CELEX: 31973R0622
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 622/73 of the Commission of 1 March 1973 on the opening by the new Member States of a standing invitation to tender for the purpose of determining denaturing premiums for white sugar for feeding to bees

No L 58/ 12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             3 . 3 . 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 622/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 1 March 1973
              on the opening by the new Member States of a standing invitation to tender for the
              purpose of determining denaturing premiums for white sugar for feeding to bees
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       sion Regulation (EEC) No 100/72 (7) of 14 January
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                        1972 laying down detailed rules on the denaturing
                                                                      of sugar for animal feed, as last amended by Regula­
                                                                     tion (EEC) No 2847/72 (8) ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;
                                                                      Whereas it is essential, in view of the use to which
 Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the                       the sugar is to be put, to limit in accordance with
                                                                      the needs of the Member States concerned the quan­
 Accession of new Member States to the European
                                                                      tity of sugar in respect of which denaturing
 Economic Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                    premiums may be granted under the standing tender
                                                                      procedure and to provide that the total amounts
 1972, and in particular Article 63 ( 1 ) of the Act (2)
                                                                     tendered for by any one tenderer may not exceed
 annexed thereto, hereinafter called 'the Act' ;
                                                                     the quantity necessary to the Member State in
                                                                     which the tenders are made :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/
 67/EEC (3) of 18 December 1967 on the common
 organization of the market in sugar, as last                        Whereas only the sugar requirements for feeding
 amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 174/73 (4), and in                 bees in the various Member States concerned should
particular Article 9 ( 8 ) thereof ;                                 be catered for ; whereas it is accordingly necessary
                                                                      to ensure that sugar is actually denatured in the
                                                                     Member State issuing the certificate and hence to
Whereas denaturing premiums for white sugar have                     provide that the denaturing premium certificates
 been granted for a certain period in respect of                     issued in the Community as originally constituted,
 certain users in the Community as originally consti­                pursuant to Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1574/
tuted, and whereas the users in question have been                   72 (9 ) of 24 July 1972 fixing the denaturing
issued with denaturing premium certificates valid                    premium for white sugar intended for animal feed,
until 30 September 1973 ; whereas, in view of                        as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2351/72 ( 10),
existing requirements, similar users in the new                      may not be used by way of substitution in the new
Member States should therefore also be eligible to                   Member States ;
receive a denaturing premium ; whereas the
tendering system, which ensures equality of access
 and treatment to all presons concerned, would seem
to be the most appropriate procedure for deter­                      Whereas denaturing premiums are calculated on the
mining denaturing premiums which relate closely to                   basis of the prices fixed for the sugar in question
the market situation, and at the same time the only                  for Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom ;
one capable of ensuring that the sugar is used for a                 whereas some of these prices are lower than the
particular purpose, namely feeding to bees ;                         prices fixed for the Community as originally consti­
                                                                     tuted ; whereas it is therefore necessary to provide
                                                                     that denaturing premiums awarded be paid net of
Whereas the general principles and detailed rules of                 any compensatory amount fixed pursuant to Article
the tender procedure for determining denaturing                      55 of the Act in respect of the new Member State
premiums for sugar for animal feed were laid down                    concerned ;
in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2049/69 (5) of 17
October 1969 laying down general rules on the
denaturing of sugar for animal feed, as amended by                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
Regulation (EEC) No 2863/71 (6), and in Commis­                      tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                     Management Committee for Sugar ;
C1)  OJ No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
(2)  OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
(3)  OJ No  308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .                               H     OJ No L 12, 15 . 1 . 1972, p. 15 .
(4 ) OJ No  L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 1 .                            (8)   OJ No L 299, 31 . 12 . 1972 , p. 4 .
(«)  OJ No  L 263 , 21 . 10. 1969, p. 1                              (9)   OJ No L 167, 25 . 7. 1972 , p. 18 .
(«)  OJ No  L 288 , 31 . 12 . 1971 , p. 1                            ( 10) OJ No L 253 , 9 . 11 . 1972, p . 11 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  graph 3 of that Article for the Member State
                                                               concerned or, where appropriate, the proportion of
                        Article 1                              that maximum in respect of which denaturing
                                                               premiums have not yet been awarded.
1 . Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
shall each issue a standing invitation to tender for           3.     A tender must include a declaration by the
the purpose of determining the denaturing                      tenderer whereby he undertakes, should his tender
premiums for white sugar for animal feed.                      be successful, to put the white sugar in question to
                                                               the use specified in Article 1 (2).
2.      All white sugar in respect of which a de­
naturing premium is awarded under a tender pro­
cedure as provided for in paragraph 1 shall be used                                      Article 5
for the feeding of bees.
                                                               1.      The denaturing premium certificate issued
3 . The maximum quantity of white sugar for                    pursuant to an award under a partial invitation to
which denaturing premiums may be awarded under                 tender shall indicate the use to which the sugar is to
a standing tender procedure shall be 4 350 metric              be put, the denaturing premium granted, net of any
tons, apportioned as follows :                                 deduction under Article 6 .
( a) for Denmark 1 200 metric tons ;                           2. By way of derogation from Article 16 ( 1 ) of
(b ) for Ireland 150 metric tons ;                             Regulation (EEC) No 100/72, denaturing premium
                                                               certificates issued pursuant to an award under a
(c) for the United Kingdom 3 000 metric tons .                 partial invitation to tender shall be valid only until
                                                               30 September 1973 .
                         Article 2
                                                               3 . Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 100/72
The standing invitation to tender and the partial              shall not apply in the Member States specified in
invitation shall be organized in accordance with the           Article 1 ( 1 ) to denaturing premium certificates
relevant provisions of Regulations (EEC) No                    issued pursuant :
2049/69 and (EEC) No 100/72, and in accordance                 — to an award under a partial invitation to tender,
with the following provisions of this Regulation .                  or ,
                        Article 3
                                                               — to Regulation (EEC) No 1574/72.
The standing invitation to tender shall remain valid                                     Article 6
until a date to be determined at a later stage.
                                                               Denaturing premiums awarded under a partial invi­
                                                               tation to tender shall be paid net of any compensa­
                        Article 4                              tory amount fixed pursuant to Article 55 of the Act
                                                               in respect of trade between the new Member State
1.      A tender shall be valid only if it relates to a        concerned and the Community as originally constitu­
quantity of not less than 10 metric tons of white              ted .
sugar .
2. The total quantity tendered for by a single                                           Article 7
tenderer in any one of the Member States specified
in Article 1 ( 1 ) under a partial invitation to tender        This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
may not exceed the maximum laid down in para­                  1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 March 1973 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI