Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2001:95
Date: 2001-02-15
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Agriculture and Fisheries;Free movement of goods;Measures having equivalent effect;Quantitative restrictions;Sugar
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

Summary of the Judgment 
1. Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar — Intervention price 
and derived intervention prices — Limit-date for fixing intervention prices — Limit-
date not complied with — Consequences 
(Council Regulations Nos 1785/81 and 1188/97) 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-160/98 
2. Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar — Regionalisation of 
prices — Deficit areas — Regulation fixing the derived intervention price for white 
sugar for all areas of Italy for a marketing year — Statement of reasons — 
Obligation — Scope 
(EC Treaty, Art. 190 (now Art. 253 EC); Council Regulation No 1188/97) 
3. Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Sugar — Regionalisation of 
prices — Deficit areas — Regulation fixing the derived intervention price for white 
sugar for all areas of Italy for a marketing year — Forecast of a deficit supply 
situation — Validity of the Regulation 
(Council Regulation No 1188/97, Art. 1(f)) 
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