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( 1 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 134 , 28 . 5 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 156 , 25 . 6 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 156 , 25 . 6 . 1977 , P . 3 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 197 , 23 . 7 . 1976 , P . 33 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1597/77

OF 15 JULY 1977

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1764/76 LAYING DOWN CERTAIN DETAILED RULES FOR GRANTING THE DIFFERENTIAL AMOUNT AND THE SUBSIDY PROVIDED FOR THE REFINING OF RAW SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 OF 19 DECEMBER 1974 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SUGAR ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1110/77 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 9 ( 6 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1356/77 OF 20 JUNE 1977 FIXING , FOR THE 1977/78 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , THE DIFFERENTIAL CHARGE TO BE LEVIED ON PREFERENTIAL RAW SUGAR AND THE DIFFERENTIAL AMOUNT TO BE GRANTED IN RESPECT OF RAW CANE SUGAR FROM THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 3 ), HAS FIXED THE DIFFERENTIAL AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 9 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 AT 1.64 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR FOR THE 1977/78 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR ;

WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1357/77 OF 20 JUNE 1977 LAYING DOWN , FOR THE 1977/78 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE DISPOSAL OF SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 4 ) HAS SPECIFIED , FOR THE 1977/78 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , A SUBSIDY OF 1.33 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF SUGAR EXPRESSED AS WHITE SUGAR AS AN APPROPRIATE MEASURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 9 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 ; WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1764/76 OF 22 JULY 1976 LAYING DOWN CERTAIN DETAILED RULES FOR GRANTING THE DIFFERENTIAL AMOUNT AND THE SUBSIDY PROVIDED FOR THE REFINING OF RAW SUGAR PRODUCES IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 5 ) SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SUGAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1764/76 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :

' 1 . THE AMOUNTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1356/77 AND IN ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1357/77 , CONVERTED INTO AMOUNTS PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF STANDARD QUALITY RAW SUGAR , SHALL BE RESPECTIVELY :

( A ) 1.509 UNITS OF ACCOUNT ;

( B ) 1.224 UNITS OF ACCOUNT . '

ARTICLE 2

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 1977 .

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 15 JULY 1977 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT