27. 4. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 113/7 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 948/82 of 26 April 1982 amending Regulation (EEC) No 65/82 laying down detailed rules for carrying forward sugar to the following marketing year 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82(?), and in particular Articles 27 (3), 30 (5) and 32 (3) thereof, Whereas Article 27 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has been amended to lay down that the start of the storage period for sugar which is carried forward to the following marketing year may vary according to when the sugar in question was produced; whereas, in consequence, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 65/82 () should be amended; Whereas Article 27 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that a limit may be placed on the quantities of sugar which may be carried forward; whereas it is opportune to impose such a limit from the 1982/83 marketing year whilst providing, never- theless, that this limit may be changed having regard to the market regulation function of this regime; whereas, to facilitate the change from an unlimited to a more restrictive regime, a transitional measure should be laid down to cover the carry-forward from the 1982/83 marketing year to the 1983/84 marketing year ; Whereas sugar carried forward may be affected as a result of force majeure, and the provisions should be supplemented accordingly ; Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 65/82 is hereby amended as follows : OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1. OJ No L 9, 14. 1. 1982, p. 14. 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 1. An undertaking may decide to carry forward sugar only if the Member State concerned verifies that such sugar was produced as B sugar or as C sugar. This decision by the undertaking may apply only up to a maximum quantity not exceeding 20 % of its A quota applicable in the marketing year during which the sugar in question was produced. However, undertakings which decided during the 1981/82 marketing year to carry forward to the 1982/83 marketing year a quantity exceeding the limit referred to in the second subparagraph may decide to carry forward to the 1983/84 marketing year a maximum quantity equal to that quantity. For the sugar in question the storage period referred to in Article 27 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall begin on the date notified by the undertaking to the Member State, provided that the latter has verified that this sugar was produced before that date. 2. For the purposes of the verification referred to in paragraph 1 the Member State shall : (a) add the quantities of sugar already carried forward from the preceding marketing year to the quantities of sugar produced during the current marketing year up to the date of the relevant decision to carry forward ; and (b) subtract from the total referred to under (a) any quantities of C sugar exported before the date of the relevant decision to carry forward and any quantities subject to a decision to carry forward taken during the current marketing year. 3. The quantities of sugar carried forward shall be regarded as the first A sugar to have been produced during the marketing year to which they were carried forward.