CELEX: 31974R0931
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 931/74 of the Commission of 19 April 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 laying down general rules for the implementation of the arrangements for importing sugar into the United Kingdom within the terms of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement

20 . 4 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 107/ 11
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 931 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 19 April 1974
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 laying down general rules for the imple­
              mentation of the arrangements for importing sugar into the United Kingdom
                                within the terms of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       competent body for imports to be effected from 1
COMMUNITIES,                                                          February 1973 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the entry into force of the rules laid down in
Economic Community ;                                                 Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 should be
                                                                      postponed to enable the special import arrangements
Having regard to the Treaty concerning the Accession                  in question to work without too much inconvenience
of new Member States to the European Economic                         for those concerned or for the competent body
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                           referred to above ;
Community signed in Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (') annexed            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
to the aforementioned Treaty ;                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                      ment Committee for Sugar,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 (2) of
31 January 1973 , laying down general rules for the
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
implementation of the arrangements for importing
sugar into the United Kingdom within the terms of
the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement and Commis­                                                   Article 1
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 475/73 (3) of 31 January                    By way of derogation from Article 7 (2) of Regulation
1973 concerning the detailed arrangements for the                     (EEC) No 242/73 the weighted averages referred to in
import of sugar under the Commonwealth Sugar                          that paragraph shall be calculated from 1 April 1973 .
Agreement, amended by Regulation ( EEC) No
342/74 (4), lay down detailed import arrangements                                              Article 2
necessary in particular for the functioning of the
London Sugar Terminal ; whereas these arrangements                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
were known to those concerned only after the latter                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
had already concluded purchase contracts with the                     the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 April 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                               Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ  No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(2)  OJ  No L 29 , 1 . 2 . 1 973 , p. 23 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 53 , 26 . 2 . 1973 , p. 64 .
(4 ) OJ  No L 40 , 12 . . 2 . 1974, p. 3 .