31973R0872

31 . 3 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 85/69

REGULATION (EEC) No 872/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 March 1973 fixing production refunds on white sugar used in the chemical industry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN sugar shall be fixed by reference to the chemical COMMUNITIES, products listed in the various annexes in whose manu­ facture they are to be used ; whereas, in pursuance of Article 4 of that Regulation, those refunds are fixed Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European quarterly each 1 July, 1 October, 1 January and 1 Economic Community ; April ; whereas pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 the production refunds on raw sugar and on the abovementioned syrups are to be calcu­ Having regard to the Treaty (] ) concerning the Acces­ lated from the production refund on white sugar ; sion of new Member States to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, Whereas under Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 one of and in particular Article 63 (1 ) of the Act (2) annexed thereto ; the common bases to be used in calculating produc­ tion refunds on white sugar is the intervention price for white sugar valid for the area in which the place of processing of the sugar is situated ; whereas, with Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ respect to Ireland and the United Kingdom, Regula­ 67/EEC (3) of 18 December 1967 on the common tion (EEC) No 364/73 provides that production organization of the market in sugar, as last amended refunds for regions other than those of Italy and the by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (4), and in particular French overseas departments are to be reduced by any Article 9 (8) thereof ; 'Accession' compensatory amount on the one hand and on the other hand that these refunds are granted as a transitional measure by the new Member States Whereas Article 9 (6) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC also to a basic product used in the manufacture of provides for the granting of a production refund on certain products listed in the Annex thereof ; the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regula­ tion, and on the syrups containing sucrose listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d), are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry ; Whereas production refunds on white sugar used in the manufacture of the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 are equal to the differ­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 (5) of ence between the relevant intervention price, or 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for the derived intervention price, for white sugar and the production refund on sugar used in the chemical sum of 13-30 units of account ; industry, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2723/71 (6) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 364/73 (7) of 31 January 1973 adopting special measures for new Member States for white sugar used Whereas production refunds on white sugar used in in the chemical industry, specified the chemical the manufacture of the products listed in Annex II to products in respect of whose manufacture production Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 are equal to the relevant refunds are to be granted on the corresponding basic intervention price, or derived intervention price, for products ; whereas those chemical products were listed white sugar, less (i) the figure obtained by dividing by in three annexes ; 0-48 the price specified for molasses in Article 6 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation and (ii) 0-50 unit of account ; whereas those production refunds may, however, not Whereas Articles 5 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) No exceed the refunds on white sugar used in the manu­ 765/68 provide that production refunds on white facture of the products listed in Annex III to that Regulation ;

(') OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 1 . P) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. P) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . Whereas production refunds on white sugar used in («) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1973, p. 1 . the manufacture of the products listed in Annex III to (5) OJ No L 143, 25. 6. 1968 , p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 282, 23. 12. 1971 , p. 2. Regulation (EEC) No 7.65/68 are equal to the arith­ P) OJ No L 39, 12. 2. 1973, p. 22. metic mean of the intervention price for white sugar

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valid for the Community area having the largest HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : surplus and the intervention price, or derived interven­ tion price, for the white sugar in question, less (i) the arithmetic mean of prices recorded on the world Article 1 market over a reference period and (ii) 2-00 units of account ; The production refunds on white sugar referred to in Whereas, however, when the production refund is Articles 5 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 765/68 shall being fixed for a quarter, an alteration may be made be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation . only if a variation in the factors used to calculate it results in the refund per 100 kg of white sugar being at least one unit of account higher or lower than the refund valid for the previous quarter ; Article 2

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April ment Committee for Sugar ; 1973 ,

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

ANNEX

Production refunds on white sugar used in the manufacture of the products listed in Annexes I to III of Regulation (EEC) No 765 /68 and in the manufacture of the products listed in the Annex of Regulation (EEC) No 364/73

Quarter running from 1 April 1973 to 30 June 1973 Area of application Annex I Annex II Annex III u. a. /100 kg u. a. / 100 kg u.a./100 kg

1 . All regions of Italy 11-54 0-25 0-25 2. French overseas departments 9-71 0 0 3 . Other regions of the Community 10-04 0 ) 0 0

(') With respect to Ireland and the United Kingdom , this amount is to be reduced by any ' Accession ' compensatory amount fixed pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 364/73 for the trade between those Member States with the other Member States .