31971R1060

278 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 115 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities -27.5.71

REGULATION (EEC) No 1060/71 OF THE COUNCIL of 25 May 1971 amending Regulation No 1009/67/EEC on the common organisation of the market in sugar

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Article 1 European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; The following shall be substituted for Article 26 (2) Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC : Having regard to the Opinion of the European '2. This quantity shall be equal to anticipated Parliament1 ; human . consumption in the Community, expressed as white sugaf, during the marketing Whereas Title III of Council Regulation No year for which the guaranteed quantity is fixed. 1009/67/EEC2 of 18 December 1967 on the common organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended However, it shall not be less than the sum of the by Regulation ( EEC) No 1253 /70,3 lays down for a basic quantities referred to in Article 23 ( 1 ).' temporary period measures aimed to limit sugar production in the Community; whereas, in order to achieve this aim, it is necessary to fix the guaranteed Article 2 quantity for further sugar marketing years at an amount which would correspond to anticipated The words ' 1-80 unit of account' shall be substituted human consumption but would not, however, be less for ' 1-10 unit of account' in Article 34 (2) of than the sum of the basic quantities ; Regulation No 1009/67/EEC. Whereas it was recognised when the common organisation of the market in sugar was established that beet production in Italy is rendered difficult by Article 3 climatic conditions and by the additional problems presented by the application of modern production methods ; whereas Italy was therefore authorised to This Regulation shall enter into force on the third grant temporary aid ; whereas an increase from 1-10 day following its publication in the Official Journal to 1*80 unit of account in the maximum amount of of the European Communities. aid per metric ton of beet is justified by a new assessment of production conditions ; It shall apply from 1 July 1971 .

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

Done at Brussels , 25 May 1971 . For the Council

The President M. COINTAT

1 OJ No' C 30, 31.3.1971 , p . 5 . 2 OJ No 308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 . 3 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970 , p. 1 .