31974R2980

No L 318/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 11 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2980/74 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 November 1974 on the imposition of an export charge on certain products processed from fruit and vegetables and containing added sugar in the event of sugar supply diffi­ culties

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN white sugar, the imposition of a charge on exports of COMMUNITIES, the products specified in Article 1 of Regulation Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European (EEC) No 865/68 containing a minimum of 35 % Economic Community ; added sugar may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 865/68 ( !) of 28 June 1968 on the common organiza­ 2. The amount of the export charge shall be fixed tion of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) taking into account : No 2429/72 (2), and in particular Article 9 ( 1 ) thereof ; — the nature of the product processed from fruit or Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; vegetables which contains added sugar, Whereas, pursuant to the second subparagraph of — the added sugar content of the product in ques­ Article 16 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation No 1009/ tion, 67/EEC (3) of 18 December 1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended — the prices of white sugar in the Community and by Regulation (EEC) No 1 602/74 (4), provision may be on the world market, made for a special levy to be charged on exports of — the special levy applicable to white sugar, sugar in the event of Community sugar supply diffi­ culties ; — the economic implications of applying the said charge. Whereas experience gained in applying this measure has shown that its effectiveness may be impaired in cases where sugar is exported in the form of certain 3 . The added sugar content shall be considered to products processed from fruit and vegetables and be given by the figure shown against the product in containing added sugar ; whereas this is particularly question in column 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) the case for certain products processed from fruit and No 865/68 . However, at the request of the exporter, vegetables which have a relatively high added sugar the rules laid down in Article 2 (6), (7) and (8) of that content ; whereas provision should therefore be made Regulation shall apply. for a charge to be imposed on exports of the products in question, fixed on the basis of the special levy on 4. Detailed rules for the application of this Article sugar exports when that levy exceeds a certain amount shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure and excessive exports are recorded ; laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas this additional measure must be adopted by 865/ 68 . derogating from the rule provided for in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 865/68, Article 2 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 1 . Where a special levy exceeding five units of publication in the Official Journal of the European account per 100 kilogrammes is charged on exports of Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 November 1974 . For the Council The President J. LECANUET

(') OJ No L 153, 1 . 7. 1968 , p. 8 . (2 ) OJ No L 264, 23 . 11 . 1972, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 172, 27. 6 . 1974, p. 7.