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REGULATION (EEC)No3193/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of17December 1974
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearthederivedinterventionpricefor
whitesugar,theinterventionpriceforrawbeetsugarandtheminimumprices
forbeetinIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
Whereasinayearofnormalharvest,sugarproduction
inIrelandandtheUnitedKingdommeetsapproxi­
mately80%and40%respectivelyofmarketrequire­
ments;whereasthoserequirementsmustbecovered
inpartbysugarfromsuplusareasoftheCommunity ;
WhereasmarketpricesinIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdomwillconsequentlybedeterminedtoalarge
extentbytheofferpricesforsugarfromthoseareas;
whereasasinglederivedinterventionpriceshould
thereforebefixedforwhitesugarforallareasof
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,takingintoaccount
ontheonehandtheinterventionpriceapplicablein
theareaoftheCommunitywiththelargestsurplus,
plusanallowanceinrespectofthecostofdeliveryto
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,andontheother,
handthenormalcostofmarketingsugarinthose
MemberStates;whereaswitheffectfrom1January
1975commoncriteria-shouldbeappliedforthe
purposeofderivingtheinterventionpriceforrawbeet
sugarfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar;
whereasasregardstheminimumpricesforbeetas
providedforinthefirstandsecondindentsofArticle
4(1)ofCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/EEC(4)of18
December1967onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinsugar,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1602/74(5),thesamecriteriashouldbeappliedfor
allareasofIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomaswere
appliedforthepurposeoffixingthosepricesforall
areasoftheCommunityotherthanthatarea
producingthelargestsurplus,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle43
thereof;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(J)concerningtheacces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,andinparticularArticle62(1)oftheAct
annexedtheretoandparagraph5ofProtocol17to
thatAct;
Havingregardtotheproposalfromthe,Commission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1600/74(2)fixedfor
the1974/75sugarmarketingyearthederivedinterven­
tionprices,theinterventionpricesforrawbeetsugar
andtheminimumpricesforbeet;whereasthose
priceswereraisedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2518/74(3)of4October1974onthemeasuresto
betakenfollowingtheall-roundincreasewitheffect
from7October1974ofagriculturalprices;
WhereasArticle56oftheActofAccessionprovides
that,ifworldmarketpricesarehighincomparison
withCommunitypricesorif,inparticularnorefund
isapplicable,appropriatemeasuresmaybetakenwith
aviewtoensuringtheproperfunctioningofthe
commonorganizationofthemarket;whereasfor
sometimetherehasbeenashortageofsugaronthe
worldmarketandthishasledtoaconsiderable
increaseinpriceswhicharenowmuchhigherthan
Communityprices;whereasthishasledtoarisein
pricesinIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,bringing
thosepricestoalevelatleastequaltothatofpricesin
theotherMemberStates;
Whereasthesituationontheworldmarketisunlikely
tochangeintheforeseeablefuture;whereasitthere­
foreseemsappropriatetoraisetheinterventionprices
forwhitesugarandrawbeetsugarandtheminimum
pricesforbeet—thesebeingatpresentlowerthan
thecommonprices—tothelevelofthosecommon
prices;whereasthepricereferredtoinProtocol17to
theActofAccessionatwhichsugarismarketedin
theUnitedKingdomshouldthereforebefixedata
corresponding level;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
From1January1975untiltheendofthe1974/75
marketingyear,forallareasofIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom :
—thederivedinterventionpricefor100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugarshallbe27-48unitsof
account,
—theinterventionpricefor100kilogrammesofraw
beetsugarshallbe23-39unitsofaccount,
—theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe21-08units
ofaccountpermetricton,
(')OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.
(J)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.(4)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(5)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.

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be21-37unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofraw
canesugar.
2.Thispriceshallrelatetorawsugarofstandard
quality,nakedweight,deliveredcif,freeout,toports
intheUnitedKingdom.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .—theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotashallbe12-93unitsofaccountpermetric
ton.
Article2
1.From1January1975untiltheendofthe1974/
1975marketingyear,thepriceatwhichismarketed
sugarpurchasedundertheCommonwealth Sugar
AgreementandimportedintotheUnitedKingdom
byvirtueofProtocol17totheActofAccessionshall
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17December1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.DURAFOUR