CELEX: 31973R0363
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 363/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing normal stocks of sugar for the new Member States on 1 February 1973

No L 39/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             12. 2. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 363/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 31 January 1973
                              fixing normal stocks of sugar for the new Member States on
                                                         1 February 1973
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      to above is fixed at 941 583 tons for the United
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       Kingdom, 245 721 tons for Denmark and 127 052 tons
                                                                    for Ireland ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas Article 33a (3 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/
Economic Community ;                                                EEC provides for the necessary measures to be taken
                                                                   to obviate such financial burdens as may result for
                                                                   the Community from the marketing of a quantity
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                     equal to the difference between the recorded stock
EEC (x) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­                    and the fixed normal stock ; whereas to that end
ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by                 these quantities should be exported without Com­
the Act ( 2), annexed to the Treaty (3) on the Accession            munity intervention and before an appointed date ;
of new Member States to the European Economic
Gommunity and the European Atomic Energy                           Whereas notification by the new Member States on
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                  the level of their recorded stocks and where appropri­
and in particular Articles 33a (4) and 38 thereof ;                 ate on the quantity exported without Community
                                                                   intervention is necessary for the proper management
                                                                    of the market in sugar ;
Whereas Article 33a ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/
EEC lays down that the new Member States shall                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
make an inventory of the stocks of sugar in free                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
circulation in their territory at 0.00 hours on 1 Feb­              ment Committee for Sugar ;
ruary 1973 ; whereas it is desirable to provide for
the conversion of the different types of sugar in
accordance with the rules laid down in Commission
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 142/69 (4) of 25 January 1969,
laying down certain detailed rules for the application
                                                                                           Article 1
of the quota system for sugar, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 144/73 (5) ;
                                                                   For the purposes of the inventory referred to in
                                                                   Article 33a ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, the
Whereas Article 33a (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/                  quantities of white sugar, of raw sugar, of invert
EEC lays down that a quantity of sugar which may                   sugar and of syrups shall be expressed in terms of
be regarded as representing a normal stock at 0.00                 white sugar according to the provisions of Article 1 (3)
hours on 1 February 1973 shall be fixed for each new               of Regulation (EEC) No 142/69.
Member State ; whereas this quantity shall be fixed
taking into consideration a normal working stock,
the anticipated consumption in the Member State                                            Article 2
concerned until the new beet harvest and the supply
situation based on national production and imports                 The normal stock on 1 February 1973 at 0.00 hours
or exports of that Member State ; whereas, taking                  referred to in Article 33 a (2) of Regulation No 1009/
account of these criteria , the normal stock referred              67/EEC shall be :
                                                                    (a) for the United Kingdom 941 583 metric tons of
                                                                        white sugar,
(*) OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                               (b) for Denmark 245 721 metric tons of white sugar,
(3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(4) OJ  No L 20, 27. 1 . 1969 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ No L 18 , 23 . 1 . 1973 , p. 13 .                            (c) for Ireland 127 052 metric tons of white sugar.
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                         Article 3                                   (bb) the documents referred to in Article 15 of
                                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 1373/70 (*) for the
1 . If the quantity of the stocks of sugar established                    release of the deposit ;
as a result of the inventory referred to in Article 33a (1)
of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC exceeds the quantity
fixed for this Member State in Article 2, a quantity            (b) for products for which export licences are not
equal to the difference between those two quantities                 provided by the production of a proof which is
shall be exported before 1 July 1973 to third countries              comparable with the one referred to under (a)
as undenatured sugar in the natural state or in the                  and approved by the Member State concerned.
form of processed products without any refund
accorded in the framework of a common organ­
ization of the markets .
                                                                                          Article 4
2. For the quantity to be exported referred to in
                                                                1 . The new Member States shall communicate to
Paragraph 1 , no export charges shall be applicable.
                                                                the Commission before 1 April 1973 the level of their
                                                                stocks established according to the provisions of
3 . The proof that the sugar has been exported                  Article 33a (1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC.
according to the provisions of Paragraph 1 shall be
constituted :
                                                                2. The new Member States in which the established
                                                                stock exceeds the quantity fixed for it in Article 2,
(a) for products for which export licences are provided         shall communicate to the Commission before 1 August
     by the production of
                                                                1973 the quantity exported according to the provisions
     (aa) these licences containing, in Section 12, the         of Article 3 .
           following endorsement :
           — 'for export in pursuance af Article 3 of                                     Article 5
               Regulation (EEC) No . . . /73' for export
               of sugar from the United Kingdom or              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
               from Ireland, or                                 its publication in the Official Journal of the European
           — 'til eksport i medfor af artikel 3 i forord­       Communities .
               ning (E0F) nr .../73 ', for export of
               sugar from Denmark ; and                         This Regulation 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
                                                                 i1) OJ No L 158 , 20. 7. 1970, p. 1 .