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( 1 ) OJ NO L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , P . 4 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2066/81

OF 20 JULY 1981

LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES FOR APPLYING THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE ON RAW PREFERENTIAL SUGAR

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1785/81 OF 30 JUNE 1981 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKETS IN THE SUGAR SECTOR ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 37 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 36 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1785/81 PROVIDES THAT IN THE MARKETING YEARS 1981/82 TO 1983/84 A DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE SHALL BE MADE ON RAW PREFERENTIAL SUGAR WHEN IT IS PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 36 ( 2 ) ( B ) OF THE SAID REGULATION MAKES PROVISION FOR THE NON-APPLICATION OF THE WHOLE OF THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE , OR PART OF THE CHARGE , TO ANY RAW PREFERENTIAL SUGAR WHICH IS IMPORTED INTO REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE DETERMINED AND WHICH IS REFINED IN A PRODUCTION UNIT OTHER THAN A REFINERY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE 36 ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION ;

WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS OF SUPPLIES OF THE SAID SUGAR TO IRELAND , A MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF 30 000 TONNES OF THAT SUGAR EXPRESSED AS WHITE SUGAR AND REFINED IN THAT REGION IN THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR WAS EXEMPTED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE ; WHEREAS , FOR THE SAME REASONS , THAT EXEMPTION SHOULD BE CONTINUED IN RESPECT OF IRELAND ;

WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THE LIKELY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN ITALY , IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE A SIMILAR EXEMPTION FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE IN RESPECT OF A MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF 50 000 TONNES EXPRESSED AS WHITE SUGAR WHEN REFINED IN ITALY ;

WHEREAS SUCH EXEMPTIONS SHOULD APPLY DURING THE MARKETING YEARS 1981/82 TO 1983/84 IN WHICH THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE APPLIES ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 36 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1785/81 THE YIELD OF THE RAW PREFERENTIAL SUGAR IN QUESTION SHALL BE CALCULATED BY DOUBLING THE DEGREE OF POLARIZATION OF THAT SUGAR AND DEDUCTING 100 THEREFROM .

ARTICLE 2

DURING THE MARKETING YEARS 1981/82 TO 1983/84 THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 SHALL NOT APPLY TO PREFERENTIAL SUGAR REFINED IN IRELAND UP TO A MAXIMUM ANNUAL QUANTITY OF 30 000 TONNES OF SUGAR EXPRESSED AS WHITE SUGAR OR IN ITALY UP TO A MAXIMUM ANNUAL QUANTITY OF 50 000 TONNES OF SUGAR EXPRESSED AS WHITE SUGAR .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . WALKER