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NoL94/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.4.72
REGULATION (EEC)No795/72OFTHECOUNCIL
of17April1972
fixingforthe1972/73marketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpriceforbeet,thethresholdprices,the
guaranteedquantityandthemaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1009/67/EEC1of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No607/72,2andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),9(7),12(5),26(1)and28
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No794/723of17
April1972fixingthesugarprices,thestandard
qualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalculatingthe
maximumquotaforthe1972/73sugarmarketing
yearfixedtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat
23-34unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesforthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforderivedinterventionpricestobefixed
forotherareas,accountbeingtakenoftheregional
variationswhich,givenanormalharvestandfree
movementofsugar,mightbeexpectedtooccurin
thepriceofsugarundernaturalconditionsofprice
formation;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedinthe
productionareasinGermany,theNetherlands ,
BelgiumandFrance,abalancedorsurplussupply
situationcanbeanticipated;whereas,withthe
exceptionoftheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,theex-factorypricesintheareasmentionedwillinthe
mainbeequaltothepricesintheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,willprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficitof
morethan300000metrictonstobecoveredbythe
productionoftheCommunitysurplusareasshould
betakenintoaccount;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereasthe
derivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat
24-84unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,account
beingtakenontheonehandoftheinterventionprice
applicableinthenorthofFranceplusthemarketing
costsfordeliveriestothenorthofItaly,andonthe
otherhand,ofthedisposalcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;
Whereasthereisaconsiderable surplusinthe
productionofrawsugarintheFrenchoverseas
departments ;whereasthemostfavourablepotential
outletsforthissugarwithintheCommunityareinthe
southofFranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,after
beingrefined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,onthe
basisoftheforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficit
areasofItaly,whichwillprobablybe0-50unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes abovethederived
interventionpriceinItaly,andtakingaccountofthe
transportcostsbetweentheoverseasdepartmentsand
theseareas,thederivedinterventionpricesforthose
departmentsshouldbefixedat23-01unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammesofwhitesugar;
WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthefixingoftheinterventionpricefor
rawsugarforthosedepartmentstobederivedfrom
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfixedforthose
departments ,allowancebeingmadeforauniform
processingmarginandastandardyield;whereas,on
thebasisofavailableinformation ,therefiningcosts1OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
2OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.4.
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Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplus
transportcosts,calculatedataflatrate,fromthat
areatothemostdistantdeficitareainthe
Community ;whereas,giventhestateofsupplies
withintheCommunity,accountshouldbetakenof
thetransportcostsbetweenthedepartmentsof
northernFranceandPalermo,themainportof
importationinSicily;
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugarshouldbe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugar,a
standardprocessingmarginandastandardyield
beingtakenintoaccount;whereasthesamecriteria
asareusedinthederivationoftheinterventionprice
forrawsugarshouldbeapplied;
Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbe
sofixedthatthereceiptsfromsalesofmolassesmay
reachtheleveloffactories'receiptswhicharetaken
intoaccountwhenminimumpricesforbeetarebeing
fixed;
WhereasunderArticle26ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,theguaranteedquantityshouldbe
equaltotheanticipatedhumanconsumptionforthe
1972/73sugarmarketingyear,whichcanbe
estimatedat6-48millionmetrictons;maybeestimatedat1-86unitsofaccountper.100
kilogrammesofrawsugar,ofwhichprobably0-60
units.ofaccountcanbecoveredbythehigherprice
likelytobeobtainedfromthebetterqualityin
comparisonwiththepriceforthestandardquality;
whereas,moreover,pursuanttothedefinitionof
standardqualityforraw.sugarlaiddownby
Regulation (EEC)No431/68,1ayieldof92%should
beused;
WhereasArticle9(7)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthedetermination ofinterventionprices
forrawbeetsugar;whereasthesepricesshouldbe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar,
accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalreadymentioned
forfixingtheinterventionpriceforrawsugarinthe
Frenchoverseasdepartments ,andtheforwarding
costsforsupplyingrawsugar,estimatedatastandard
rateof0-50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeetreferred
tointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECmustbedeterminedfortheareasother
thanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthebasisof
theinterventionpricesforwhitesugarapplicablein
thoseareas,accountbeingtakenoftheamountsused
whenfixingtheminimumpriceforbeetforthearea
havingthelargestsurplus,fortheprocessingmargin,
theyield,thereceiptsfrommolassesandthedelivery
costsofthebeet;
Whereas,topromotespecialization inbeet
cultivation,andtakingaccountoftheforeseeable
stateofsuppliesin.theCommunity ,theminimum
pricesforbeetoutsidethebasicquotareferredtoin
thesecondindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECshouldbefixedinsuchawaythatthey
nolongerencourageproducerswithrelatively .high
productioncosts,butareonlyofinteresttothemost
rationalundertakings operatingunderthemost
favourableconditions;
Whereasatthetimeoffixingthepercentagesreferred
toinArticle27(4)and(5)ofRegulation'No
1009/67/EECandthemaximumamountofthe
productionlevyreferredtoinArticle28ofthat
Regulation,accountshouldbetaken,bearinginmind
theaimsofthequotasystem,ontheonehandofthe
differencebetweentheminimumprice,forbeetand
theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasicquota,
andontheotherhandofthefixedcostsofthesugar
industryestimatedatabout45%oftheprocessing
margin;
Whereas,underArticle12(2)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,thethresholdpriceforwhitesugar
shouldbethesameasthetargetpricefortheHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe
1972/73sugarmarketingyear.
Article2
FortheregionsotherthanthosereferredtoinArticle
2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No794/72,thederived
interventionpricefor100kilogrammesofwhite
sugarshallbe:
(a)24-84unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)23-01"unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)23-34unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsofthe
Community .
Article3
1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogrammesof
rawbeetsugarshallbe:
(a)19-85unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandtheregions
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(b)21*23unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a).
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugarof
standardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loadedonto
themeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsfortherawsugarreferredtoin
Article3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe
20-01unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .Article5
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)27-05unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
whitesugar;
(b)23-73unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
rawsugar;
(c)3-20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
molasses .
Article6
Article4TheguaranteedquantityreferredtoinArticle26(1)
ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe6480000
metrictonsofwhitesugar.
Article7
1.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe60-00.
2.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECshallbe9-36unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar.1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,permetric
ton:
(a)19-63unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(b)17-68unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotashallbe,permetricton:
(a)10-40unitsofaccountfortheareahavingthe
largestsurplusdeterminedinArticle2(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No794/72andfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(a).
(b)12-35unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a).Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17April1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.P.BUCHLER