31977R2725

9 . 12 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 315/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2725 /77 of 8 December 1977 fixing for the 1976/77 sugar marketing year the amount of the production levy

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN totalled 1 415 176-7 tonnes, expressed as white sugar ; COMMUNITIES , whereas, therefore, the guaranteed quantity is 9 136 000 tonnes :

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas Article 7 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 700/73 provides that a fixed amount shall be calcu­ lated on the basis of the average of losses incurred in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No disposing of sugar during the period from 1 October 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ of the relevant marketing year to 30 September of the zation of the market in sugar ('), as last amended by following year ; Regulation (EEC) No 11 10/77 (2), and in particular Article 27 (7) thereof,

Whereas 1 908 719-1 tonnes of surplus production was disposed of between 1 October 1976 and 30 Whereas Article 7 ( 1 ) of Common Regulation (EEC) September 1977 ; whereas the fixed amount calculated No 700/73 of 12 March 1973 laying down certain on the above basis is 18-227 units of account per 100 detailed rules for the application of the quota system kilograms ; for sugar (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 573/76 (4), provides that the amount of the produc­ tion levy must be fixed for each sugar marketing year ; whereas the criteria for fixing the said amount are laid Whereas the total losses incurred in disposing of down in Article 27 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No production in excess of the guaranteed quantity can 3330/74 and in Article 7 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No thus be assessed at 124 518 844-12 units of account ; 700/73 ;

Whereas the total production above basic quotas but Whereas the total Community sugar production for within maximum quotas and not carried forward was the 1976/77 sugar marketing year was 10 002 723-5 1 220 496-7 tonnes ; whereas the amount of the tonnes ; whereas the quantities carried forward to the production levy is calculated by dividing the total 1977/78 sugar marketing year pursuant to Article 31 losses by the last-mentioned quantity ; whereas the of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 amounted to amount so calculated is 10-20 units of account per 30 784-2 tonnes and the quantities produced during 100 kilograms ; the sugar campaign in question but not carried forward exceeded the maximum quotas by 152 783-3 tonnes ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No ,834/76 of 6 April 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 sugar marketing Whereas, pursuant to Article 27 (2) of Regulation year the derived intervention prices, the intervention (EEC) No 3330/74, the guaranteed quantity shall be prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for equal to human consumption in the Community less beet, the threshold prices and the maximum amount the quantity imported on preferential terms during of the production levy, and fixing the coefficient for the same period ; whereas the guaranteed quantity calculating the special maximum quota (5), fixed the may not be less than the sum of the basic quotas ; maximum amount of the production levy at 9-94 units of account per 100 kilograms of white sugar ; whereas the levy should thus be fixed at 9-94 units of account ; Whereas the quantity disposed of for human consump­ tion in the Community during the period 1 October 1976 to 30 September 1977 may be estimated at 8 977 000 tonnes ; whereas preferential imports Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . ment Committee for Sugar, (2) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 1 . (3 ) OJ No L 67, 14 . 3 . 1973 , p. 12 . h) OJ No L 172, 1 . 7. 1976, p. 52. (5 ) OJ No L 100, 14. 4. 1976, p. 25 .

No L 315/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 9 . 12 . 77

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 2

Article1¶

The amount of the production levy for the 1976/77 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day sugar marketing year shall be 9-94 units of account following its publication in the Official Journal of per 100 kilograms of white sugar. the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 December 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President