31978R1745

27 . 7 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 203 / 3

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1745 / 78 of 24 July 1978 fixing the guaranteed prices applicable for cane sugar originating in the over­ seas countries and territories (OCT) for 1978 / 79

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN necessary for the Council to fix the same guaranteed COMMUNITIES , prices for cane sugar originating in the overseas coun­ tries and territories concerned, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 136 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission , Article 1

Whereas, in accordance with the terms of Annex XXI For the period from 1 July 1978 to 30 June 1979, the to the Final Act of the ACP-EEC Convention of guaranteed prices referred to in Article 4 (4) of Annex Lome ('), the Community guarantees, for cane sugar IV to Decision 76/ 568 / EEC shall be as follows : originating in the overseas countries and territories (a) for raw sugar, 27-81 units of account per 100 kilo­ mentioned in the said Annex , the same treatment as grams ; provided for in Protocol 3 on ACP sugar annexed to the said Convention ; (b) for white sugar, 34-49 units of account per 100 kilograms . Whereas Council Decision 76/ 568 / EEC of 29 June 1976 on the association of the overseas countries and These prices shall refer to sugar of standard quality as territories with the European Economic Commu­ defined in Community rules, unpacked, and cif Euro­ nity (2), embodies the application of this principle ; pean ports of the Community . whereas in accordance with Article 4 (4) of Annex IV to that Decision the guaranteed prices are fixed annu­ Article 2 ally ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day Whereas the guaranteed prices valid for 1978 /79 for following its publication in the Official Journal of cane sugar originating in the ACP States have been the European Communities. fixed by Agreements in the form of exchanges of letters with the relevant ACP States ; whereas it is now It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 1978 .

For the Council

The President

J. ERTL

(') OJ No L 25, 30 . 1 . 1976, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 176, 1 . 7. 1976, p . 8 .