CELEX: 31974R2084
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2084/74 of the Commission of 6 August 1974 on the application of the special export levy to a certain portion of the sugar produced in excess of the maximum quota during the 1974/75 sugar marketing year

8 . 8 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 217/ 17
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2084/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 6 August 1974
              on the application of the special export levy to a certain portion of the sugar
              produced in excess of the maximum quota during the 1974/75 sugar marketing
                                                              year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has
COMMUNITIES,                                                       not delivered an Opinion within the time limit set by
                                                                   its Chairman,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended
                                                                                           Article 1
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 602/74 (2), and in particular
Article 25 (3) thereof ;
                                                                   1 . The provisions of Article 16 of Regulation No
Whereas under Article 25 (2) of Regulation No 1009/                 1009/67/ EEC shall apply in respect of a quantity not
67/EEC the export levy may be made applicable, by                  exceeding 80 % of the sugar produced in excess of
way of exception in so far as is necessary to safeguard            the maximum quota during the 1974/75 sugar
the Community's sugar supplies, to sugar produced in               marketing year.
excess of the maximum quota ; whereas for some time
now there has been a shortage of sugar on the world                2. Up to 80 % of the sugar produced in excess of
market and this has led to an appreciable fall in                  the maximum quota during the 1974/75 sugar
stocks and a consequent substantial rise in prices,                marketing year may be disposed of on the internal
which are now well above those applicable in the                   market of the Community without the charge referred
 Community ; whereas this situation is not likely to               to in Article 25(3) of Regulation No 1009/ 67/ EEC
change appreciably in the foreseeable future ; whereas,            being levied .
 having regard in particular to the stocks in the
 Community, to foreseeable sugar production given a                                        Article 2
 normal harvest in 1974/75 and to the quantities likely
 to be imported and to those to be exported in the                  On the basis of estimates in respect of the Commu­
 form of processed products, the Community's supplies               nity supply situation for the period 1 October 1974 to
 can be safeguarded only by providing for a substantial             30 September 1975, a decision shall be taken before
 quantity of the sugar produced in excess of the                    15 October 1974 in the first instance and again before
 maximum quotas to be disposed of on the internal                   31 January 1975 as to whether to reduce the percen­
 market ;                                                           tage specified in Article 1 ( 1 ).
 Whereas it is necessary to re-examine, as more precise
 estimates of the Community figures become possible,                                        Article 3
 whether the total quantity in respect of which the
 export levy has been made to apply should be reduced               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 so as to enable a larger quantity to be exported free of           following its publication in the Official Journal of
 the said levy ;                                                    the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 6 August 1974.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 .
 (*) OJ No L 172, 27, 6 . 1974, p. 7 .