CELEX: 31976R1653
Language: en
Date: 1976-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1653/76 of 29 June 1976 fixing the guaranteed prices applicable for cane sugar originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) for 1976/77

1 . 7 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 176/ 1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1653/76
                                                         of 29 June 1976
                fixing the guaranteed prices applicable for cane sugar originating in the overseas
                                           countries and territories (OCT) for 1976/77
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                             Article 1
pean Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 136 thereof,                                                 For the period 1 April 1976 to 30 June 1977 the
                                                                      guaranteed prices referred to in Article 4 (4) of
                                                                      Annex IV to        Decision 76/568 /EEC    shall be   as
 Having regard to the recommendation from the                         follows :
 Commission,
                                                                      ( a) for raw sugar, 26-70 units of account per
 Whereas, in accordance with the terms of Annex XXI                        100 kilogrammes ;
 to the Final Act of the ACP-EEC Convention of
 Lome of 28 February 1975 (*), the Community                          (b ) for white sugar, 34-14 units of account per
 guarantees, for cane sugar originating in the overseas                    100 kilogrammes.
 countries and territories mentioned in the said Annex,
 an identical treatment to that provided for in Protocol
 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the said Convention ;                      These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality
                                                                      as defined in Community rules, unpacked and cif
                                                                      European ports of the Community.
 Whereas Council Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June
 1976 on the association of the overseas countries and
                                                                      The , guaranteed price for raw sugar for 1976/77
 territories within the European Economic Com­
                                                                      includes a premium of 0-48 unit of account per
 munity (2), involves the application of this principle ;             100 kilogrammes of white sugar which will be
 whereas in accordance with Article 4 (4) of Annex IV
                                                                      recoverable from the competent authorities of the
 to that Decision the guaranteed prices are laid down
                                                                      exporting countries and territories concerned to the
 each year ;
                                                                      extent that the price realized on sale from inter­
                                                                      vention is less than the guaranteed price for raw
 Whereas the guaranteed prices valid for 1976/77 for                  sugar .
 cane sugar originating in the ACP States have been
  agreed by exchanges of letters with the relevant ACP
 States ; whereas it is now necessary for the Council                                          Article 2
 to lay down the same guaranteed prices for sugar
  originating in the overseas countries and territories
  concerned,                                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                      day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                      of the European Communities.
  (!) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1976, p. 1 .
  (2) See page 8 of this Official Journal.                             It shall be applicable from 1 April 1976.
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           This Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
           Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1.976.
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                               G. THORN