CELEX: 31971R1281
Language: en
Date: 1971-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1281/71 of the Commission of 18 June 1971 on the buying-in by intervention agencies of sugar offered by specialised sugar traders

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   389
No L 133 /42                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               19.6.71
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1281 /71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 18 June 1971
               on the buying-in by intervention agencies of sugar offered by specialised sugar traders
THE     COMMISSION       OF     THE  EUROPEAN      COM­         access to intervention, been unable to play fully its
MUNITIES,                                                       essential role in the proper functioning of the
                                                                common organisation of markets, taking account in
Having regard to the Treaty             establishing the        particular of the risks involved in the buying-in and
European Economic Community;                                    storage of large quantities of sugar for marketing at a
                                                                later date ; whereas one means of enabling such trade
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    to operate under normal conditions of competition is
1009/671 of 18 December 1967 on the common
                                                                the implementation of the above-mentioned
organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended            measures ; whereas this implementation should be
by Regulation (EEC) No 1060/71 ,2 and in particular             provided for in good time before further sugar
Article 9 ( 8 ) thereof;                                        production begins ;
Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
2 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 447/683 of 9             are in accordance with the Opinion of the
April 1968 laying down general rules for intervention           Management Committee for Sugar ;
buying of sugar, as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2274/70,4 provision may be made for
intervention agencies to buy in sugar offered by any            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
specialised sugar trader who has been approved by
the Member State on whose territory he is
established; whereas the aim of these measures has                                     Article 1
been to promote free competition by strengthening
the position of the independent sugar trade in the              Intervention agencies shall, under the conditions laid
common organisation of the market in sugar, taking              down, buy in sugar offered to tfiem by specialised
into account the importance this may assume in trade            sugar traders .
between Member States and third countries ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas experience gained since 1 July 1968 has
shown, that the independent sugar trade has, without            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1971 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 18 June 1971 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                   Franco M. MALFATTI
1 OJ No 308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
2 OJ No L 115, 27.5.1971 , p. 16.
3 OJ No L 91 , 12.4.1968 , p. 5 . •
4 OJ No L 246, 12.11.1970, p . 3 .