No L 248/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 9. 81 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2545/81 of 31 August 1981 laying down detailed rules for the application of measures for the marketing of sugar produced in the French overseas departments and amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 THE COMMISSION 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 ('), and in particular Article 9 (6), the second subparagraph of Article 39 and Article 48 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 878/77 of 26 April 1977 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 850/81 (%), and in particular Article 5 (1) thereof, Whereas, since the introduction of the common organization of the sugar markets, provisions have been laid down in order to permit the sugar produced in the French overseas deparments to be marketed in the European regions of the Community; whereas Article 9 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 con- tinues these provisions; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2067/81 (%) provides that during the marketing years 1981/82 to 1985/86 flat-rate Community aid for the marketing, in that period, in the European regions of the Commu- nity of sugar produced in the French overseas depart- ments shall be granted, under certain conditions, to the producers and refiners of such sugar; whereas, therefore, these measures are not applicable to the quantities of such sugar which, before 1 July 1981, were sold and loaded in vessels bound for the aforesaid regions ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to provide as a transitional measure that the previous system of marketing aid based on Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 (") should continue to apply to sugar in respect of which the bill of lading was completed before that date ; Whereas detailed rules relating to the determination of weights and sugar yields should be laid down, particu- larly where products of this nature are transported in bulk in the same vesse]l but on behalf of several producers ; OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. O] No L 106, 29. 4. 1977, p. 27. O] No L 90, 4. 4. 1981, p. 1. OJ No L 203, 23. 7. 1981, p. 3. O] No L 359, 31. 12. 1974, p. 1. Whereas, in general, a considerable period elapses between the date on which the sugar in question is loaded and that on which the arrival formalities are completed so as to permit the payment of the aid by the competent agency; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for payments; Whereas it appears necessary to specify precisely how the single flat-rate amount referred to in Article 2 (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2067/81 is to be applied ; Whereas adequate measures for the control of refined sugar, and for this purpose also a definition of refining, should be laid down; Whereas the application of the measures laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2067/81 requires the amend- ment of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 of 20 December 1978 laying down certain rules for applying conversion rates in the sugar and isoglucose sectors (°), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1106/79 () ; 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 1. The aids referred to in Articles 2 and 3 of Regu- lation (EEC) No 2067/81 shall be granted only in respect of the sugars referred to in Article 1 of that Regulation for which bills of lading were completed on or after 1 July 1981. 2. The relevant provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 1595/80 ("), (EEC) No 1596/80(°) and (EEC) No 1764/76 (") shall continue to apply to the sugars in question for which bills of lading were completed before that date. In such a case the undertaking concerned shall furnish, in addition to the proof referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1764/76, the aforesaid bill of lading or any other proof which is regarded as equiva- lent by the Member State concerned. 9 OJ No L 359, 22. 12. 1978, p. 11. ) O] No L 138, 6. 6. 1979, p. 10. ) OJ No L 160, 26. 6. 1980, p. 19. ) OJ No L 160, 26. 6. 1980, p. 21. ) OJ No L 197, 23. 7. 1976, p. 33.