laying down measures for the marketing of sugar produced in
                     the French overseas departments
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
  Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No     / 81 of           1931 on the
  common organisation of the market in sugar ( 1 ), and in particular
  Articles 9 ( 5 ) and 39 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Whereas since the system of prices applicable trom 1 July 1981 provides for
  the fixing of regionalized derived prices only for the deficit zones , the market ing in
  the European regions of the Community of sugar's produced in the French over­
  seas departments , which are non-deficit zones , cannot be accomplished
  without the adoption of appropriate measures .
  Whereas to this end Article 9 ( 4 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No      / 81 lays down
  that appropriate measures shall be taken in order to permit the sugars pro­
  duced in the French overseas departments to be marketed in . the European
  regions of the Community ;
  Whereas the most appropriate measure consists in the granting of a flat-rate
  Community aid within the framework of the intervention system , which would
  permit the marketing of the sugars in question in the European regions of
  the Community , that is at the CIF ship 's hold stage , European port ; whereas , more­
. over , this first measure should be " supplemented by authorizing the French
  Republic to grant a national aid to these sugars w'nen they are refined in a
  refinery as defined in Article 36 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No        / 81 ,
  irrespective of its location in the Community, in order to take account
  for the purpose of securing equality of treatment of the differences bet­
  ween the storage levies on the sugars produced in the French overseas
  departments and those on the preferential sugars imported for the purpose
  of refining ,
  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  ( 1 ) OJ No L
                                                            %
 ---pagebreak---                                          - 2 -
                                        Article 1
  1 . During the marketing years 1981 / 82 to 1985 / 86 there shall be granted
       as an intervention measure a flat-rate Community aid for the marketing
       in the European regions of the Community of sugars produced in the
       French overseas departments .
       This aid shall be administered by the French Republic .
  2 . The aid referred to in paragraph 1 per tonne of sugar expressed as
       white sugar shall consist of :
       ( a ) a flat-rate amount of 12.62 ECU for the 1981 / 82 marketing year ;
              for each of the following marketing years this amount shall be
              adjusted by a coefficient representing the percentage increase
              in the intervention price for white sugar by reference to that in
              force during the immediately preceding marketing year ;
,      < b > a single flat-rate amount equal to 0.8 % of the intervention price
!             for white sugar to cover the costs of insurance for the sea -
     j        transport of the sugar in question ;
                                                           Ν
       ( c ) a single flat-rate amount to cover the sea transport costs from
              the FOB stage in the French overseas departments to the CIF ship 's
             hold stage , European ports of the Community; this amount shall be
              equal to the Caribbean-United Kingdom freight element as established
              by the Freight Committee of the United Terminal Sugar Market Asso­
            ciation of London and incorporated in the London Daily . Price for
              raw sugar ,    valid on the day on which the bill of lading is
              completed for the sugar in question .
  3 . The total amount of aid calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall ,
       on request " submitted to the competent authorities of the French Republic ,
  ;    be granted to the producer of the sugars referred to in paragraph 1 .
                0                           ■  '
 ---pagebreak---                                         Article 2
                                                                      4*
 1 . For the marketing years 1981 / 82 to 1985 / 86 , and in respect of
     the sugars referred to in Article 1 which have benefited           from the aid
     referred to in that Article and which ha^e been refined in a refinery
     as defined ia Article 36 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No       / 81 and situated
     in the Communi ty , the French Republic shall be authorised to grant a
     national aid . The amount of this aid shall be equal to the difference
     between the levy      referred to under ( a ) of the third subparagraph of
     Article 8 ( 2 ) of the said Regulation and those referred to under ( b )
     and ( c ) of the third subparagraph of the said Article which are appli­
     cable at the end of the month during which the sugar in question was
     refined .
2 . When the French Republic utilises the authorisation referred to in
     paragraph 1 the aid shall not be conditional on the Community zone in
     which the sugar in question is refined .
                                       Article 3
The French Republic shall inform the Commission each month , within the
two months following the month in question , of the amounts of the aid
 referred to in Article 1 which have been granted and of the corresponding
quantities of sugar concerned .
                                       Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 July 1981 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at                                                       For the Counci I
 ---pagebreak---                  \ ^        -                              · .     ·
                     FINANCIAL              STATEMENT
                                                                                 | 0ate : ; 22.5.1981
  1 . BU0GET HEADING Ï         6.4 . 14                                             APPROPRIATIONS : 10>78 MECM                I
  2 . TITLE :         Proposed Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . laying down measures for the
  marketing of sugars produced in the French overseas departments ( FOD )
  3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 9 ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of the new basic sugar regulation applicable
                           from 1 July 1981
 4 . AIMS of PROJECT : Measures aimed at ensuring the marketing of FOD sugar in the Euro­
 pean regions of the Community and the equality of treatment as between Community
. refineries which refine . FOD sugar and imported preferential sugar
5.    FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS                   PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS   CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR    FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                            £    ai_j                (  82    -2
5.0 EXPENDITURE
       - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
         . ((©(iMCXXINTERVENTIONS )                  9.7 MECU               3.2 MECU                   6.5 MECU
       - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
                                                    4.8 MECU     '
       - OTHER
5.1    RECEIPTS
       - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
           ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
       - NATIONAL              .V
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1      ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION                          .                              ,    . '
      ( a ) Community aid ; 12.62 ECU + 4.04 + 31.90 = 48.56 ECU/ t
                                       48.56 χ 200 000 = 9.712 ΜΕΰυ
      Cb ) National aid :              This aid covers the difference between the Commurfity storage
                                       levy ( 35.5 ECU/ t ) and that on preferential sugar < 11.1 ECU / t )
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCEQ FROM APPROPR IAT IONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
    ~                                                                                                              YES /tML-
                                                     s.                                                            LCVT9U *.
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                                   YES / f*
OBSERVATION j , : jf, e S yS tem of Community aids applicable up to now to the marketing of
 FOD sugar is covered in the Community budget for a global amount of 10.78 MECU
  (differential amount 22.50 ECU / T plus subsidy under Article 9 of the basic regu­
  lation of 15 ECU/ T for a total quantity of 300 000 tonnes ). The new system will                                          >
 opply only to 200 000 t of sugar because <©f changes in Community refining capacity .
 The balance of 100 000 t is thus destined to be exported . The financial implication
 of , these exports are neutral since the Community 's sugar balance remains unchanged .