CELEX: 31974R1602
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1602/74 of the Council of 25 June 1974 amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in sugar

27 . 6 . 74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 172/ 7
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1602/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 25 June 1974
              amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in
                                                             sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          establishment of the possible future arrangements
                                                                   for sugar imports into the Community from certain
                                                                   developing countries as from 1 January 1975 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 Whereas Italy has been authorized to grant tempor­
pean Economic Community, and in particular                         ary aids ; whereas an increase in the maximum aid
Article 43 thereof;                                                granted per metric ton of beet from 1-80 to 4-00
                                                                   units of account is justified by a new assessment of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                the conditions of production, in particular the tem­
                                                                   porary competitive situation in relation to maize
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       production,
Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Social Committee ;
                                                                                             Article 1
Whereas, in view of the Community's sugar supply
situation, the maximum quota, fixed at 135% of the
basic quota since the 1968/69 sugar marketing year,                The third subparagraph of Article 24 (2) of Regu­
has been increased to 145% of the basic quota for                  lation No 1009/67/EEC shall be replaced by the
the 1974/75 sugar marketing year; whereas it is                    following:
therefore justified to provide for a maximum quota
applicable to the United Kingdom of 110% of the                        'However, the coefficient to be applied to the
basic quota ;                                                          United Kingdom for determining the maximum
                                                                       quota shall be :
Whereas Article 16 of Council Regulation No 1009/
67/EEC I1) of 18 December 1967 on the common                           — TOO for the period up to the end of the
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                        1973 /74 sugar marketing year, and
by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), does not apply
to sugar produced in excess of the maximum quota;                      — 1-10 for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year.'
whereas, moreover, shortages and high prices persist
on the world market and Community supplies are
at risk because of uncertainty about the quantities to
be imported in the future under Protocol No 22                                               Article 2
annexed to the Act of Accession (3); whereas, in
view of the above situation, undertakings to export                Article 25 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall
the said sugar long before it has been produced                    be replaced by the following:
should be avoided ; whereas the export levy should
therefore also be applicable to sugar produced in                      'Articles 8 , 9, 16 and 17 shall not apply to the
excess of the maximum quota ; whereas there should                     quantity referred to in paragraph 1 which is not
nevertheless be the possibility of not applying this                   carried forward to the following sugar marketing
levy as soon as the Community's supply situation                       year pursuant to Article 32. However, as an
can be adequately ascertained ;                                        exception, it may be decided that Article 16 shall
                                                                       be applicable in so far as it is necessary to ensure
Whereas, for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year, the                     the Community's sugar supply.
guaranteed quantity should be fixed only after
                                                                        In this event, it will be recorded at the same time
                                                                       that the entire quantity of sugar in question may
O OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 .
                                                                       finally be disposed of on the internal market
(2) OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973 , p. 7.                                   without the amount laid down in paragraph 3
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.                                  being levied.'
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                      Article 3                                                       Article 4
The following paragraph 3 shall be added to Article
26 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :                            In Article 34 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC the
                                                             amount of 1-80 units of account shall be replaced
                                                             by 4-00 units of account.
   '3 . By way of derogation from paragraphs 1
   and 2, the guaranteed quantity for the 1974/75
   sugar marketing year shall be fixed by the Coun­
   cil, acting on a proposal from the Commission                                     Article 5
   and in accordance with the voting procedure laid
   down in Article 43 (3 ) of the Treaty, after estab­
   lishment of the system applicable from 1 January          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
   1975 to sugar imports into the Community from             day following its publication in the Official Journal
   certain developing countries.'                            of the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 1974.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               H. E>. GENSCHER