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COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1399/78
of20June1978
fixing,forthe1978/79sugaryear,thederivedinterventionprices,theinterven­
tionpriceforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,
themaximumamountoftheproductionlevyandtheamountoftherepayment
tooffsetstoragecosts,andfixingthecoefficientforcalculatingthespecial
maximumquota
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereasthe
derivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat
3509unitsofaccountper100kilograms,account
beingtaken,ontheonehand,oftheintervention
priceapplicableinthenorthofFrance,plusthe
marketingcostsfordeliveriestoItalyand,onthe
other,ofthedisposalcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;
Whereas,givenanormalharvest,thesugarproduction
inIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomcoversroughly
90%and40%respectivelyoftheneedsoftheir
respectivehomemarkets;whereastheseneedsmust
inpartbemetbysugaravailableinCommunity
surplusareas;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),8(2),9(5),13(5),28and32(4)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1398/78of20
June1978fixing,forthe1978/79sugaryear,the
sugarprices,thestandardqualityofbeetandthecoef­
ficientforcalculatingthemaximumquota(3),fixed
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat33-49unitsof
accountper100kilogramsfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatderivedinterventionpricesforwhite
sugarshallbefixedforotherareas,accountbeing
takenoftheregionalvariationswhich,givenanormal
harvestandfreemovementofsugar,mightbe
expectedtooccurinthepriceofsugarundernatural
conditionsofpriceformation;
Whereas,inviewofthequotasfixedintheproduc­
tionareasofBelgium,Denmark,theFederalRepublic
ofGermany,FranceandtheNetherlands ,abalanceor
surplussituationcanbeanticipated ;whereas,withthe
exceptionoftheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,theex­
factorypricesintheareasmentionedwill,toalarge
extent,beequaltothepricesintheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,willprobablynotexceedthe
basicquantityfixed;whereasanallowanceshould
thereforebemadeforthe1978/79sugaryearof
approximately 200000tonnestobecoveredby
productionfromCommunitysurplusareas;Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinbothIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomwill
bedeterminedlargelybytheofferpricesofsugar
fromtheseareas;whereasasinglederivedinterven­
tionpriceforwhitesugar,whichmaybefixedat
34-49unitsofaccountper100kilograms,should
thereforebeadoptedforallregionsofIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,accountbeingtakenontheone
handoftheinterventionpriceapplicableinthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplusthe
marketingcostsofdeliverytoIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdomand,ontheother,ofthedisposalcostsof
thesugarindustryoftheseMemberStates;
Whereasthereisaconsiderablesurplusproductionof
rawsugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereasthemostfavourablepotentialoutletsforthis
sugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthof
FranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,afterbeing
refined,maybesolddirectly;whereasonthebasisof
theforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficitareasof
Italy,whichwillprobablybe2-43unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsabovethederivedinterventionpricein
Italy,andtakingaccountoftransportcostsbetween
theFrenchoverseasdepartmentsandtheseareas,the
derivedinterventionpricesforthosedepartments
shouldbefixedat33-29unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugar;0)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
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Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbe
fixedinsuchawaythatthereceiptsfromsalesof
molassesmayreachthelevelofreceiptsofundertak­
ingstakenintoaccountinthefixingofminimum
pricesforbeet;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesforthefixingofthemaximumamountof
theproductionlevy,forthefixingoftheminimum
pricesforbeetoutsidethebasicquotaforthesugar­
beetproducingareasforwhichaninterventionprice
isfixedandforfixingthepercentagedeterminingthe
supplementary paymentwhichmanufacturers must,
whereappropriate,maketobeetsellers;whereas,by
Article27(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74,the
productionlevymaynotexceed30%oftheinterven­
tionprice;whereasfortheareawiththelargest
surplustheminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotashouldbefixedat70%oftheminimumprice
forbeet;whereasthethepercentagetakenfordeter­
miningtheabovementioned supplementary payment
maybefixedat60,accountbeingtakenofthevalue
ofbeetinrelationtotheinterventionpriceforsugar;
whereasthesamepercentageshouldbetakento
determinethepaymentwhichsugarmanufacturers
mayrequireofcanesellers;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No1358/77(2)
providesthattheamountofrepaymentinthecontext
oftheoffsettingofstoragecostsshallbefixedper
monthandperunitofweighttakingaccountof
financing,insuranceandspecificstoragecosts;
WhereasunderArticle32(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74itisnecessary,fortheperiodorperiods
subsequentto30June1976,todeterminethelength'
ofeachperiodforwhichadecisionnottoapply
Article30ofthatRegulationmaybetaken,tofixthe
coefficientforcalculatingthespecialmaximumquota
andtospecifythebasicquotatowhichthesaidcoeffi­
