Council Regulation (EEC) No 3042/78 of 18 December 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1358/77 laying down general rules for offsetting storage costs for sugar

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3042/78  of 18 December 1978  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1358/77 laying down general rules for offsetting storage costs for sugar
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organization of the market in sugar (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3) (a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is specified in the third subparagraph of Article 8 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 that a levy shall be charged to offset the storage costs for sugar and certain syrups produced from beet and cane harvested in the Community;
Whereas Article 6 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1358/77 of 20 June 1977 laying down general rules for offsetting storage costs for sugar and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 750/68 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1397/78 (4), specifies that this levy shall be collected from manufacturers on the quantities of white and raw sugar and syrups sold;
Whereas the levy is due in general at the moment when the sugar is sold for consumption ; whereas this principle should as far as possible, and if the Member State concerned so decides, be applied in cases when raw sugar produced by one undertaking is subsequently refined by another,