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13 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 66/21

REGULATION (EEC) No 689/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 9 March 1973 laying down certain detailed rules necessary for the application of the subsidy provided for the refining of raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ 1 . The amounts of subsidy specified in Article 3 pean Economic Community ; of Regulation (EEC) No 239/73 , converted into amounts for 100 kilogrammes of standard quality raw sugar, are : Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ 67/EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common ( a) 0-86 units of account for raw sugar refined organization of the market in sugar, as last between 1 February 1973 and 30 June 1973 . amended by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in inclusive ; particular Articles 9 ( 8 ) and 38 thereof ; (b) 0-63 units of account for raw sugar refined during the 1973 /74 marketing year ; Whereas, in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) ( c) 0-40 units of account for raw sugar refined No 239/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 on the marketing between 1 July 1974 and 28 February 1975 price for sugar imported into the United Kingdom inclusive . under the terms of the Commonwealth Sugar Agree­ ment and on measures to assist the marketing of 2 . For raw sugar of a quality other than the sugar produced in the French overseas departments, standard quality the amounts specified in paragraph a subsidy is provided for raw sugar produced in the 1 shall be adjusted by a conversion factor. This French overseas departments and refined in the conversion factor shall be equal to the yield of such Community as originally constituted ; whereas raw sugar divided by 92 . The yield shall be calcu­ certain provisions should be made to regulate the lated in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regu­ procedure for granting such subsidy ; whereas it lation ( EEC) No 431 /68 (4) of 9 April 1968 deter­ must be ensured that, in trade in such sugar, com­ mining the standard quality for raw sugar and petition is not distorted by the granting of other aids, fixing the Community frontier crossing point for even where these take the form of an exemption in calculating cif prices for sugar. whole or in part from a charge ;

Article 2 Whereas the amounts specified in Article 3 of Regu­ lation (EEC ) No 239/73 are for 100 kilogrammes of The subsidy provied for in Article 2 of Regulation white sugar ; whereas for administrative purposes ( EEC ) No 239/73 shall be granted to any refiner connected with the granting of the subsidy those who processes raw sugar into white sugar in one of amounts should be converted into amounts for 100 the Member States of the Community as originally kilogrammes of raw sugar and provision should be constituted . The subsidy shall be granted, on appli­ made for the necessary adjustments where the yield cation from the refiner to be submitted before the differ from that of the standard quality ; sugar is refined, by the Member State in whose terri­ tory the raw sugar is processed. The applicant shall prove that the raw sugar in question was produced Whereas provision should be made for regular in the French overseas departments . The concerned commmunication which would help to ascertain Member State takes this sugar under customs how much of the sugar involved is being refined ; control, or under an administrative inspection offering equivalent guarantees. Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set Article 3 by its Chairman ; All other aids concerning the refining of the sugar specified in Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No (*) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p. 1 . (s) OJ No L 29, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 14 . (4) OJ No L 89, 10 . 4 . 1968 , p. 3 .

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239/73 , even in the form of exemption in whole or the purposes of such communications the quantities in part from any charge, is prohibited. shall be converted into standard quality raw sugar.

Article 4 Article 5 Each of the Member States specified in Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of shall inform the Commission for each month within its publication in the Official Journal of the Euro­ the next two months of the quantities on which the pean Communities. It shall apply from 1 February subsidy specified in Article 1 has been granted ; for 1973 .

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

Dane at Brussels, 9 March 1973 .

For the Commission The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI