CELEX: 51975PC0010
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on special intervention measures for sugar (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                          COM(75) 10 final
                                                          Brussels . 15 January 1975
                                  PROPOSAL FOR A
                         REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL
                    on special intervention measures for sugar
                  ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
  COH(75 ) 10 final
 ---pagebreak---                        COimSSION CCOILTJICATIOIT TO THE COUNCIL
This proposal originates from the Commission Communication to the Council
of 4 December 1974 on possible emergency measures to deal with a physical
shortage of sugar in the Community .
The first of these measures being predicated by the Commission in its
Communication intending quickly to increase sugar availabilities concerns
the increase of the sugar production from molasses in plants , which produce
sugar from molasses .
The processes for producing sugar from molasses in the Community are diffe­
rent . For exemple in Italy , which has been the most important producer of
sugar from molasses until the sugar marketing year 1972/1973 by using
mainly the Barium salt proces ( about 60.000 tonnes of sugar), sugar is no
longer produced from this basic product . The molasses , that is used in
plants , which produce sugar from molasses is no longer able to compete with
other uses , in particular with distillation , in which it finds a much
higher evaluation .
The Commission estimates , that under these circumstances specio.1 interven­
tion measures shall be adopted in ordre to encourage the sugar production
from molasses in plants , which produce sugar from molasses . These measures
should consist in the granting of a premium to the sugar and the product .
On the other hand the Commission takes into account , that in addition- to
a quantity,' that might go up to 40*000 tonnes of sugar and which could be
disposed of in the Community , this quantity will be - achieved at much lower
costs than the costs for the subsidied imports .
This measure by virtue of the intervention measures will involve for the
Community budget a cost which could amount to the ..order of 3-5 millions
units of account .
 ---pagebreak---                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
                      REGULATION ( EEC )            OP THE COUNCIL
                      on speoial intervention measures for sugar
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Ecoriomic Community ;
Having regard to Coun6il Regulation ( EEC ) No 3330/ 74 of 19 December 1974 on the
common organization of the market in sugar ( l ), and in particular Article 10 ( l )
thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas there is at present a situation of shortage on the Community sugar market
whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC ) No 3330/74 provides that in order to help
guarantee supplies to the Community as a whole or to one of its regions , special
intervention measures may be adopted in the event of application of Article 17
of the said Regulation .
Whereas in the years a quantity of ^O/SQ 000 metric tons of sugar a year has been
produced in Italy , which is a severe deficit area , by processing from molasses ;
whereas this production has been markedly, reduced as a result of the rise in
molasses prices in 1973/ 1974 ; whereas in the present situation of shortage of
sugar provision should be made for measures, of support calculated to ensure the
continuance of this production ;
HAS ADOPTED TKIS LEGULATIQN J
                                   Article 1
To the extent that the use of molasses for the purpose of processing into sugar
is not competitive with other uses of molasses , measures of support be provided .
                                   Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication
the Official Journal of the European Communities ..
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States ,
                                         Done at Brussels ,
                                         For the Council
(1 ) OJ No L 359 Of 31.12.1974 , p.l