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REGULATION ( EEC) No 3266/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 3 December 1973 fixing for the 1972/73 sugar marketing year the amount of the production levy and the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN constituted may be estimated according to informa­ COMMUNITIES , tion communicated by the Member States in 6 696 000 metric tons ; whereas in accordance with Article 7 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 700 /73 the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European guaranteed quantity must be raised by the difference Economic Community ; between the guaranteed quantity and the sales for human consumption if the latter are higher ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ 67/EEC ( 1) of 18 December 1967 on the common Whereas 215 406 metric tons were produced above organization of the market in sugar, as last amended the maximum quotas for the sugar marketing year in by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), and in particular question ; whereas the quantity carried over to the Article 27 (7) thereof ; 1973/74 sugar marketing year under Article 32 of Regulation No 1009/ 67/EEC and produced within the maximum quota is 19 790 metric tons ; Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 700/73 (3) of 12 March 1973 laying down certain detailed rules for the application of the quota Whereas Article 7 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No system for sugar provides that the amount of the 700 /73 provides that a standard amount shall be calcu­ production levy must be fixed for each sugar lated on the basis of the average of losses incurred in marketing year ; whereas the criteria for fixing the disposing of sugar during the period from 1 October amount are laid down by Article 27 (2) of Regulation of the relevant marketing year to 30 September of the No 1009/67/EEC and by Article 7(2) of Regulation following year ; whereas, until the end of the 1971 /72 (EEC) No 700/73 ; sugar marketing year, that period coincided with the sugar year in question ; whereas, in the case of the 1972/73 sugar marketing year, it seems appropriate Whereas, in view of production conditions in the new that, as a temporary measure, that period should be Member States, the amount of the production levy for deemed to have started on 1 July 1972 ; the 1972/73 sugar marketing year should be fixed by reference only to the production of the Community as originally constituted ; Whereas a total of 1 381 269 metric tons of excess production was disposed of in the Community between 1 July 1972 and 30 September 1973 ; Whereas total Community sugar production for whereas the standard amount to be calculated as above 1972/73, including quantities carried over pursuant to indicated is 4-965 units of account per 100 kilo­ Article 32 of Regulation No " 1009/67/EEC, is grammes ; 7 712 578 metric tons ; whereas the guaranteed quan­ tity for the 1972/73 sugar marketing year was fixed at 6 480 000 metric tons by Council Regulation (EEC) Whereas the total losses incurred in disposing of No 795/72 (4), of 17 April 1972, fixing for the Community production in excess of the guaranteed 1972/73 sugar marketing year derived intervention quantity can thus be estimated at 38 795 606 units of prices, the intervention prices for raw beet sugar, the account ; minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices, the guaranteed quantity and the maximum amount of the production levy, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the sum of the quantities produced above 238/73 (5) ; the basic quotas but within the maximum quota and not carried over is 1 147 608 metric tons ; whereas the amount of the production levy is calculated by di­ Whereas the quantity disposed of for human consump­ viding the total losses by the quantity last quoted ; tion during the period from 1 October 1972 to 30 whereas this gives a figure of 3-38 units of account per September 1973 in the Community as originally 100 kilogrammes ;

(1) OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 199, 19 . 7. 1973, p. 7. Whereas Article 27(4) of Regulation No 1009/ (3) OJ No L 67, 14. 3. 1973, p. 12. 67/EEC provides that sugar manufacturers must, (4) OJ No L 94, 21 . 4. 1972, p. 4. where the production levy is less than the maximum, (5) OJ No L 29, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 12.

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pay to the beet sellers the difference between those HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : two amounts to a percentage to be determined ; Article 1 whereas Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 700/73 provides that this amount shall be fixed at the same The amount of the production levy for the 1972/73 time as the amount of the production levy ; whereas, sugar marketing year is 3-38 units of account per 100 for the 1972/73 sugar marketing year, Article 7 of kilogrammes of white sugar. Regulation (EEC) No 795/72 fixed that percentage at 60-00 and fixed the maximum amount of the produc­ Article 2 tion levy at 9-36 units of account per 100 kilo­ The amount to be paid pursuant to the second sub­ grammes of white sugar ; paragraph of Article 27(4) of Regulation No 1009/ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 67/EEC for the 1972/73 sugar marketing year is 4-66 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ units of account per metric ton of standard quality ment Committee for Sugar, beet .

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

Done at Brussels, 3 December 1973 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI