CELEX: 31975R1920
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1920/75 of the Commission of 25 July 1975 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 as regards the importation of sugar under the Agreement with India on cane sugar

26 . 7 . 75                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 195/23
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 1920/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 25 July 1975
               supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 as regards the importation of sugar
                                       under the Agreement with India on cane sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        1318 /71 (6), apply to cane sugar imported into the
COMMUNITIES,                                                          Community under the Sugar Agreement concluded
                                                                     with India ; whereas, in the meantime, in order to
                                                                      enable a check to be kept, and principally a statistical
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 check, on such imports, supplementary certificates are
Economic Community ;
                                                                      required ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
3330/74 (*) of 19 December 1974 on the common                         are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
organization of the market in sugar, and in particular                ment Committee for Sugar,
Articles 34 and 43 thereof ;
Whereas in the joint Declaration of Intent on the
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
development of trade relations with Ceylon, India,
Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore, appended to the Act
of Accession (2), it is stated that the question of
exports of sugar from India to the Community after                                               Article 1
the expiry of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement on
31 December 1974 must be settled by the Commu­                        The following is added to Article 1 of Regulation
nity taking account of the provisions which may be                    (EEC) No 824/75 :
adopted as regards imports of sugar from the inde­
pendent Commonwealth countries listed in Protocol                          '(c) the Agreement between the European
22 appended to the Act of Accession ; whereas the                                Economic Community and the Republic of
Agreement concluded between the European                                         India on cane sugar'.
Economic Community and the Republic of India on
cane sugar implements this undertaking by providing
a preferential system for the import of cane sugar                                               Article 2
from India analogous with the preferential system for
the countries listed in the ACP Sugar Protocol                        In Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 the
appended to the ACP-EEC Lome convention ;                             opening words 'Sugar to be regarded for purposes of
                                                                      this Regulation . . . ' are amended to read as follows :
Whereas Community provisions should be adopted                        'Save as regards sugar originating in India, sugar to be
for the implementation of this preferential import                    regarded for purposes of this Regulation
system ; whereas, pending the establishment of basic
 rules concerning preferential imports of sugar into the
 Community, it is therefore necessary to adopt transi­                                           Article 3
tional measures and to supplement Commission Regu­
lation (EEC) No 824/75 (3) of 24 March 1975 laying                    An Article 7a as follows is added to Regulation (EEC)
down transitional measures applicable to sugar                        No 824/ 75 :
 imported by the Community under preferential arran­
                                                                            'Article 7a
gements, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 1884/75 (4) ;
                                                                             1 . For purposes of this Regulation preferential
                                                                            sugar originating in India is sugar for which proof
Whereas, until the Community rules of origin are                            of this origin has been furnished by production of
 adapted for India, those laid down in Council Regula­                      a certificate of origin fulfilling the conditions laid
 tion (EEC) No 802/68 (5) of 27 June 1968 on the                            down in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
 common definition of the concept of the origin of
goods, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                    2.    The importer of sugar originating in India
                                                                            shall in addition submit to the customs authorities
 (')  OJ No L  359 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 .                                 of the Community a certificate duly stamped by
 (2 ) OJ No L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.                                   the competent authority of India .
 (3 ) OJ No L  79 , 28 . 3 . 1975, p. 8 .
 (4)  OJ No L  191 , 24. 7 . 1975, p. 25 .
  5   OJ No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .                            (*) OJ No L 139 , 25 . 6 . 1971 , p. 6 .
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  This certificate shall :                                     3.    The   Member States    shall  forward   to the
  — bear one of the following endorsements :                   Commission by the 21st of each month the copies
                                                               of the certificate as referred to in paragraph 2
     "Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 refers",                      above submitted to them in respect of imports
     "Application reglement (CEE) n° 824/75",                  effected during the preceding calendar month .
     "Anwendung von Verordnung (EWG) Nr.
     824/ 75",                                                 These copies shall contain the particulars endorsed
     "Applicazione regolamento (CEE) n . 824/75 ,              thereon in respect of importation, including
     "Toepassing van Verordening (EEG) nr.                     details of the quantities actually imported'.
     824/75",
     "Anvendelse af forordning (EØF) nr. 824/75 ;                                 Article 4
  — indicate the date of shipment of the goods and         The word 'India' is added to Annex I to Regulation
     the delivery period concerned as defined for          (EEC) No 824/75 .
     purposes of the undertakings given in respect
     of preferential sugar ; the indication of such                               Article 5
     period shall not, however, affect the applica­
     bility at the time of importation of the certifi­     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
     cate referred to in paragraph 1 ;                     following its publication in the Official Journal of
  — indicate      the    Common     Customs    Tariff      the European Communities.
     subheading of the product in question .               It shall apply with effect from 18 July 1975
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                 Member of the Commission