CELEX: 31973D0209
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 24 July 1973 concerning the present system of aid in the United Kingdom for the refining of raw sugar

28 . 7 . 73                       Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 207/47
                                              COUNCIL DECISION
                                                   of 24 July 1973
              concerning the present system of aid in the United Kingdom for the refining of
                                                       raw sugar
                                                     (73/209/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    sion compatible with the common market and to auth­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   orize the granting thereof ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas this authorization        should nevertheless be
Economic Community and in particular the third                 limited to the date of expiry of the present sugar
subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof ;                       season ;
Having regard to the request submitted by the Govern­
ment of the United Kingdom ;                                   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Whereas on 25 May 1973 the British authorities noti­
fied the Commission that it had introduced an aid to                                  Article 1
refineries situated in the United Kingdom in respect
of raw sugar refined on or after 1 February 1973 ;             The aid in respect of the refining of raw sugar notified
                                                               to the Commission on 25 May 1973 by the British
Whereas by letter dated 16 July 1973 the Commission            authorities is hereby authorized.
decided on the basis of Article 93 (2) of the Treaty,
that the Government of the United Kingdom should               This authorization shall expire on 30 June 1974.
abolish this aid ;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, notwithstanding the Regulations adopted
pursuant to the Act on the Conditions of Accession             The Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
and the Adjustments to the Treaties, and having
regard in particular to the imports referred to in
Protocol No 17, circumstances are such as to justify           Done at Brussels, 24 July 1973 .
the granting of this aid ;                                                                  For the Council
Whereas, having regard to these exceptional circum­                                           The President
stances there are, therefore, grounds to declare the aid
as notified by the British authorities to the Commis­                                        1 . NØRGAARD