cientapplies,WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthataninterventionpriceforrawsugarshall
befixedforthosedepartments ,suchpricetobe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar
fixedforthosedepartments ,accountbeingtakenofa
uniformprocessingmarginandastandardyield;
whereas,onthebasisofavailableinformation ,the
refiningcostsmaybeestimatedat2-75unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofrefinedsugar;whereas,
moreover,inaccordancewiththedefinitionofthe
standardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No431/68(J),ayieldof92%shouldbe
takenintoaccount;
WhereasArticle9(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesforthefixingofinterventionpricesforraw
beetsugar;whereasthisfixingisnot,however,neces­
saryfortheCommunityregionsinwhichthisproduc­
tionisnotactuallymarketed;whereastheseprices
shouldbederivedfromtheinterventionpricefor
whitesugar,accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalready
mentionedforfixingtheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsandofthe
forwardingcostsforsupplyingrawsugar,thesebeing
estimatedatastandardrateof0*51unitofaccount
per100kilograms;
Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeet,as
referredtointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,mustbedeterminedforthe
areasotherthanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthe
basisoftheinterventionpricesforwhitesugarappli­
cableinthoseareas,accountbeingtakeninparticular
oftheamountsusedwhenfixingtheminimumprice
forbeetfortheareahavingthelargestsurplus,the
processingmargin,theyield,thereceiptsfrom
molassesandthedeliverycostsofthebeet;
WhereasArticle13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugarshouldbethesameasthetargetpriceforthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplustrans­
portcharges,calculatedataflatrate,fromthatareato
themostdistantdeficitareaintheCommunity ,plusa
flatrateamounttakingaccountofthestoragelevy,
whichfor1978/79canbeestimatedat1-77unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofwhitesugar;whereas,
giventhestateofsupplieswithintheCommunity ,
accountshouldbetakenoftransportchargesbetween
thedepartmentsofnorthernFranceandPalermo;
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugaristobe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugarby
referencetoastandardprocessingmarginanda
standardyield;whereasthesamecriteriaasareused
inthederivationoftheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarshouldthereforebeapplied;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
FortheregionsotherthantheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusthederivedintervention
pricesfor100kilogramsofwhitesugarshallbe:
(a)3509unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)33-29unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
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(b)34.45unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofraw
sugar;
(c)3.20unitsofaccountper100kilogramsof
molasses.
Article5
1.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74shallbe10.05unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugar.
2.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shallbe60.
Article6
TheamountofrepaymentreferredtoinArticle8of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74shallbe0-30unitof
accountpermonthper100kilogramsofwhitesugar.(c)34-49unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland
andoftheUnitedKingdom;
(d)33-49unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsofthe
Community .
Article2
1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogramsofraw
beetsugarshallbe27-81unitsofaccountforthearea
havingthelargestsurplusandtheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(d).
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugarof
standardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loadedonto
themeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsforrawsugarreferredtoin
Article3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbe
28.10unitsofaccountper100kilograms,account
beingtakenofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle3
(6)ofthesaidRegulation .
Article3
1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,pertonne:
(a)28-02unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(a);
(b)27-24unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(c);
(c)25-94unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(d).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotasshallbe,pertonne:
(a)18.16unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandfortheregions
referredtoinArticle1(d);
(b)20-24unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(a);
(c)19-46unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle1(c).
Article4
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)40-20unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofwhite
sugar;Article7
1.Theperiodreferredtointhefirstindentof
Article32(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shall
runfrom1July1978to30June1980.TheMember
Stateconcernedmusttakeitsdecisioninrespectof
thisperiodnotlaterthan30June1978.
2.Thecoefficientreferredtointhesecondindent
ofArticle32(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shall
be2-275fortheperiodreferredtoinparagraph 1.
Thecoefficientshallbeappliedtothebasicquotafor
the1978/79marketingyear.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Articles1to6shallapplyforthe1978/79sugaryear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.DALSAGER