EUR-Lex - 31968R0246 - EN

Article 1

For the purposes of Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, a contract concluded between a sugar manufacturer and a beet seller growing his own beet shall be regarded as a delivery contract.

Article 2

For the purposes of Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, the basic quota of a manufacturer who carries forward part of his production to the following marketing year pursuant to Article 32 of that Regulation shall be reduced in respect of that year by the quantity carried forward.

Article 3

Only contracts concluded prior to sowing and - before 1 April in Italy or

• before 1 May in the other Member States

shall be regarded as pre-sowing contracts.

Article 4

1. The minimum price referred to in Article 30 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be adjusted for each delivery of beet by applying the price increases and reductions fixed pursuant to Article 5 (2) of that Regulation. 1OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1. 2OJ No L 47, 23.2.1968, p. 1.

1. However, where the Italian Republic makes use of the authorisation contained in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 188/68 1 of 15 February 1968 on price increases and reductions for beet, the minimum price shall be that resulting from the application of that Article.

Article 5

The Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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, 29 February 1968.

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY 1OJ No L 43, 17.2.1968, p. 6.