CELEX: 31973R0885
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 885/73 of the Council of 31 March 1973 on the non-application of the first subparagraph of Article 4a (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 to sugar

31.3.73                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 86/35
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 885/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 31 March 1973
                            on the non-application of the first subparagraph of Article 4a (2)
                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 to sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          whereas monetary compensatory amounts are not
                                                                   applied to sugar imported pursuant to Protocol No
                                                                   17 of the Act of Accession ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;
                                                                   Whereas , in order to avoid distortion of competition
                                                                   for sugar imported into the United Kingdom from
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/                 the Commonwealth on the one hand and on the
 71 ( J ) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of con­              other hand from the other Member States, it is
 junctural policy to be taken in agriculture following             necessary not to apply Article 4a (2) first subpara­
 the temporary widening of the margins of fluctu­                 graph of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 to sugar;
 ation for the currencies of certain Member States, as
 last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 509/73 (2),
 and in particular Article 4a (2), second subparagraph
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                          Article 1
                                                                   The first subparagraph of Article 4a (2) of Regu­
 Whereas Article 4a (2 ) first subparagraph of Regu­               lation ( EEC) No 974/71 shall not apply to sugar nor
lation (EEC) No 974/71 limits the monetary com­                   to the sugar content of products with a sugar con­
pensatory amounts to the level of charges on im­                  tent covered by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2682/
 ports from third countries ;                                     72 ( r> ) of 12 December 1972 laying down general
                                                                  rules for granting export refunds on certain agricul­
 Whereas pursuant to Article 2 of Council Regulation              tural products exported in the form of goods not
 ( EEC ) No 223 /73 ( 3 ) of 31 January 1973 laying down          covered by Annex II to the Treaty and the criteria
 general rules to ensure the proper functioning of the            for fixing the amount of such refunds .
 common organization of the market in sugar fol­
 lowing the Accession of the new Member States Art­                                          Article 2
 icle 55 ( 6 ) of the Act annexed to the Treaty (4 ) con­
 cerning the Accession of new Member States to the                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 European Economic Community and the European                      following its publication in the Official Journal of
 Atomic Energy Community shall not apply to sugar ;               the European Communities .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 31 March 1973 .
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                          A. LAVENS
i1) OJ No L 106, 12. 5 . 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 50, 23 . 2. 1973 , p . 1 .
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(4) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p . 6.                               (°) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972 , p . 13 .