CELEX: 31977R1357
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1357/77 of 20 June 1977 laying down, for the 1977/78 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments

25 . 6 . 77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 156/3
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1357/77
                                                            of 20 June 1977
               laying down , for the 1977 / 78 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the
                           disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           the value of the raw sugar delivered at the place of
COMMUNITIES,                                                          refining, the outlets after processing, the necessary
                                                                      refining margin for sugar refined in a refinery as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 defined in Article 9 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No
Economic Community,                                                   3330/74 and the differential amount fixed by Council
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Regulation (EEC) No 1356/77 of 20 June 1977 fixing,
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­                     for the 1977/78 sugar marketing year, the differential
zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by                 charge to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the
Regulation ( EEC) No 111 0/77 (2), and in particular                  differential amount to be granted in respect of raw
Article 9 ( 5) thereof,                                               cane sugar from the French overseas departments (3 ),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/ 74
provides that appropriate measures are to be taken in                                           Article 1
the event of difficulties arising in the disposal of sugar
produced in the French overseas departments ;                         This Regulation shall apply for the 1977/78 sugar
whereas the existence of such difficulties has been                   marketing year.
recognized in the past and appropriate Community
measures have already been taken ; whereas these diffi­                                         Article 2
culties still remain ;
                                                                       1.     Within the maximum quota a subsidy shall be
Whereas the economic relationship between the                         granted for sugar produced in the French overseas
French overseas departments and the European                          departments and refined in the Community.
regions of the Community requires that the bulk of
the sugar from the French overseas departments                         2. The subsidy referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
should be disposed of in those regions ;                               1-33 units of account per 100 kilograms of sugar
                                                                       expressed as white sugar.
Whereas a subsidy should be granted for the refining
of the sugar concerned to ensure that these quantities                                          Article 3
are disposed of in those regions ; whereas the amount
of the subsidy should be determined on the basis of                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1977 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                       J. SILKIN
(') Of No I. . VS9 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , p . I
(-') O'l No L 134, 28 . v 1977, p . 1 .                                (') See page I of this Official Journal .