31971R1281

Official Journal of the European Communities 389

No L 133 /42 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.6.71

REGULATION (EEC) No 1281 /71 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 June 1971

on the buying-in by intervention agencies of sugar offered by specialised sugar traders

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COM­ access to intervention, been unable to play fully its MUNITIES, essential role in the proper functioning of the common organisation of markets, taking account in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the particular of the risks involved in the buying-in and European Economic Community ; storage of large quantities of sugar for marketing at a later date ; whereas one means of enabling such trade Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No to operate under normal conditions of competition is 1009/671 of 18 December 1967 on the common the implementation of the above-mentioned organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended measures ; whereas this implementation should be by Regulation (EEC) No 1060/71 ,2 and in particular provided for in good time before further sugar Article 9 ( 8 ) thereof ; production begins ; Whereas, under the second subparagraph of Article Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 2 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 447/683 of 9 are in accordance with the Opinion of the April 1968 laying down general rules for intervention Management Committee for Sugar ; buying of sugar, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 2274/70,4 provision may be made for intervention agencies to buy in sugar offered by any HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : specialised sugar trader who has been approved by the Member State on whose territory he is established ; whereas the aim of these measures has Article 1 been to promote free competition by strengthening the position of the independent sugar trade in the Intervention agencies shall, under the conditions laid common organisation of the market in sugar, taking down, buy in sugar offered to tfiem by specialised into account the importance this may assume in trade sugar traders . between Member States and third countries ; Article 2 Whereas experience gained since 1 July 1968 has shown, that the independent sugar trade has, without This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1971 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 June 1971 .

For the Commission

The President

Franco M. MALFATTI

1 OJ No 308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 . 2 OJ No L 115 , 27.5.1971 , p. 16. 3 OJ No L 91 , 12.4.1968 , p . 5 . • 4 OJ No L 246, 12.11.1970, p . 3 .