31974R1688

30 . 6 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 176/ 5

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1688 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 June 1974 complementing Regulation ( EEC) No 442/70 laying down detailed rules for the application of the system of offsetting storage costs for sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ' Article 5 a COMMUNITIES , 1 . Reimbursement of storage costs shall be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European granted to rightful claimants in respect of raw beet Economic Community ; sugar or white sugar in transit from an approved warehouse in one of the Member States at zero Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/ hours on the first day of a month , and which on 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common arrival is stored in another approved warehouse in organization of the market in sugar, as last amended the same Member State . by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 602/74 (2), and in particular Article 8 (3) thereof ; 2. In respect of the calculation of the quantity Whereas for sugar which is from an approved ware­ of sugar qualifying for reimbursement of storage house in one of the Member States , in transit at zero costs as referred to in Article 4 (2) of Regulation v hours on the first day of a month , and which on (EEC) No 750 / 68 (5 ), the sugar referred to in para­ arrival is stored in an approved warehouse in the same graph 1 shall be considered as still stored in the Member State, no offsetting of storage costs is departure warehouse at zero hours on the last day provided for up to now, as it is the case for sugar of the preceding month and as already stored in subject to the same transit on arrival before this the arrival warehouse at zero hours on the first day moment ; whereas , in this case, a system should be of the following month . provided for which corresponds substantially with the 3 . The Member States shall take all the neces­ provisions set out in Commission Regulation ( EEC) sary measures in particular for checking the imple­ No 442/70 ( 3) of 9 March 1970 laying down detailed mentation of this Article .' rules for the application of the system of offsetting storage costs for sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 700/73 (4), for cane sugar from the French Article 2 overseas departments ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation The following is added to Article 10 ( 1 ) (a) of Regula­ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ tion ( EEC) No 442/ 70 : ment Committee for Sugar, ' the quantities referred to in Articles 5 and 5a of this Regulation .' HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 Article 3 The following Article 5a is inserted in Regulation (EEC) No 442/ 70 : This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No 172, 27. 6 . 1974, p. 7. (*) OJ No L 55 , 10 . 3 . 1970, p. 10 . (4) OJ No L 67, 14. 3 . 1973 , p. 12 . (5 ) OJ No L 1 37 , 21 . 6 . 1968 , p. 4.