31976R1763

No L 197/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 7. 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1763/76 of 22 July 1976 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 as regards the packaging of sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation COMMUNITIES, are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Sugar, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common orga­ Article 1 nization of the market in sugar (^ as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1487/76 (2), and in particular Article 17 (2) (b) (aa) of Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 Article 9 (6) thereof, is amended to read as follows : '(aa) new jute bags : Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1280/71 of 18 June 1971 laying down detailed rules for the — of a minimum weight of 450 grammes buying-in of sugar by intervention agencies (3), as last lined inside with polyethylene of a amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2799/75 (4), minimum thickness of 0-04 mm, provides in particular for certain forms of sugar pack­ — of a minimum weight of 420 grammes aging that the intervention agency may require from lined inside with polyethylene of a the seller ; whereas, in consequence of the technical minimum thickness of 0-05 mm.' development of types of packaging generally used in the sugar trade, provision should be made to permit Article 2 the use of 50 kilogramme jute bags having characteris­ tics other than those at present prescribed, the current This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its flat-rate amount remaining applicable also in respect publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. of this new type of packaging ;

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission .

(!) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1976, p. 9. (>) OJ No L 133, 19 . 6. 1971 , p. 34. (4) OJ No L 279, 30. 10. 1975, p. 7.