CELEX: 51975PC0193
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Date: 1975-04-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL on the imposition in the event of sugar supply difficulties within the Community of an export charge on certain goods not covered by Annex II of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community containing sucrose (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                PROPOSAL FOE A REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
            on the imposition in the event of sugar supply difficulties >
            within the Community of an export charge on certain goods .
            not covered "by Annex II of the Treaty establishing the Euro­
            pean Economic Community containing sucrose
                 ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission )
   COM(75 ) 193 final
 ---pagebreak---                             EmAI&ïORY JEMDRâKDUM
            Parsuant to Council Regulation ( EEC; lib 3l85j the Commission
introduced , as frmm 23 December 1974» a charge c:i the export of certain
processed products containing sucrose , in view of the shortage of sugar
in the Community,,    This measure was "based on Article 14 of .Regulation
( EEC) N° 1059/ 69 ? thereby limiting its duration to six months *
            In orier to allow the Commission to take such measures with an
unlimited duration when necessary, the aim of this regulation is to create
a general legal "oasis for the introduction of charges on the export of
su^&r in the form of goods not covered by Annex II of the Treaty ,.     The
draft regulation includes the criteria to 'be taken into consideration add
the procedure to "be followed when the^e charges are introduced.,
            It is hoped that the regulation might be applied as from 23 Juna
1975* which is the date of expiring of the charge currently in force *
 ---pagebreak---                  PRQPOSAL POR A EEGULATIC.Y ( ESC ) QF TIíS C00SCIL
             on the imprygirt.icrr in the event of sixgar siipp^y difficulties
             wi thin the -SoEtfuniiy of an esrxii't charge cm certain goods
             not covered by Annex IX of -the 'Rroaty establishing the Euro­
             pean Economic Concfunity containing suo^se » •
THE COUNCIL 07 THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Eoonomic Community
andii particular Article 235 thereof ;
                                    I
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European I&rliament ;
Wherea3 t pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 16 ( l ) of Council
Regulation No IOO9/67/EEC (l) of 18 December 19&7 cn the common organi zation
of the market in sugar, as last amended "by Regulation (ESC) NO 2476/74 ( 2),
provision may be made for a special levy to "be charged on exports of sugar
in the event of Community sugar supply difficulties j
Wliereas additional measures may "be a,£optod "by the Commission in pursuance of
Council Regulations ( EEC) NO 1603/74 (3 ) and (EEC) No 2980/74 (4) on the
export of certain cereal , rice, milk, fruit and vegetable^based products
containing added sugar, and of Article 9 & 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 1059/69
(5), as last amended "by Regulation (EEC) NO            /75 ( 6), in respect of the
export of certain goods on the grounds of thsir high sacrose content and of
the niRautp which they may be put ;
                                                                          • © a/e • •
(1 ) CJ No    306, 1801201997 , P. 1
( 2) OJ No L 254, 1.10.1974, P. 70
( 3 ) OJ No L 172, 27«6«1974, p. 9
( 4 ) OJ No L 318, 23.11 el974, p. 2
( 5 > OJ No L 141 , 12.6»X969 , p# 1
(6 ) OJ No
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas , in spite of such measures , sugar supply difficulties may cor.tinue
to exist in the Community} whereas a wider basis should therefore be created
for imposing an export charge on goods not covered by Annex II of the Treaty
which have a high Bucrose content , when abnormally high exports of such goods
have been notedf x^hereas , because of the possible urgency of such measures ,
the task of adopting them should be entrusted, subject to certain conditions ,
to the Commission,
HAS ADOPTE!) TKIS REGULATION?
                                    Article   1
1.         Where a levy is introduced on the export of white sugar , the Commis­
sion may decide in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 2 , and
without prejudice to the provisions of Article Ja. of Regulation ( EEC) Kb
1059/69 , to impose an export charge on goods outside Annex II of the Treaty
containing more than 35      by weight of sucrose ( including invert sugar cal­
culated as sucrose ).
2.         The amount of the export charge shall be fixed by reference in parti­
cular 16 s
           - the need to assure the availability of supplies of sugar
             within the Community }
           - the prices of white sugar within the Community and those
             obtaining on the world ma-rket ;
           - the nature of the goods concerned and the leval of exports of
             such goods to third' countries 5
           - tha sticrose content of the goods ;
           - the economic and social implications of applying the said charge .
3.         Detailed rules for the application of this Regu?cation shall be •
adopted by the Commissions
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                                  Article 2
        The Commission shall adopt the measures provided for in Article 1
after consulting the Member States ,
        These measures shall be conununioated vathout dolay to the Council .
        The Council, acting "by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within one month of the date of such communication,
                                  Article 3
        This Regulation shall enter into force on tlie day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
        This Regulation shall "be "binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States ,
Done at Brussels ,                                    For the Council
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