CELEX: 31973R0473
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 473/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant an aid as a transitional measure for sugar to be consumed in its territory

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                            REGULATION (EEC) No 473/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 31 January 1973
              authorizing the United Kingdom to grant an aid as a transitional measure for sugar to be
                                                 consumed in its territory
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                             Article 2
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                 1 . For 100 kilogrammes of white sugar, the aid
                                                                 referred to in Article 1 (1 ) may not exceed the follow­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            ing amount :
Economic Community ;
                                                                 — 3-21 units of account during the period from
Having regard to the Treaty (x) concerning the                        1 February 1973 to 28 February 1973 ;
Accession of new Member States to the European
Economic Community and the European Atomic                       — 2- 14 units of account during the period from
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    1 March 1973 to 30 April 1973 ;
1972, and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (2)
annexed thereto ;
                                                                 — 1-07 units of account during the period from
                                                                      1 May 1973 to 30 June 1973 .
Whereas the upward movement of sugar prices
caused the United Kingdom to introduce a system of
consumer subsidies in March 1972 to neutralize the               2. Raw sugar shall be expressed as white sugar in
effects of such movement at that time ; whereas the              accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Council
sudden abolition of this system on 1 February 1973               Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 (3) of 9 April 1968
would be bound to create appreciable difficulties in             determining the standard quality for raw sugar and
this sector of the economy ; whereas transitional                fixing the Community frontier crossing point for
measures should accordingly be adopted for the                   calculating cif prices in the sugar sector.
phasing-out of the British consumer subsidies in
three stages ;
                                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­                 For the purposes of this Regulation , sale for con­
ment Committee for Sugar ;                                        sumption means :
                                                                  (a) for sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom :
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                         — when it leaves the manufacturer's warehouse,
                                                                           provided it is not sold to the intervention
                                                                           agency ; or
                         Article 1
                                                                      — the sale of sugar by the intervention agency ;
1 . Until 30 June 1973 the United Kingdom may grant
 a degressive national aid* for sugar, in the natural state       (b) for raw sugar imported into the United Kingdom
 or in the form of the products referred to in the                     for refining, the time when it is transferred from
Annex, which is marketed in its territory for human                    the bonded warehouse to the refinery ;
 consumption .
                                                                  (c) for sugar imported into the United Kingdom for
2. The aid referred to in paragraph 1 shall be granted                 a purpose other than that indicated under (b)
 regardless of the origin of the product.                              above, the putting of this sugar into free circulation
                                                                       in its territory ;
 (*) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5
 (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                             (3) OJ No L 89 , 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 .
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 (d) for sugar imported into the United Kingdom in                            granting of export restitutions for sugar, in the
       the form of the products referred to in the Annex,                     case of products covered by Regulation No
       the putting of such sugar into free circulation in                     1009/67/EEC (2) ;
       its territory.
                                                                        — the provisions concerning export resulting from
                               Article 4                                     Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (3), (EEC) No
                                                                              865/68 (4), and (EEC) No 2682/72 (5), in the case
 1 . "Where sugar is exported or sent to other Member                         of products or goods containing sugar covered by
 States in its natural state or in the form of the processed                 these Regulations.
 products referred to in the Annex, an amount equal
to that specified in Article 2 ( 1 ) shall be levied for
 the period in question during which the sugar is
 exported.                                                                                            Article 5
 2. For the granting of the aid referred to in Article 1                 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 ( 1 ) and for the collection of the amount indicated in                of its publication in the Official Journal of the
paragraph 1 the following provisions shall apply for                    European Communities.
the purpose of determining the sucrose content of the
products referred to in the Annex including, where
 applicable, the content of other sugars expressed in                   2. The provisions of Article 4 of this Regulation
terms of sucrose :                                                      shall apply from the third day following its publication
                                                                        in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
— the provisions of Article 13 of Commission
       Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (*) of 2 March 1970                   3 . The provisions of the other articles of this Regu­
       concerning the methods of application for the                    lation 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
                                                                ANNEX
                  I. List of products covered by Regulation No 1009/67/EEC to which the provisions of Article 1
                      of this Regulation apply.
                             CCT
                        heading No                                   Description of goods
                           17.02           Other sugars (but not including lactose and glucose) ; sugar syrups
                           D to F          (but not including lactose and glucose syrups) ; artificial honey
                                           (whether or not mixed with natural honey) ; caramel
                           17.05           Flavoured or coloured sugars (but not including lactose and glucose)
                             C             and syrup (but not including lactose and glucose syrups) but not
                                           including fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion
                                                                        (2)  OJ  No   308, 18. 12. 1967, p. 1 .
                                                                        (*)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1969, p. 13 .
                                                                        (4)  OJ  No   L 153 , 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 .
(x) OJ No L 50, 4. 3 . 1970, p. 1 .                                     (5)  OJ  No   L 289, 27 . 12. 1972, p . 13 .
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            II . List of products and goods covered by Regulation No 804/68/EEC to which the provisions
                 of Article 1 of this Regulation apply.
                      CCT
                   heading No                                     Description of goods
                     04.02             Milk and cream , preserved, concentrated or sweetened :
                                       B. Containing added sugar (but excluding products with less than
                                           20% sugar content)
            III. List of products or goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 865/68/EEC to which the pro­
                 visions of Article 1 of this Regulation apply.
                      CCT
                   heading No                                     Description of goods
                     20.04             Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained ,
                                       glace or crystallized) :
                                       B. Other ( but excluding products with less than 30% total sugar
                                           content)
                     20.05             Jams, fruit jellies , marmalades, fruit puree and fruit pastes, being
                                       cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar (but
                                       excluding products with less than 30% total sugar content)
            IV. List of products or goods covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2682/72 to which the provisions
                 of Article 1 of this Regulation apply but excluding products or goods with less than 25%
                 sugar content .
                       CCT
                   heading No                                     Description of goods
                     17.04             Sugar confectionery , not containing cocoa :
                                       B. Chewing gum
                                       C. White chocolate
                                       D. Other
                 ex 18.06              Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
                 ex 19.08              Pastry , biscuits , cakes and other fine bakers ' wares , whether or not
                                       containing cocoa in any proportion
                 ex 21.07              Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                                       F. Other
                     22.09             Ethyl alcohol , undenatured, of a strength of less than 80° ; spirits ,
                                       liqueurs and other spirituous beverages ; compound alcoholic pre­
                                       parations ( known as ' concentrated extracts') for the manufacture
                                       of beverages :
                                       C. Spirituous beverages