31975R0191

25 . 1 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 20/39

REGULATION ( EEC) No 191 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL of 21 January 1975 concerning an additional quantity in respect of the subsidized importation of sugar and amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2931 /74

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN necessary to provide that such regions are determined COMMUNITIES , according to the procedure laid down in Article 40 of Regulation No 1009 /67/ EEC, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended Article 1 by Regulation ' (EEC) No 2476/74 (2), and in particular Article 1 6 (3) thereof ; A quantity of 200 000 metric tons shall be added to Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No the quantity referred to in Article 2 (2) of Regulation 608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be ( EEC) No 2931 / 74 . applied in cases of considerable price rises on the world sugar market, and in particular Article 2 thereof ; Article 2

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No The following sentence shall be added to Article 3 (3) 2931 /74 (4) of 18 November 1974 introducing a of Regulation (EEC) No 2931 /74 : subsidy on imports of white and raw sugar, and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof ; ' Nevertheless, the maximum price level may not exceed 35-81 units of account per 100 kilo­ Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; grammes of white sugar.'

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2931 / 74 A rticle 3 limited the first stage of the subsidized imports to 200 000 metric tons ; whereas the same Article provides that the Council shall decide upon later In Article 3 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2931 /74, the stages in the light of experience and the effectiveness words : 'The successful tenderer shall be authorized to of that measure ; export' are replaced by the words : 'The successful tenderer may be authorized to export'. Whereas by virtue of the experience gained and of the deterioration in the sugar supply situation in the Community in recent weeks, it is necessary to provide Article 4 for the subsidized importation of an additional quan­ tity of 200 000 metric tons ; 1 . Imports qualifying for a subsidy for the amount of 200 000 metric tons referred to in Article 1 may be Whereas it is necessary, to provide for the possibility wholly or in part limited to the deficit regions of the within certain limits of an adjustment being made in Community . the maximum selling price to be observed by tenderers ; whereas it is also necessary in the light of 2 . Notwithstanding Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation experience gained to modify certain conditions ( EEC) No 608 /72 the importing deficit regions governing the grant of the subsidy ; referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined according to the procedure laid down in Article 40 of Whereas in order to attain a better balance of supplies Regulation No 1009 / 67 / EEC . throughout the Community, it may be necessary to restrict these imports to deficit regions, as allowed under Regulation ( EEC) No 608 /72 ; whereas it is Article 5

(•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on tlfe day (2) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10 . 1974, p. 70 . (3) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p. 5. following its publication in the Official Journal of (4) OJ No L 311 , 22. 11 . 1974, p. 8 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 January 1975 .

For the Council

The President M. A. CLINTON