EUR-Lex - 31968R0748 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . A MANUFACTURER MAY CARRY FORWARD A QUANTITY OF BEET SUGAR TO THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 32 OF REGULATION N 1009/67/EEC ONLY IF PROVISION IS MADE FOR THIS IN AN INTER-TRADE AGREEMENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) N 206/68 .

2 . A MANUFACTURER MAY CARRY FORWARD A QUANTITY OF CANE SUGAR TO THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 32 OF REGULATION N 1009/67/EEC ONLY IF THIS IS APPROVED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE FACTORY CONCERNED .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE MANUFACTURER MAY REQUIRE BEET OR CANE SELLERS TO REIMBURSE PART OF THE STORAGE COSTS IN RESPECT OF THE QUANTITY OF BEET OR CANE CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY OF SUGAR CARRIED FORWARD TO THE FOLLOWING MARKETING YEAR UP TO A MAXIMUM AMOUNT TO BE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8 OF REGULATION N 1009/67/EEC AND OF THE PERCENTAGE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27 ( 4 ) OF THAT REGULATION .

2 . THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE FIXED PER METRIC TON OF BEET AND PER MONTH BEFORE 1 JANUARY IN RESPECT OF THE CARRY-FORWARD OF SUGAR PRODUCED DURING THE CURRENT MARKETING YEAR .

ARTICLE 3

SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 2 , SUGAR MANUFACTURERS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PAY , IN RESPECT OF PROCESSED BEET CORRESPONDING TO THE QUANTITY OF SUGAR CARRIED FORWARD , A PRICE WHICH IS NOT LESS THAN THE PRICE REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST INDENT OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION N 1009/67/EEC VALID FOR THE MARKETING YEAR DURING WHICH THE BEET WAS PROCESSED INTO SUGAR , ADJUSTED BY PRICE INCREASES AND REDUCTIONS TO ALLOW FOR DEVIATIONS FROM THE STANDARD QUALITY .

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

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 18 JUNE 1968 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

E . FAURE