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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1254/89
of 3 May 1989
fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, inter alia , certain sugar prices and the standard quality of
beet
(OJ L 126, 9.5.1989, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EC) No 260/96 of 12 February 1996 L 34 16 13.2.1996
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 1254/89
of 3 May 1989
fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, inter alia , certain sugar
prices and the standard quality of beet
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Havingreg ard to the Treaty establishingthe European EconomicCommunity, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June
1981 on the common organization of the market in the sugar sector(
1),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular
Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) thereof,
Havingreg ard to the proposal from the Commission(3),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the European Parliament(4),
Havingreg ard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(5),
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be taken of the
objectives of the common agricultural policy and of the contributionwhich the Community intends to make to the harmonious developmentof world trade; whereas the objectives of the common agriculturalpolicy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of livingfor theagricultural community, to assure the availability of supplies and ensurethat they reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price for sugar
must be fixed at a level which, takinginto account in particular theresultant level of the intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration forbeet and sugar-cane producers while at the same time respectingconsumers’ interests, and which is likely to maintain the balancebetween the prices of the principal agricultural products;
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar market, the risks
involved in this trade are relatively slight; whereas, consequently, whenthe intervention price for sugar is being fixed, the difference betweenthe target price and the intervention price may be fixed at a relativelylow level;
Whereas the intervention prices to be fixed for the 1989/90 marketing
year will be lower than those for the 1988/89 marketingyear; whereas,in order to avoid any depreciation in stock which remain free at the endof the latter year and which form part of the quotas of those eligible forreimbursement for storage costs for such stocks under Article 8 ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81 it should be provided that if such stocksare disposed of between 1 July and 30 September 1989, they shallcontinue to benefit from the price for the 1988/89 marketingyear;
Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the intervention
price and of the costs of processingand deliveringthe beet to factoriesand be based on an estimated Community yield of 130 kilograms ofwhite sugar per tonne of beet at 16 % sugar content;
Whereas the production of sugar-cane and raw cane-sugar in the French
overseas departments always encounters difficulties that are peculiar tothe crop, environmental and operatingconditions of this sector; whereasthese crops represent an essential component of the economy of theFrench overseas departments; whereas, pursuant to Article 227 (2) ofthe Treaty, the Council is to take care, within the framework of the
(1) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1.
(3) OJ No C 82, 3. 4. 1989, p. 12.
(4) Opinion delivered on 13 April 1989 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(5) Opinion delivered on 31 March 1989 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
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procedures provided for by the Treaty, that the economic and socialdevelopment of the French overseas departments is made possible;whereas, moreover, Italy is carryingout a restructuringof the sug ar-beetsector and sugar production by means of restructuring plans underArticles 92 to 94 of the Treaty; whereas, under these circumstances,Italy should be authorized to continue to grant, for the 1989/90 and1990/91 marketingyears, national aid on downwardslidingterms ascompared with the overall financial commitment already authorized foraid for the 1988/89 marketingyear; whereas it is neverthelses desirablethat, for the marketingyears concerned and without prejudice toArticles 92 to 94 of the Treaty, the authorization to adjust this aidshould be maintained when the aid is linked to restructuringplans;whereas, for the aforesaid reasons, provision should also be made forthe extension, pendingthe decisions to be adopted for sug ar under theprogramme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of theFrench overseas departments, ‘Poseidom',of the system of national aidauthorized by Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 applicable tothe cane and sugar produced in the French overseas departments,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The target price for white sugar shall be ECU 55,89 per 100
kilograms.
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be ECU 53,10 per 100
kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the Community with the excep-tion of Spain.
However, for white sugar forming part of quotas in stocks which are
free at 24.00 on 30 June 1989 in the hands of those eligible for thereimbursement for storage costs for such stocks under Article 8 ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and disposed of during the period 1 Julyto 30 September 1989, the intervention price shall be fixed at ECU54,18 for the areas referred to in the first subparagraph.
Article 2
The basic price for beet, applicable in the Community with the excep-
tion of Spain and Portugal, shall be ECU 40,07 per tonne delivered atthe collection centre.
Article 3
Standard quality beet shall:
(a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality;
(b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
Article 4
1. The Italian Republic, duringthe 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketing
years, and the French Republic shall be authorized to grant, under theterms of paragraphs 2 to 4, adjustment aid to sugar-beet, sugar-caneand, where such is the case, sugar producers.
2. In Italy, the aid referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only in
respect of the quantity of sugar produced within the limit of the A andB quotas of each sugarproducing undertaking.
For this production, the maximum amount of the aid may not:
(a) per 100 kilograms of white sugar, exceed 23,64 % of the interven-
tion price for white sugar fixed in accordance with Article 3 (1) (a)of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 for the marketing year in questionand
(b) for the 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketingyears, exceed 90 and 80 %
respectively of the overall financial commitment in ecus alreadyauthorized for the 1988/89 marketingyear by Article 46 (1) and (2)of Regulation (EEC) NO 1785/81.
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3. However, the Italian Republic may adjust the aid referred to inparagraph 2 where this is necessitated by exceptional requirementsconnected with current plans for restructuringthe sug ar sector in Italy.In applyingArticles 92 to 94 of the Treaty, the Commission shall assessin particular whether such aid is consistent with the restructuringplans.
4. In France, the aid referred to in paragraph 1 may be granted only
in respect of a quantity of white sugar produced in the overseas depart-ments not exceedingthe basic quantity allocated to those departments asreduced by the A quota transfer of 30 000 tonnes of white sugar madein 1981/82 pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 25 (3) ofRegulation (EEC) No 1785/81. Such aid may not exceed ECU►
M17,293◄per 100 kilograms of sugar expressed as white sugar.
The arrangements applied by the French Republic will be re-examined
in the context of the decision establishinga prog ramme of optionsspecific to the remote and insular nature of the French overseas depart-ments, ‘Poseidom'.
5. In addition, duringthe 1989/90 and 1990/91 marketingyears, the
Italian Republic shall be authorized, when the interest rate granted inJuly to the most solvent applicant is higher, b y3%o r more, than the
interest rate used to calculate the reimbursement referred to in Article 8of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, to cover the effect of this differenceon the storage costs by a national aid.
Article 5
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Articles 1 to 3 shall be applicable for the 1989/90 marketingyear.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.