31970R1481

Official Journal of the European Communities 479

No L 163 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 25.7.70

REGULATION (EEC) No 1481 /70 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 July 1970 on the expression 'agricultural region' as used in Regulation (EEC) No 1898/68 on basic quotas for sugar

THE . COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ deal with basic quotas referred to in that Regulation MUNITIES, may be applied only if their effects are confined to a single agricultural region ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Whereas the expression ' agricultural region' should European Economic Community ; be interpreted within certain well-defined limits ;

Having regard to Council Regulation No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common are in accordance with the Opinion of Management organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended Committee for Sugar; by Regulation (EEC) No 1253 /70,2 and in particular Article 23 (4) thereof; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas the second paragraph of Article 5 of Sole Article Council Regulation (EEC) No 1898/683 of 26 November 1968 introducing measures to deal with For the purposes of the second paragraph of Article 5 basic quotas for sugar in the event of undertakings of Regulation (EEC) No 1898/68 , the maximum being merged or transferred and of factories being distance in a straight line between the two transferred or leased, as amended by Regulation furthermost points of an agricultural region shall not (EEC) No 1207/70,4 provides that the measures to exceed 2000 kilometres .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1970.

For the Commission The President Franco M. MALFATTI

1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 143, 1.7.1970, p . 1 . 3 OJ No L 289, 29.11.1968, p. 2, 4 OJ No L 141, 29.6.1970, p. 6.