31976R1653

1 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 176/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1653 /76 of 29 June 1976

fixing the guaranteed prices applicable for cane sugar originating in the overseas countries and territories (OCT) for 1976/77

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Article 1 pean Economic Community, and in particular Article 136 thereof, For the period 1 April 1976 to 30 June 1977 the guaranteed prices referred to in Article 4 ( 4 ) of Annex IV to Decision 76/568 /EEC shall be as Having regard to the recommendation from the follows : Commission , ( a) for raw sugar, 26-70 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ; Whereas, in accordance with the terms of Annex XXI to the Final Act of the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome of 28 February 1975 (*), the Community (b ) for white sugar, 34-14 units of account per 100 kilogrammes . guarantees, for cane sugar originating in the overseas countries and territories mentioned in the said Annex, an identical treatment to that provided for in Protocol These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the said Convention ; as defined in Community rules, unpacked and cif European ports of the Community. Whereas Council Decision 76/568/EEC of 29 June 1976 on the association of the overseas countries and The , guaranteed price for raw sugar for 1976/77 territories within the European Economic Com­ includes a premium of 0-48 unit of account per munity (2), involves the application of this principle ; 100 kilogrammes of white sugar which will be whereas in accordance with Article 4 (4) of Annex IV recoverable from the competent authorities of the to that Decision the guaranteed prices are laid down exporting countries and territories concerned to the each year ; extent that the price realized on sale from inter­ vention is less than the guaranteed price for raw sugar . Whereas the guaranteed prices valid for 1976/77 for cane sugar originating in the ACP States have been agreed by exchanges of letters with the relevant ACP States ; whereas it is now necessary for the Council Article 2 to lay down the same guaranteed prices for sugar originating in the overseas countries and territories This Regulation shall enter into force on the third concerned , day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(!) OJ No L 25, 30. 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2) See page 8 of this Official Journal . It shall be applicable from 1 April 1976.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 June 1.976 .

For the Council The President G. THORN