CELEX: 31973R0241
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 241/73 of the Council of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules for the system of compensatory amounts for sugar following the Accession of new Member States to the Community

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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 241 /73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 31 January 1973
              laying down general rules for the system of compensatory amounts for sugar following
                                 the Accession of new Member States to the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     from the compensatory amount for the primary
COMMUNITIES ,                                                   product in question, in accordance with the rules in
                                                                force for calculating the import levy ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
                                                                Whereas in accordance with Article 82 of the Act,
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                the compensatory amounts applicable to products
                                                                other than molasses in Article 1 ( 1 ) ( d ) of Regu­
 Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the                 lation No 1009/67/ EEC shall be derived from the
Accession of new Member States to the European                  compensatory amount for the primary product in
 Economic Community and to the European Atomic                  question, in accordance with the rules in force for
 Energy Community, and in particular Article 62 ( 1 )           calculating the levy in respect of the compensatory
 of the Act annexed thereto ;                                   amount applicable to imports and in accordance
                                                                with that in force for calculating the refund in
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             respect of the compensatory amount applicable to
                                                                exports .
Whereas in respect of the new Member States Art­
icles 51 and 52 of the abovementioned Act provide
for the fixing of prices in accordance with specific            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 criteria which could lead to differences in price level
 as compared with that of the common prices ;
                                                                                           Article 1
 whereas pursuant to Article 55 of the Act these
differences in price are to be compensated by a
system of compensatory amounts ;                               The compensatory amounts for sugar applicable
                                                               until 30 June 1973 in trade between the Community
                                                                as originally constitued and the new Member
 Whereas in relation to sugar, the aforementioned              States, in trade between the new Member States
Articles 51 and 52 are applicable, pursuant to Art­            themselves as well as between the new Member
icle 81 of the Act, to the derived intervention price           States and third countries :
 for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar
and the minimum price for beet;                                 (a) shall be fixed for the products listed in Annex I
                                                                      in the manner indicated in that Annex ;
Whereas in respect of the products for which these
prices are determined, the compensatory amounts                 (b) shall be obtained in respect of the products in
applicable in trade between the Community as ori­                    Article 1 ( 1 ) (d ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC
ginally constituted and the new Member States, and                   by multiplying the basic compensatory amount
between those States and third countries, shall, pur­                indicated in Annex II by the sucrose content
suant to Article 55 of the Act, be equal to the dif­                 inclusive of the content of other sugars expressed
 ference between the prices fixed for the new Mem­                   in sucrose of the product in question.
 ber State concerned and the common prices ; whereas
the compensatory amounts applicable in trade be­
 tween the new Member Stares shall be determined
                                                                                           Article 2
 by direct reference to the compensatory amounts
 fixed for each of those States in respect of the
 aforementioned trade;                                          1 . The compensatory amounts shall be levied on
                                                                imports and granted on exports in trade between :
 Whereas in accordance with Article 82 of the Act,             ( a ) the Community as originally constituted and
 the compensatory amounts applicable to products                     Denmark, on the one hand,
 other than fresh beet in Article 1 ( 1 ) (b) of Council
 Regulation No 1009/67/EEC (2) of 18 December                        and
 1967 on the common organization of the market in
sugar, as last amended by the Act, shall be derived            ( b) Ireland
                                                                     and
(') OJ No L 73, 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.
(*) OJ No 308, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 .                                  The United Kingdom, on the other
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by the Member States referred to in ( a ) and in ( b )                                Article 4
first indent .
                                                               1.    The detailed rules to be made for the granting,
                                                               levying, and collection of compensatory amounts, in
2.     In trade between Ireland and third countries           particular in order to prevent deflections of trade,
and between the United Kingdom and third coun­                 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
tries, levies and refunds shall be reduced by the              laid down in Article 40 of Regulation 1009/67/EEC.
compensatory amounts .
                                                               2.    The detailed rules for applying this Regulation
                                                               shall be laid down in accordance with the same
                                                               procedure.
                        Article 3                                                     Article 5
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
The compensatory amount applied shall be that                  its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­
applicable on the day of importation or exportation .         pean Communities .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                     A. LAVENS
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                                                                     ANNEX 1
                                                                      Compensatory amounts applicable in trade between :
                                                             The Community     The Community
                                                 on the         as originally    as originally                                  United
         CCT
       heading               Description        one hand         constituted      constituted        Ireland         Ireland
                                                                                                                               Kingdom
         No                    goods                              Denmark          Denmark
                                                 on the            United                             United          Third      Third
                                                                                    Ireland
                                                  other           Kingdom                          Kingdom         Countries   Countries
                                                                                                  u .i . 1000 kg
        12.04       Sugar beet, whole or
                    sliced , fresh, dried
                    or powdered ; sugar
                    cane :
                    A. Sugar beet :
                          I. Fresh                                   3·39             1·73               1·66
                         II . Dried or
                              powdered (')                         2409              12·54            11·55           12·54     24·09
                                                                                                   u.a. / 100 kg
        17.01       Beet sugar and cane
                    sugar, solid :
                    B. Undenatured :
                          I. White sugar                             4·38             2·28               2·10           2·28      4·38
                         II . Raw sugar                              5·06              1·95              3·11            1 95     506
 ( l ) Of a sucrose content , on a basis of dry matter of a least 50 */
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                                                          ANNEX //
                                                  Basic compensatory amounts in u.a . per l " o or sucrose content and
                                                        per 100 kg net of products in question to be used for the
                                                           calculation of the compensatory amounts applicable in
                                                                                  trade between :
    CCT             Description                   The Community        The Community
  heading                of              on the     .is originally       as originally                                  United
                       goods           one hand      constituted          constituted         Ireland       Ireland
    No                                                                                                                 Kingdom
                                                       Denmark             Denmark
                                         on the         United                                United         Third      Third
                                                                            Ireland
                                         other         Kingdom                               Kingdom       Countries   Countries
   17.02     Other sugars (but
  C to F     not including lactose
             and glucose); sugar
             syrups (but not in­
             cluding lactose and
             glucose syrups);
             artificial honey
             ( whether or not
             mixed with natural
             honey); caramel                          00438               00228              00210        00228        00438
   17.05     Flavoured or col­
     C       oured sugars ( but not
             including lactose and
             glucose) and syrups
             (but not including
             lactose and glucose
             syrups) but not in­
             cluding fruit juices
             containing added
             sugar in any pro­
             portion                                  00438               00228              00210        00228        00438