CELEX: 31972R0607
Language: en
Date: 1972-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 607/72 of the Council of 23 March 1972 amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in sugar

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No L 75/4                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28.3.72
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 607/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                  of 23 March 1972
               amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organization of the market in
                                                          sugar
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       guaranteed; whereas consequently it is necessary to
                                                                lay down appropriate provisions and to supplement
                                                                the Article in question accordingly;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular
 Article 43 thereof;                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                .
Having regard to the proposal from the, Commission ;                                        Article 1
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                    1.        The following shall be substituted for Article 16
 Parliament;                                                    ( 1 ) and (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :
                                                                                          /
"Whereas Article 16 of Council Regulation No                          ' 1 . If the c.i.f. price for white sugar or raw
 1009 /67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common                      sugar is higher than the threshold price, a levy
 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                 equal to the difference between those prices shall
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 ,2 provides for the                   be charged on exports of the product in question.
 charging of a levy on exports of sugar if the c.i.f.
 price is higher than the threshold price;
                                                                      Where the Community or any region thereof can
                                                                      no longer be supplied with sugar at prices within
Whereas Article 12 of that Regulation provides that                   the limit of "the threshold price, provision may be
 the threshold price for white sugar in the Community                 made for charging a special levy on exports of the
 should be the same as the target price for the area                  product in question. Where the provisions of this
 having the largest surplus plus transport charges                    subparagraph apply, those of the preceding
 from that area to the most distant deficit area;                     subparagraph shall not apply.
 whereas in this way a trade preference in respect of
 Community sugar for the supply of any deficit areas
 is ensured for as long as world market prices remain                 Save as otherwise provided by the Council in
 lower than Community prices ;                                        accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                      paragraph 3, the levy or the special levy to be
                                                                      charged, as appropriate, shall be that applicable
Whereas when, because of scarcity on the world                        on the day of exportation. 1
 market, prices on that market are higher than
 Community prices the provisions of Article 16 of
 Regulation No 1009/67/EEC do not enable the                          2.     Under the conditions described in the first
 allocation of regional surpluses for exportation to be               subparagraph of paragraph 1 , a subsidy may be
 prevented in good time so that, as the result of an­                 granted on imports of the product in question.'
 abnormal rise in Community prices, supplies to
 consumers at reasonable prices can no longer be                2.        The following shall be substituted for Article 16
                                                                (5 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :
                                                                      '5 .   Detailed rules for the application of this
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1.                                        Article shall be adopted in accordance with the
2 OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8.                                      procedure laid down in Article 40.
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The levies referred to in the first subparagraph of                              Article 2
paragraph 1, together with any levies resulting
from the application of paragraph 4, shall be              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
fixed by the Commission.'                                  its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                           European Communities.
         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States .
         Done at Brussels . 23 March 1972.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                               J. P. BUCHLER