31974R3026

No L 321 / 70 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 11 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3026/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 November 1974 fixing for the 1973 / 74 sugar marketing year the amount of the production levy and the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to sellers of sugar beet

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN between the permitted import by virtue of Protocol 17 COMMUNITIES , to the Act (5 ) and the quantities effectively imported into the United Kingdom ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing "the European Economic Community ; Whereas the result of this calculation indicates that for the 1973/74 sugar marketing year the guaranteed Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / quantity is exceeding the adjusted production ; 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common whereas, in consequence , the production levy is fixed organization of the market in sugar, as last amended at zero ; by Regulation ( EEC) No 2476 /74 (2), and in particular Article 27 (7) thereof ; Whereas Article 27 (4) of Regulation No 1009 / 67/ EEC provides that sugar manufacturers must, Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Commission Regulation where the production levy is less than the maximum, (EEC) No 700 /73 (3) of 12 March 1973 laying down pay to the beet sellers a part of the difference between certain detailed rules for the application of the quota those two amounts ; whereas Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regula­ system for sugar, provides that the amount of the tion ( EEC) No 700 /73 provides that this amount shall production levy must be fixed for each sugar be fixed at the same time as the amount of the produc­ marketing year ; whereas the criteria for fixing the tion levy ; amount are laid down in by Article 27 (2) of Regula­ tion No 1009 / 67/ EEC, and by Article 7 (2) of Regula­ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation tion ( EEC) No 700 /73 ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation ( EEC) No ment Committee for Sugar, 1637/ 73 (4) rule out elements for calculation of the amount of the production levy applicable for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 1973 / 74 sugar marketing year ; Whereas from 1 October 1973 to 30 September 1974 Article 1 according to information provided by Member States , the quantity disposed of for human consumption in The amount of the production lev for the 1973 /74 the Community can be estimated to have been equal sugar marketing year is fixed at 0 unit of account per to 10 314 000 metric tons ; 100 kilogrammes of white sugar.

Whereas the quantities effectively produced in the Article 2 1973 / 74 marketing year within the limit of the maximum quotas amounted to 8 858 925 metric tons ; The amount to be paid pursuant to the second sub­ whereas this quantity is to be adjusted on the one paragraph of Article 27 (4) of Regulation No 1009 / hand with the difference between the quantity effec­ 67/ EEC for the 1 973 /74 sugar marketing year is fixed tively sold for human consumption and the foreseen at 7-36 units of account per metric ton of standard sales and on the other hand with the difference quality beet .

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

Done at Brussels , 29 November 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOL1

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 264 , 1 . 10 . 1974 , p. 70. C ) OJ No L 67 , 14 . 3 . 1 97 .}, p. 12 . (■») OJ No L 165 , 22 . 6 . 1973 , p. 1 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14 .