CELEX: 31971R2719
Language: en
Date: 1971-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2719/71 of the Commission of 21 December 1971 amending Regulation (EEC) No 142/69 as regards the adjustment of the maximum quota under the ' mixed price' system for sugar

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                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2719/71 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 21 December 1971
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 142/69 as regards the adjustment of the maximum
                                       quota under the 'mixed price' system for sugar
 THE    COMMISSION        OF       THE EUROPEAN      COM­         production figures for a marketing year must be
 MUNITIES,                                                        established   within   certain   time   limits for  each
                                                                  undertaking ; whereas that Article lays down
                                                                  provision for carrying forward and for paying the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      production levy where the provisional production
 European Economic Community;                                     figures differ from the final production figures ;
                                                                  whereas provision should also be made for the
                                                                  maximum quota fixed pursuant to Article 31 of
Having      regard    to      Council    Regulation     No        Regulation No 1009/67/EEC to be adjusted under
 1009/67/EEC 1 of 18 December 1967 on the common                  the same conditions ;
 organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended
 by Regulation (EEC) No 1060/71 ,2 and in particular
Articles 27 (7) and 31 (6) thereof;                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                  Management Committee for Sugar;
Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 31 (3 )
of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides that, where
the 'mixed price' system is applied, the Member
States must fix a maximum quota for each sugar                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
undertaking; whereas the sum of the maximum
quotas to be fixed in this way must not, during a
given period, exceed a previously determined                                              Article 1
quantity equal to the special maximum quota ;
whereas in certain cases the maximum quota has
been fixed under this system at the level of the                  The following paragraph 5 shall be added to Article
provisional production figures for the undertaking "in            2 of Regulation (EEC) No 142/69 :
question ; whereas in view of the fact that when the
maximum quota is being fixed the actual production
figures are not yet known the maximum quota                           '5 . Where the production figures established
should be adjusted in the light of the definitive                     pursuant to paragraph 2 differ from those
production figures ;                                                  established pursuant to paragraph 1 , and if the
                                                                      Member State has, pursuant to Article 31 of
                                                                      Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, fixed the maximum
Whereas Article 2 of Commission Regulation ' (EEC)                    quota for a sugar undertaking at the level of the
No 142/693 of 25 January 1969 laying down certain                     production    figures    established   pursuant    to
detailed rules for the application of the quota system                paragraph 1 , the Member State shall, without
for sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     prejudice to the special maximum quota, adjust
334/71 ,4 provides that the provisional sugar                         the maximum quota in question on the basis of
production figures and the definitive sugar                           the difference recorded .'
                                                                                          Article 2
1 OJ No 308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
- OJ No L 115 , 27.5.1971 , p . 16.
3 OJ No L 20 , 27.1.1969 , p . 1 .                                This Regulation shall apply from the date of the
* OJ No L 39, 17.2.1971, p. 14.                                   entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 142/69.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1971 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    The President
                                                                Franco M. MALFATTI