31975R0260

1 . 2 . 75 No L 27/39 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 260 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1975 laying down detailed rules for the grant of a premium for the production of sugar from molasses

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN two-thirds of the basic quota for the 1974/75 sugar COMMUNITIES, marketing year — in respect of liquid sugar as defined in paragraph 3 hereof, produced between 1 February Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and 30 September 1975 under the conditions speci­ Economic Community ; fied in the preceding subparagraph, by any under­ taking operating for its own account, a plant, Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / producing sugar from molasses in respect of which a 67/EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common premium is granted under that subparagraph . organization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2476/74 (2), and in particular 2. If the sugar referred to in paragraph 1 does not Articles 25 (3) and 38 thereof ; form part of a quota the grant of the premium shall be conditional on the giving by . the applicant of an Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No undertaking in writing to sell on the internal market 3330/74 P) of 19 December 1974 on the common of the Community the quantity of sugar in respect of organization of the market in sugar, and in particular which the premium is applied for. Article 1 0 (2) thereof ; In such cases the charge referred to in Article 25 (3) of Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 75/75 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall not be levied and 21 January 1975 on special intervention measures for Article 16(1 ) of that Regulation shall apply. sugar allows measures of support to be provided until 30 September 1975 in order to make the production 3 . For the purposes of this Regulation 'liquid sugar' of sugar from molasses competitive ; means a syrup produced from sugar beet and containing 98 % or more by dry weight of sucrose, Whereas the grant of a premium of 12 units of including invert sugar converted into sucrose . account per 100 kilogrammes of sugar expressed as white sugar is a measure of support sufficient to make the production of sugar from molasses a viable Article 2 activity ; whereas such other provisions should be adopted as are necessary in order to put the measure into operation ; 1 . The premium provided for in Article 1 shall in respect of white sugar be 12 units of account per 100 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation kilogrammes of sugar expressed as white sugar. are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Sugar, 2. The premium on 100 kilogrammes of raw sugar shall be equal to orie-hundredth of the premium for white sugar, multiplied by the yield of the raw sugar in question as calculated in accordance with Article 1 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : of Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 (5 ).

A rticlc 1 3 . The premium on 100 kilogrammes of liquid sugar shall be equal to one-hundredth of the premium 1 . Subject as provided in paragraph 2 hereof, a for white sugar, multiplied by the sucrose content of the liquid sugar in question . premium shall be granted for the extraction in plants producing sugar from molasses of solid white and raw sugar from molasses which are less than 76 % pure and in free circulation in the Community. Article 3

Such a premium shall also be granted — as to For the purposes of this Regulation ' plant producing amounts produced over and above an amount equal to sugar from molasses' means a technical unit using a process by which not less* than 40 % of the sucrose (') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 . content of the molasses is extracted as sugar. (2) OJ No L 264, 1 . 10 . 1974, p. 70 . (3 ) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1 . h) OJ No L 20 , 25 . 1 . 1975 , p. 2. (5 ) OJ No L 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p. 3 .

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Article 4 (a) before 28 February 1975 , particulars of the under­ takings operating plants producing sugar from 1 . The premium shall be granted on written appli­ molasses being plants recognized by such States as cation to the competent authority of the Member satisfying the definition laid down in Article 3 and State concerned in which extraction takes place . particulars of plants so recognized after that date 2. The premium shall be paid only when proof has shall be communicated subsequently ; been furnished that the sugar has been produced (b) every month, in respect of the preceding month , under the conditions specified in Article 1 . Payment particulars of the quantities of sugar in respect of shall be made within four weeks following the day on which the proof referred to in Article 4 (2) has which such proof is furnished. been furnished .

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Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure that the operation of this Regulation is prop­ Article 7 erly supervised.

Article 6 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February Member States shall communicate to the Commis­ 1975 . It shall apply in respect of sugar produced sion : between 1 February and 30 September 1975.

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

Done at Brussels , 31 January 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission