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26 . 7 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 195/23

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1920 / 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 July 1975 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 as regards the importation of sugar under the Agreement with India on cane sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1318 /71 (6), apply to cane sugar imported into the COMMUNITIES , Community under the Sugar Agreement concluded with India ; whereas , in the meantime, in order to enable a check to be kept, and principally a statistical Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European check, on such imports, supplementary certificates are Economic Community ; required ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 3330/74 (*) of 19 December 1974 on the common are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ organization of the market in sugar, and in particular ment Committee for Sugar, Articles 34 and 43 thereof ;

Whereas in the joint Declaration of Intent on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : development of trade relations with Ceylon, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore, appended to the Act of Accession (2), it is stated that the question of Article 1 exports of sugar from India to the Community after the expiry of the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement on 31 December 1974 must be settled by the Commu­ The following is added to Article 1 of Regulation nity taking account of the provisions which may be ( EEC) No 824/75 : adopted as regards imports of sugar from the inde­ pendent Commonwealth countries listed in Protocol '(c) the Agreement between the European 22 appended to the Act of Accession ; whereas the Economic Community and the Republic of Agreement concluded between the European India on cane sugar'. Economic Community and the Republic of India on cane sugar implements this undertaking by providing a preferential system for the import of cane sugar Article 2 from India analogous with the preferential system for the countries listed in the ACP Sugar Protocol In Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 the appended to the ACP-EEC Lome convention ; opening words 'Sugar to be regarded for purposes of this Regulation . . . ' are amended to read as follows : 'Save as regards sugar originating in India, sugar to be Whereas Community provisions should be adopted regarded for purposes of this Regulation for the implementation of this preferential import system ; whereas, pending the establishment of basic rules concerning preferential imports of sugar into the Article 3 Community, it is therefore necessary to adopt transi­ tional measures and to supplement Commission Regu­ lation (EEC) No 824/75 (3) of 24 March 1975 laying An Article 7a as follows is added to Regulation (EEC) down transitional measures applicable to sugar No 824/ 75 : imported by the Community under preferential arran­ ' Article 7a gements, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1884/75 (4 ) ; 1 . For purposes of this Regulation preferential sugar originating in India is sugar for which proof Whereas, until the Community rules of origin are of this origin has been furnished by production of adapted for India, those laid down in Council Regula­ a certificate of origin fulfilling the conditions laid tion (EEC) No 802/68 (5) of 27 June 1968 on the down in Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 802/68 . common definition of the concept of the origin of goods, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2. The importer of sugar originating in India shall in addition submit to the customs authorities (') OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 . of the Community a certificate duly stamped by (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14. the competent authority of India . (3 ) OJ No L 79 , 28 . 3 . 1975, p. 8 . (4) OJ No L 191 , 24. 7 . 1975, p. 25 . 5 OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 139 , 25 . 6 . 1971 , p. 6 .

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This certificate shall : 3 . The Member States shall forward to the Commission by the 21st of each month the copies — bear one of the following endorsements : of the certificate as referred to in paragraph 2 "Regulation (EEC) No 824/75 refers", above submitted to them in respect of imports "Application reglement (CEE) n° 824/75", effected during the preceding calendar month . "Anwendung von Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 824/ 75", These copies shall contain the particulars endorsed "Applicazione regolamento (CEE) n . 824/75 , thereon in respect of importation, including "Toepassing van Verordening (EEG) nr. details of the quantities actually imported'. 824/75", Article 4 "Anvendelse af forordning (EØF) nr. 824/75 ; — indicate the date of shipment of the goods and The word 'India' is added to Annex I to Regulation the delivery period concerned as defined for (EEC) No 824/75 . purposes of the undertakings given in respect of preferential sugar ; the indication of such Article 5 period shall not, however, affect the applica­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day bility at the time of importation of the certifi­ following its publication in the Official Journal of cate referred to in paragraph 1 ; the European Communities. — indicate the Common Customs Tariff subheading of the product in question . It shall apply with effect from 18 July 1975

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

Done at Brussels, 25 July 1975.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission