CELEX: 31973R0475
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 475/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 concerning the detailed arrangements for the import of sugar under the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement

No L 53 /64                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 2. 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 475/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 31 January 1973
             concerning the detailed arrangements for the import of sugar under the Commonwealth
                                                        Sugar Agreement
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           ' Article 32 a
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                         In the case of sugar for import into the United
                                                                         Kingdom under the provisions of Protocol 17 of
                                                                         the Act, the application and the certificate shall
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    include the following indication under item 12 :
Economic Community,
                                                                         ' C.S.A. — N.P.Q.Y
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
242/73 (*) of 31 January 1973 , laying down general                                            Article 2
rules for the implementation of the arrangements for
importing sugar into the United Kingdom within the                 The payment for the costs of transport and insurance
terms of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement, and                     provided for in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
in particular Article 9 thereof ;                                  No 242/73 may be effected by offsetting it against the
                                                                   price to be paid for the sugar concerned.
Whereas it is necessary to lay down certain detailed
provisions concerning import certificates and con­
cerning the calculation of the yield of the sugar                                              Article 3
imported pursuant to the provisions set out in Protocol
No 17 of the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty ( 3) con­               The costs of transport and insurance referred to in
cerning the Accession of the new Member States to                  Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 shall be
the European Economic Community and the European                   established by the competent authority of the United
Atomic Energy Community ; whereas in addition it                   Kingdom on the basis of the most favourable rates
is necessary to determine the detailed provisions for              of transport and insurance for the markets concerned .
the calculation of the resale price and also for the
method of adjusting the tax or the subsidy provided                                            Article 4
for in Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation               The yield of the sugar imported shall be calculated
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                  according to the provisions set out in Article 1 (3 )
ment Committee for Sugar ;                                         of Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 (6) of the Council
                                                                   of 9 April 1968 determining the standard quality for
                                                                   raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing
                                                                   point for calculating cif prices for sugar.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                               Article 5
                           Article 1
                                                                   The world market price referred to in Article 7 ( 1 )
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 shall, where necessary ,
The following Article 32a shall be inserted into                   be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2637/70 (4) of                      Article 4 (3) of that Regulation .
23 December 1970 relating to particular arrangements
for applying the system of import, export and pre­
fixation certificates for agricultural products, as last                                       Article 6
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 128/73 (5).
                                                                    The world market price referred to in Article 4 ( 1 )
                                                                    and Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 242/73
                                                                    shall be equal to the spot price on the London Sugar .
 (J) OJ No L 29, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 23 .                              Terminal (London Daily Price : LDP).
 (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
 (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(4)  OJ No L 283 , 29. 12. 1970, p . 15,
(5)  OJ No L  17, 20. 1 . 1973 , p. 16 .                            (<■) OJ No L 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p. 3 .
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                       Article 7                            3 . Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1
                                                            and 2, the adjustment of the tax or the subsidy shall
1 . From 1 March 1973 and from the moment when
                                                            be such that the difference referred to in Article 7 (2)
the difference referred to in Article 7 (2)         of      of Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 is equal to zero at the
Regulation (EEC) No 242/73 exceeds 0-05 unit of             end of the period for imports provided in Protocol
account per 100 kilogrammes, the competent authority        No 17 of the Act.
may adjust, in accordance with the provisions of that
paragraph, the tax or the subsidy during a subsequent
period .
When that difference exceeds 0-15 unit of account                                   Article 8
the competent authority shall adjust the tax or the
subsidy during a subsequent period.                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
                                                            its publication in the Official Journal of the European
2. The adjustment may not be greater than 0-40              Communities .
unit of account per 100 kilogrammes nor less than
0-05 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes .                  It shall apply from 1 February 1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI