31978R1402

27. 6 . 78 No L 170/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1402/78 of 20 June 1978 laying down, for the 1978/79 sugar marketing year, measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN the value of the raw sugar delivered at the place of COMMUNITIES, refining, the outlets after processing, the necessary refining margin for sugar refined in a refinery as Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European defined in Article 9 (7) of Regulation (EEC) No Economic Community, 3330/74 and the differential amount fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1401 /78 of 20 June 1978 fixing, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ for the 1978 /79 sugar marketing year, the differential zation of the market in sugar ( !), as last amended by charge to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the differential amount to be granted in respect of raw Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular Article 9 (5) thereof, cane sugar from the French overseas departments (3),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 provides that appropriate measures are to be taken in Article 1 the event of difficulties arising in the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas departments ; This Regulation shall apply for the 1978/79 sugar whereas the existence of such difficulties has been marketing year. recognized in the past and appropriate Community measures have already been taken ; whereas these diffi­ Article 2 culties still remain ; 1 . Within the maximum quota a subsidy shall be Whereas the economic relationship between the granted for sugar produced in the French overseas French overseas departments and the European departments and refined in the Community. regions of the Community requires that the bulk of the sugar from the French overseas departments 2. The subsidy referred to in paragraph 1 shall be should be disposed of in those regions ; 1 -22 units of account per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar. Whereas a subsidy should be granted for the refining of the sugar concerned to ensure that these quantities Article 3 are disposed of in those regions ; whereas the amount of the subsidy should be determined on the basis of This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1978 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1978 . For the Council

The President P. DALSAGER

(') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal . (3) See page 13 of this Official Journal .