CELEX: 31969R2485
Language: en
Date: 1969-12-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2485/69 of the Council of 9 December 1969 amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in sugar

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   529
No L 314/6                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              15.12.69
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2485/69 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                 of 9 December 1969
             amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in
                                                         sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of that Article shall
                                                               also apply to raw beet sugar until 31 December 1969 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   whereas, however, given the economic situation of
European Economic Community, and in particular                 that branch of production, it seems appropriate to
Article 43 thereof;                                            extend the period of application of that system to 30
                                                               June 1973 ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                               Whereas the provisions of Article 5 of Regulation No
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                   1009/67/EEC have proved too inflexible to be
Parliament;                                                    applied in all areas of the Community;
Whereas Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC1 of 18               Whereas application of the provisions of Article 27
December 1967 on the common organisation of the                (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC has given rise to
market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation                 difficulties ; whereas these difficulties could be
(EEC) No 2463/69,2 lays down provisions for                    eliminated by introducing a system which would
products falling within tariff heading No 12.04;               involve the obligation to pay the minimum price for
whereas that tariff heading includes sliced sugar beet,        beet outside the basic quota in respect of beet
which consequently benefits from the system laid               processed into sugar covered by Article 30 ( 1 ) (b) of
down in that Regulation and in particular from the             Regulation No 1009/67/EEC and by making
common system of trade with third countries, from              provision at the same time for a correction to be
the removal of all obstacles to the free movement of           made where the final amount of the production levy
goods within the Community and from Community                  is lower than the maximum amount of that levy;
aid arrangements ; whereas certain products falling            whereas Articles 5 and 27 of that Regulation should
within tariff heading No 23.03 (namely beet pulp,              be amended accordingly;
bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture) are
not covered by a common organisation of the
market although they do appear in Annex II to the
Treaty; whereas, therefore, in order to prevent these          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products being treated any differently at Community
level they should be included in the common
organisation of the market; whereas, however, in                                       Article 1
view of the economic importance of these products, it
seems adequate to make provision for the possibility           The following subheading shall be added to the
of introducing import and export licences ; whereas,           Table     in   Article   1   (1 ) pf Regulation     No
moreover, in view of the low sugar content of the              1009/67/EEC :
products in question, there is no need to replace the
duties of the Common Customs Tariff by the levies                  '(e) ex 23.03 Beet pulp, bagasse and other waste
provided for other products of the sugar sector;                         of sugar manufacture'.
Whereas Article 9 (3 ) of Regulation No
1009/67/EEC provides that the intervention system                                      Article 2
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .                                The following shall be substituted for Article 5 of
2 OJ No L 312, 12.12.1969, p . 3 .                             Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :
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     ' 1 . Subject to the provisions of Article 29 (1 )                                     Article 5
     and provisions adopted pursuant to Article 32 (3 ),
     sugar manufacturers buying beet :
                                                                   The following shall be substituted for Article 14 (1 )
     ( a) suitable for processing into sugar and                   of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :
     (b) intended for processing into sugar                            'A levy shall be charged on imports of the
    shall be required to pay at least a minimum                       products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a), (b), (c) and
    price, adjusted by price increases or reductions to                (d). The duties of the Common Customs Tariff
     allow for deviations from the standard quality.                  shall apply to imports of the products listed in
                                                                       Article 1 (1 ) (e).'
    2. The minimum price referred to in paragraph
     1 shall correspond to :
     (a) the minimum price for beet in the case of beet                                     Article 6
          to be processed into the sugar covered by
           Article 30 ( 1) (a);
                                                                   The following paragraphs 4 to 7 shall be substituted
    (b) the minimum price for beet outside the basic              for paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 27 of Regulation
           quota in the case of beet to be processed into          No 1009/67/EEC :
           the sugar covered by Article 30 ( 1 ) (b).
                                                                      '4.    If the amount of the production levy is
                                                                      lower than the maximum amount referred to in
    3 . Detailed rules for the application of this
    Article may be adopted and the price increases                    paragraph 3 , sugar manufacturers shall be
    and reductions fixed in accordance with the                       required to pay beet sellers, in respect of each 100
    procedure laid down in Article 40.'                               kilogrammes of sugar produced, the difference
                                                                      between the maximum amount of the production
                                                                      levy and the final amount of this levy, up to a
                                                                      percentage which has still to be determined.
                            Article 3
                                                                      The amount to be paid per metric ton of beet
1 . The date 30 June 1973 shall be substituted for                    shall be fixed for the standard quality. The price
31 December 1969 in Article 9 (3 ) of Regulation No                   increases and reductions referred to in Article 5
1009/67/EEC .                                                         shall apply to this amount.
2. The date 1 July 1973 shall be substituted for                      5 . Sugar manufacturers may require cane
1 January 1970 in Article 9 (4) of Regulation No                      sellers to reimburse the production levy in respect
1009/67/EEC.                                                          of a quantity of cane corresponding to the
                                                                      quantity of sugar on which the production levy is.
                                                                       charged, up to a percentage still to be determined.
                           Article 4
1.      The reference 'paragraph 1 ( a), ( b), (c) and (d)'           6.     Member States shall satisfy themselves on
shall be substituted for 'paragraph V in the first                    the basis of information supplied by sugar
subparagraph of Article 11 ( 1 ) of Regulation No                     manufacturers that :
1009/67/EEC .
                                                                       (a) payment for beet and
2. The following shall be substituted for Article
11 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :                                 (b) the s\im of the reimbursements made by cane
                                                                           sellers to manufacturers are in conformity
    'The system described in this Article may be                            with the relevant Community provisions.
    extended to the products listed in Article
    1 (1) (e) in accordance with the procedure laid
    down in Article 40. The period of validity of                     7.     Detailed rules for the application of this
    licences     and     other   detailed   rules   for  the          Article shall be adopted and the amount referred
    application of this Article, which may include a                  to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 4
    time limit for the issue of licences, shall be                    fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down
    adopted in accordance with the same procedure.'                   in Article 40.'
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                        Article 7                                                    Article 9
The following shall be substituted for the second
indent of Article 28 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :            1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the
                                                               third day following its publication in the Official
    'the percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and         Journal of the European Communities.
    (5).'
                        Article 8
The words 'in Article 5 (2) (b)' shall be substituted
for 'in Article 27 (4)' in Article 30 (2) of Regulation        2. Articles 2, 6, 7 and 8 of this Regulation shall
No 1009/67/EEC.                                                apply from the 1970/71 marketing year.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 9 December 1969.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                  P. LARDINOIS