OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 301
NoL94/2 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.4.72
REGULATION (EEC)No794/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of17April1972
fixingthesugarprices,thestandardqualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalculating
themaximumquotaforthe1972/73marketingyear
slight;whereas,consequently ,whentheintervention
priceforsugarisbeingfixedthedifference 'between
thetargetpriceandtheinterventionpricemaybe
fixedatarelativelylowlevel;
Whereastheminimumpriceforbeetmustbe
establishedtakingaccountoftheinterventionprice
andofstandardamountsforthecostsofprocessing
andofthedeliveryofbeettofactoriesandtakingas
abasisaCommunityyieldwhichmaybeevaluated
at130kilogrammesofwhitesugarpertonofbeet
witha16%sugarcontent;
Whereasthecostsreferredtoabovemaybeevaluated
atastandardrateof9-74unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar;whereasthatamountis
madeupofthesumoftheprocessingmargin,
evaluatedat8-84unitsofaccount,andthecostsof
deliveryofthebeettofactories,evaluatedat1-73
unitsofaccount,lessastandardamountof0-83units
ofaccountrepresentingfactories'receiptsfromthe
saleofmolassescalculatedonthebasisofayieldof
38-5kilogrammespermetrictonofbeetprocessed
andanex-factorypriceformolassesof2-80unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereasthestandardqualitychosenforbeetshould
beaqualitywhichtakesaccountofproduction
characteristics inthemainbeetproducingareasof
theCommunity ;
Whereasaccountbeingtakenofthetrendof
productionfromthepointofviewofspecialization
andmarketingopportunities ,themaximumquotas
referredtoinArticle24ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECshouldbefixedat135%ofthebasic
quotas;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No607/722andinparticular
Articles2(2),3(5)and4(3)andthesecond
subparagraphofArticle24(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
Whereas,whensugarpricesarebeingfixed,account
shouldbetakenoftheobjectivesofthecommon
agriculturalpolicyandofthecontributionwhichthe
Communitydesirestomaketotheharmonious
developmentofworldtrade;whereastheobjectives
ofthecommonagriculturalpolicyareinparticularto
ensureafairstandardoflivingfortheagricultural
community,toguaranteetheavailabilityofsupplies
andtoensurethatsuppliesreachconsumersat
reasonableprices;
Whereas,toattaintheseobjectives,thetargetprice
forsugarmustbefixedatalevelwhich,takinginto
accountinparticulartheresultantlevelofthe
interventionprice,ensuresafairremuneration for
beetandcaneproducerswhileatthesametime
respectingconsumers'interestsandwhichislikelyto
maintainthebalancebetweenthepricesofthe
principalagriculturalproducts;
Whereasasaresultofthecharacteristics ofthesugar
markettherisksinvolvedinthistradearerelativelyHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1. TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe
1972/73marketingyear. 2OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.4.

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Article2 Article4
1.Thetargetpriceforwhitesugarshallbe24-55
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
2.Theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe
23-34unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .1Standardqualitybeetshallpresentthefollowing
characteristics :
(a)sound,fairandmarketablequality,
(b)sugarcontentof16%atthereceptionpoint.
Article5 3.Theareahavingthelargestsurpluscomprises
thefollowingFrenchdepartments :Aisne,Somme,
Oise. ThecoefficientreferredtoinArticle24(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe1-35.
Article3
Article6
Theminimumpriceforbeetfortheareareferredto
inArticle2(3)shallbe17-68unitsofaccountper
metrictonatthestageofdeliverytothecollection
centre.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17April1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER