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

( 2 ) OJ NO L 170 , 27 . 6 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 67 , 14 . 3 . 1973 , P . 12 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 17 , 24 . 1 . 1979 , P . 7 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 162 , 30 . 6 . 1979 , P . 3 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3103/80

OF 28 NOVEMBER 1980

FIXING FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY AND THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID BY SUGAR MANUFACTURERS TO BEET SELLERS

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 1396/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 27 ( 7 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) OF COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 700/73 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 114/79 ( 4 ), PROVIDES THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY MUST BE FIXED FOR EACH SUGAR MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS THE CRITERIA FOR FIXING THE SAID AMOUNT ARE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 27 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 ;

WHEREAS THE AMOUNT WHICH RESULTS FROM THE CALCULATION OF THE LEVY IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FIXED AT 12.33 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1289/79 ( 5 );

WHEREAS ARTICLE 27 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 PROVIDES THAT , WHERE THE PRODUCTION LEVY IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT , SUGAR MANUFACTURERS SHALL PAY BEET SELLERS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AMOUNTS UP TO A PERCENTAGE TO BE DETERMINED ; WHEREAS ARTICLE 6 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 700/73 PROVIDES THAT THIS AMOUNT SHALL BE FIXED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY ; WHEREAS , FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR , ARTICLE 5 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1289/79 FIXED THAT PERCENTAGE AT 60 ;

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

THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR SHALL BE 12.03 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR .

ARTICLE 2

THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID PURSUANT TO THE SECOND SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 27 ( 4 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR MARKETING YEAR SHALL BE 0.23 ECU PER TONNE OF STANDARD QUALITY BEET .

ARTICLE 3

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

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

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 28 NOVEMBER 1980

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT