CELEX: 31973R2733
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2733/73 of the Commission of 8 October 1973 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 laying down detailed rules for the buying-in of sugar by intervention agencies

No L 282/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           9 . 10 . 73
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2733/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 8 October 1973
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 laying down detailed rules for the
                                           buying-in of sugar by intervention agencies
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                     In the second subparagraph of Article 7 (4) of Regula­
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                         tion (EEC) No 1280/71 , the words '0-018 unit of
67/EEC ( 1) of 18 December 1967 on the common                        account' are replaced by the words '0-020 unit of
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                 account'.
by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), and in particular
Article 9 (8) thereof ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1280/71 (3) of 18 June 1971 laying down detailed
                                                                     The following is added to Article 17 (2) of Regulation
rules for the buying-in of sugar by intervention agen­
                                                                     (EEC) No 1280/71 :
cies, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2417/71 (4),
fixes standard amounts for the costs of storage and                      '(c) new jute bags of a minimum weight of 700
defines the various types of packing which interven­                          grammes lined inside with polyethylene of a
tion agencies may, against payment of specific                                minimum thickness of 0-07 mm, with a
standard amounts require sellers to provide ;                                 content of 100 kg net.'
Whereas the standard amounts for the costs of storage
have remained the same for several marketing years                                            Article 3
and whereas, moreover, a new type of packaging not
provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 is being                 The following is added to Article 17 (3) of Regulation
used increasingly on the market in some Member                       (EEC) No 1280/71 :
States ; whereas, in view of increases in the actual costs
of storage, the amounts fixed in that Regulation                         '(e) 0-81 unit of account for the type of packing
should be altered and whereas the rules for interven­                         described in paragraph 2 (c).'
tion buying-in should be amplified to take account of
new packaging methods before the beginning of the                                             Article 4
production year ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­                       following its publication in the Official Journal of
agement Committee for Sugar,                                          the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 8 October 1973 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 .
(2 ) Of No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 1973 , p . 7 .
p) O'j No L 133, 19 . 6 . 1971 , p. 34.
(4 ) 0 | No L 250 , 11 . II . 1971 , p . 30 .