CELEX: 31974R2477
Language: en
Date: 1974-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2477/74 of the Council of 30 September 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 laying down general rules for the production refund on sugar used in the chemical industry

. 10 . 74                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 264/ 71
                                     REGULATION ( EEC) No 2477/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 30 September 1974
                amending Regulation ( EEC) No 765 /68 laying down general rules for the produc­
                                       tion refund on sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 A rticle 1
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                            1.    Production refunds shall be fixed only if the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      total quantity of surplus sugar available for the
 Economic Community ;                                                       Community chemical industry and the economic
                                                                            aspects of the proposed fixing are such as to justify
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                               such fixing.
67/EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                        2. The production refunds fixed in such circum­
by Regulation ( EEC) No 2476/74 (2), and in particular                      stances shall be granted under the conditions laid
Article 9 (7) thereof ;                                                     down in the following Articles on the products
                                                                            listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 1009/
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                        67/ EEC and on the syrups containing sucrose
Whereas, in order to make the granting of the produc­                       listed in Article 1 ( l)(d) of that Regulation (here­
tion refund on certain types of sugar and syrups used                       inafter called "basic productsr) which are used in
in the manufacture of certain products of the chem­                         the manufacture of the products of the chemical
ical industry dependent on the supply situation ,                           industry listed in the Annexes (hereinafter called
whether surplus or deficit, Article 9 (6) of Regulation                     "chemical products").'
No 1009/ 67/ EEC has been amended to ensure that
                                                                                                 Article 2
the granting of the refund is no longer compulsory
but optional ; whereas it is therefore necessary to                     The text of Article 4 of Regulation ( EEC) No 765/68
revise some of the general rules for the fixing of the                  is replaced by the following :
refund laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No                             Article 4
76.5/68 (3 ) of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules
for the production refund on sugar used in the chem­                        Subject to the requirements of Article 1(1 ), produc­
ical industry, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                      tion refunds shall be fixed for a period of three
 1 862/74 (4),                                                              months commencing on the first day of a month .
                                                                            If, however, those requirements cease to be satis­
                                                                            fied, the amounts fixed may be reduced to zero in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                            the course of that period .'
                               Article 1                                                         Article 3
The text of Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 765/68                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October
is replaced by the following :                                           1974 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, .30 September 1 974 .
                                                                                     For the (j)iincil
                                                                                      Fhe President
                                                                                      Ch . BONNET
(') OJ No . WH , IS . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 .
(-') See page' 70 of this Official Journal .
(') OJ No 1 . 1 4.3 , 25 . 6 : 1 96 «, p. 1 .
b) OJ No L 197, 19. 7. 1974, p. 4.