31969R1393

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21.7.69 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 179/ 1

REGULATION (EEC) No 1393/69 OF THE COUNCIL

of 17 July 1969 amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in sugar

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, that sugar produced after 30 June 1969 must be exported in the natural state within a given period ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation No European Economic Community, and in particular 1009/67/EEC provides for an export refund to be Article 43 thereof; granted on white sugar, raw sugar, molasses and on certain syrups falling within headings Nos 17.02 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; and 17.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, exported in the natural state or in the form of goods listed in Having regard to the Opinion of the European the Annex to that Regulation ; whereas a considerable Parliament; quantity of sugar or molasses is used in the manufacture of vermouths and other flavoured wines Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation No falling within heading No 22.06 of the Common 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common Customs Tariff and of certain chemical products ; organisation of the market in sugar, as amended by whereas such uses represent an important outlet for Regulation (EEC) No 2100/68,2 provides for the sugar; whereas these goods should therefore be reimbursement of storage costs for certain syrups included in the Annex to Regulation No produced prior to the crystallising stage although no 1009/67/EEC ; provision is made for charging the corresponding levy on such syrups when they are marketed in the Whereas it should be specified that the provisions natural state; whereas the provisions of that Article supplementing the Annex to Regulation No 1009/67/EEC should only apply from the date should be supplemented to make such syrups subject scheduled for the application of the provisions on the to the same system as white or raw sugar; pre-financing of export refunds; Whereas application of the provisions of Article 10 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC runs into practical and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : administrative difficulties when sugar is being sold by intervention agencies ; whereas these provisions should therefore be adjusted so as to allow sugar Article 1 held by these agencies to be denatured or exported in accordance with rules which are as close as possible The following shall be substituted for the words 'per to those already adopted pursuant to Articles 9 and unit of weight of sugar produced' in the second 17 of that Regulation; subparagraph of Article 8 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC : Whereas Article 25 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC provides that the quantity of sugar produced in '— per unit of weight of sugar produced; excess of the maximum quota fixed for a factory or — per unit of weight of the syrups referred to in undertaking in any given marketing year should not the first subparagraph produced and be disposed of on the internal market; whereas, in marketed in the natural state.' order to facilitate application of the principle contained in that provision, it should be specified Article 2

1 OJ No 308, 18.12. 1967, p. 1. The following shall oe substituted for Article 10 ( 1 ) 2 OJ No L 309, 24.12.1968, p. 4. of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC :

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'1 Intervention agencies may only sell sugar at a '22.06 Vermouths, and other wines of fresh price which is higher than the intervention price grapes flavoured with aromatic extracts valid for the area in which the sugar is stored. 29.15 Polyacids and their anhydrides, acid It may however be decided to allow intervention halides, acid peroxides and peracids, and agencies to sell sugar at a price which is at least their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or equal to the intervention price in question if the nitrosated derivatives : sugar is intended : A. Acyclic polyacids : — for animal feed ; or ex V. Other, itaconic acid, its salts and — for export in the natural state or following esters processing into the products listed in Annex II to the Treaty or into the goods listed in the 29.44 Antibiotics : Annex to this Regulation.' A. Penicillins.'

Article 3 2. The following shall be substituted for heading No 29.16 in the Annex to Regulation No 1009 /67/EEC : 1 . The following shall be added to Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC : 'Alcohol-acids, aldehyde-acids, ketone-acids, phenol-acids and other single or complex 'Subject to the provisions of Article 32; the oxygen-function acids, and their anhydrides, acid quantity of sugar produced in excess of the halides, acid peroxides and peracids, and their maximum quota fixed for a factory or halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated undertaking in any given marketing year after 30 derivatives : June 1969 shall be exported in the natural state before the 1 January following the end of the A. Alcohol-acids : relevant marketing year.' I. Lactic acid, its salts and esters 2. The following shall be substituted for the IV. Citric acid, its salts and esters second sentence of Article 25 (3 ) of Regulation No ex I. to VIII. Mannitol or sorbitol esters 1009/67/EEC : ex VIII. Glyceric acid, glycollic acid, 'These detailed rules shall provide in particular saccharonic acid, isosaccharonic for the levying of a charge on that part of the acid, heptasaccharic acid, and quantity referred to in paragraph 2 disposed of on their salts and esters .' the internal market or not exported in the natural state before the 1 January following the end of Article 5 the relevant marketing year.' 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Article 4 Journal of the European Communities.

1 . The following shall be inserted in the Annex to 2. Article 4 of this Regulation shall apply from 1 Regulation No 1009/67/EEC : October 1969 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 17 July 1969.

For the Council

The "President

P. LARDINOIS