31973R1766

30 . 6 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 177/ 11

REGULATION (EEC ) No 1766/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 June 1973 on increasing by 1% prices in the sugar sector applicable in Italy during the 1973/74 sugar marketing year

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community ; 1 . The following prices applicable during the Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1973 /74 sugar marketing year shall be increased in Italy by the amounts listed below : 974/71 (*) of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture follow­ ing the temporary widening of the margins of ( a ) the derived intervention price for white sugar per fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member 100 kilogrammes : Lit 158 ; States, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1225 /73 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 6 thereof ; (b ) the intervention price for raw sugar of standard quality per 100 kilogrammes : Lit 135 ; Whereas Article 4b of Regulation ( EEC ) No 974/71 provides that the intervention prices shall be in­ ( c) the minimum price for beet, per metric ton : Lit creased in Italy by a corrective amount of 1 °/o ; 126 ; whereas in this case the minimum prices for beet shall also be increased by the same percentage ; ( d ) the minimum price for beet outside the basic whereas, in the interests of clarity, the different quota, per metric ton : Lit 80 . corrective amounts should therefore be fixed ;

Whereas it is necessary to apply in accordance with 2. During the 1973/74 sugar marketing year in Italy Article 4b (2) of Regulation (EEC ) No 974/71 the the production refunds, if fixed higher than zero, corrective amount fixed for white sugar also to the and the denaturing premiums shall be increased by denaturing premium and the production refund, if Lit 158 per 100 kilogrammes of sugar. the latter is higher than zero ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Article 2 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ agement Committee for Sugar; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 June 1973 .

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

( x ) OJ No L 106 , 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 125 , 11 . 5 . 1973 , p . 49