CELEX: 31974R2478
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2478/74 of the Commission of 30 September 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 835/68 as regards the period of validity of the production refund certificates in respect of sugar used in the chemical industry

No L 264/72                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             . 10 . 74
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 2478 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 30 September 1974
              amending Regulation ( EEC) No 835 /68 as regards the period of validity of the
               production refund certificates in respect of sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   provisions should be made for an appropriate exten­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     sion of the period of validity of refund certificates
                                                                 issued before the date on which the change in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            existing arrangements became known ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended              ment Committee for Sugar,
by Regulation (EEC) No 2476/74 (2 ), and in particular
Article 9 (8) thereof ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas by its Regulation (EEC) No 2476/74 of 30
September 1974, amending Regulation No 1009/
67/EEC on the common organization of the market                                              Article 1
in sugar the Council has replaced the principle of a
compulsory grant of a production refund on certain                The following paragraph is added to Article 4 of Regu­
uses of sugar in the chemical industry by that of an              lation (EEC) No 835/ 68 :
optional grant ; whereas, having regard to the criteria               ' However, the refund certificates for which th#
indicated in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  application has been lodged before 20 September
765/68 (3) of 18 . June 1968 laying down general rules                 1 974 shall be valid from the day of issue to the
for the production refund on sugar used in the chem­                   end of the seventh month following the month of
ical industry, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  issue .'
2477/74 (4), it is necessary in the present situation to
suspend temporarily the granting of the production
refund ;                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, in order to smooth the transition to the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
period where no production refunds are to be granted ,             1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 September 1 974.
                                                                                l:or the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 308 , 18 , 12 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2) Sec page 70 of this Official Journal .
(J) OJ No L 143 , 25 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
(4) Sec page 71 of this Official Journal .