CELEX: 31976R1763
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1763/76 of 22 July 1976 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 as regards the packaging of sugar

No L 197/32                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            23. 7. 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1763/76
                                                       of 22 July 1976
                supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 as regards the packaging of sugar
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                 ment Committee for Sugar,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common orga­                                          Article 1
 nization of the market in sugar (^ as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 1487/76 (2), and in particular              Article 17 (2) (b) (aa) of Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71
 Article 9 (6) thereof,                                          is amended to read as follows :
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71                      '(aa) new jute bags :
 of 18 June 1971 laying down detailed rules for the                        — of a minimum weight of 450 grammes
 buying-in of sugar by intervention agencies (3), as last                      lined inside with polyethylene of a
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2799/75 (4),                                   minimum thickness of 0-04 mm,
 provides in particular for certain forms of sugar pack­                   — of a minimum weight of 420 grammes
 aging that the intervention agency may require from                           lined inside with polyethylene of a
 the seller ; whereas, in consequence of the technical                         minimum thickness of 0-05 mm.'
 development of types of packaging generally used in
 the sugar trade, provision should be made to permit                                      Article 2
 the use of 50 kilogramme jute bags having characteris­
 tics other than those at present prescribed, the current        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
 flat-rate amount remaining applicable also in respect           publication in the Official Journal of the European
 of this new type of packaging ;                                 Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                       Member of the Commission .
(!) OJ   No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No L 167, 26.  6. 1976, p. 9.
(>) OJ   No L 133,  19. 6. 1971 , p. 34.
(4) OJ   No L 279, 30.  10. 1975, p. 7.