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No L 282/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 23.12.71

REGULATION (EEC) No 2723 /71 OF THE COUNCIL of 20 December 1971

on the rules for production refunds for white sugar used in the manufacture of the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 765 /68

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the industries concerned should not fall below 13-30 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of sugar, have Having regard to the Treaty establishing the proved to be sensible and beneficial; whereas these European Economic Community ; rules have enabled the industry producing sorbitol from sugar to develop rapidly without, so far, causing any appreciable harm to the competing Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common industry using starches ; whereas, in short, these rules have both brought about a degree of balance between organisation of the market in sugar, as last amended the two types of production and have allowed them by Regulation (EEC) No 1060/71 ,2 and in particular to achieve some measure of progress ; Article 9 (7) thereof;

Whereas the continuation of the action carried out Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; hitherto in this field will impose practically no financial burden on the Community, since human Whereas Article 5 (3 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) consumption has in the meantime exceeded No 765 /683 of 18 June 1968 laying down general production within the basic quotas and has reached rules for the production refund on sugar used in the the level of the guaranteed quantity; whereas, chemical industry, as amended by Regulation (EEC) therefore, sugar used by the chemical industry may No 2486/694, lays down in particular that the be deemed to be part of production outside the basic Council must make a decision on the rules which quotas and consequently has to bear the production shall apply from 1 February 1972 to production levy, the level of which corresponds broadly to the refunds on the products listed in Annex I to the said level of the production refunds in question ; Regulation ; whereas the said rules must be based on the criteria laid down in the above Article ; Whereas under these conditions it seems advisable to pursue the experiment and whereas it is appropriate Whereas examination of the information supplied by to extend the application of the rules laid down in the Member States has enabled the Commission to Regulation (EEC) No 765 /68 for a period equal to prepare and submit to the Council since 1968 three the first; whereas, consequently, the text of that annual reports relating, in particular, to the Regulation should be amended accordingly ; production of sorbitol and mannitol within the Community ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas an assessment of the information on the Article 1 basis of the * various criteria which have been determined shows that the rules laid down in In Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 the Regulation (EEC) No 765/68, by limiting the words 'until 30 June 1975 ' shall be substituted for production refunds for sugar intended for thei ' until 31 January 1972 '. manufacture of products covered by Annex I to the said Regulation so that the disposal price of sugar to Article 2

The following shall be substituted for Article 5 (3 ) of 1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 . Regulation (EEC) No 765 /68 : 2 OJ No L 115, 27.5.1971 , p . 16. 3 OJ No L 143, 25.6.1968, p . 1 . '3 . Before 1 April 1975 , the Council, acting on 4 OJ No L 314, 15.12.1969, p. 8 . a proposal from the Commission in accordance

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with the voting procedure laid down in Article (d) competition from synthetic products ; 43 (2) of the. Treaty, shall decide on the rules which shall apply from 1 July 1975 to production (e ) the competitive position . of industries refunds on the products listed in Annex I, on the processing the products concerned .' basis of:

(a) the use of sugar by the industry concerned ; Article 3 . (b) trends which have become apparent in the technical field ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day ( c) the financial consequences of the proposed following its publication in the Official Journal of the measures ; European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 20 December 1971 . '

For the Council

The President M. PEDINI