14.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL100/25
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No834/76
of6April1976
fixingforthe1976/77sugaryearthederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdpricesandthe
maximumamountoftheproductionlevyandfixingthecoefficientforcalculatingthe
specialmaximumquota
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,wildprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficit
ofabout500000metrictonswillthereforehave
tobecoveredbyproductionfromCommunitysurplus
areas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereas
thederivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixed
at35-70unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,
accountbeingtaken,ontheonehand,oftheinter­
ventionpriceapplicableinthenorthofFrance,plus
themarketingcostsfordeliveriestoItalyand,onthe
other,ofthedisposalcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommon
organization ofthemarketinsugar(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No832/76(2),and
inparticularArticles3(6),4(4),9(5),13(5),28
and32(4)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasCouncilRegulationi(EEC)No833/76of
6April1976fixingcertainpricesandotheramounts
applicableinagricultureforthe1976/77marketing
year(3),fixedtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar
at33-14unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
theCommunityareahavingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74providesthatderivedinterventionpricesshall
befixedforotherareas,accountbeingtakenofthe
regionalvariationswhich,givenanormalharvest
andfreemovementofsugar,mightbeexpectedto
occurinthepriceofsugarundernaturalconditions
ofprice'formation;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedintheproduction
areasofBelgium,Denmark,Germany,Franceand
theNetherlands,abalanceorsurplussituationcan
beanticipated;whereas,withtheexceptionofthe
Frenchoverseasdepartments,theex-factorypricesin
theareasmentionedwill,toalargeextent,beequal
to{hepricesintheCommunityareahavingthe
largestsurplus;Whereas,givenanormalharvest,thesugarproduc­
tioninIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomcovers
roughly90%and40%respectivelyoftheneedsof
theirrespectivehomemarkets;whereastheseneeds
mustinpartbemetbysugaravailableinCommunity
surplusareas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinbothIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomwill
bedeterminedlargelybytheofferpricesofsugar
fromtheseareas;whereasasinglederivedinterven­
tionpriceforwhitesugarwhichmaybefixedat
34-14unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesshould
thereforebeadoptedforallregionsofIrelandand
theUnitedKingdom,accountbeingtakenontheone
handoftheinterventionpriceapplicableinthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplusthe
commercialcostsofdeliverytoIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdomand,ontheother,ofthemarketing
costsofthesugarindustryoftheseMemberStates;
Whereasthereisaconsiderablesurplusproduction
ofrawsugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereasthemostfavourablepotentialoutletsfor
thissugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthof
FranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,afterbeing
refined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,onthebasis(*)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
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oftheforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficitareas
ofItaly,whichwillprobablybe0-57unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesabovethederivedintervention
priceinItaly,andtakingaccountoftransportcosts
betweentheoverseasdepartmentsandtheseareas,
thederivedinterventionpricesforthosedepartments
shouldbefixedat32-94unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar;munityareahavingthelargestsurplusplustransport
charges,calculatedataflatrate,fromthatareato
themostdistantdeficitareaintheCommunity ;
whereas,giventhestateofsupplieswithintheCom­
munity,accountshouldbetakenoftransportcharges
betweenthedepartmentsofnorthernFranceand
Palermo,themainportofimportationinSicily;
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugaristobe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugarby
referencetoastandardprocessingmarginanda
standardyield;whereasthesamecriteriaasareused
inthederivationoftheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarshouldthereforebeapplied;WhereasArtidle3(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74providesthataninterventionpriceforrawsugar
shallbefixedforthosedepartments ,suchpriceto
bederivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhite
sugarfixedforthosedepartmentsaccountbeing
taken,ontheonehand,ofaqualitysurchargeof
0-60unitofaccountand,ontheotherhand,auni­
formprocessingmarginandastandardyield;
whereas,onthebasisofavailableinformation,the
refiningcostsmaybeestimatedat2-64unitsof
accountper100kilogrammes o>frefinedsugar;
whereas,moreover,inaccordancewiththedefinition
ofthestandardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownby
Regulation (EEC)No431/68(*),ayieldof92%
shouldbetakenintoaccount;Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbe
fixedinsuchawaythatthereceiptsfromsalesof
molassesmayreachthelevelofreceiptsofundertak­
ingstakenintoaccountinthefixingofminimum
pricesforbeet;
WhereasArticle9(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74providesforthefixingofinterventionpricesfor
rawbeetsugar;whereasthesepricesshouldbe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar,
accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalreadymentioned
forfixingtheinterventionpriceforrawsugarinthe
Frenchoverseasdepartmentsandoftheforwarding
costsforsupplyingrawsugar,thesebeingestimated
atastandardrateof0-50unitofaccountper100
kilogrammes ;WhereasArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesforthefixingofthemaximumamountof
theproductionlevy,'forthefixingoftheminimum
pricesforbeetoutsidethebasicquotaforthesugar­
beetproducingareasforwhichaninterventionprice
isfixedandforfixingthepercentagedetermining
theamountofthesupplementary paymentwhich
manufacturers must,whereappropriate,maketobeet
sellers;whereas,byArtidle27(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74,theproductionlevymaynot
exceed30%oftheinterventionprice;whereasforthe
areawiththelargestsurplustheminimumpricefor
beetoutsidethebasicquotashouldbefixedat70%
oftheminimumpriceforbeet;whereasthepercent­
agetakenfordeterminingtheabovementioned
supplementary paymentmaybefixedat60%,
accountbeingtakenofthevalueofbeetinrelation
totheinterventionpriceforsugar;whereasthesame
percentageshouldbetakentodeterminethepayment
whichsugarmanufacturers mayrequireofcane
sellers;Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeet,as
referredtointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No3330/74,mustbedetermined
fortheareasotherthanthathavingthelargest
surplusonthebasisoftheinterventionpricesfor
whitesugarapplicableinthoseareas,accountbeing
takeninparticularoftheamountsusedwhenfixing
theminimumpriceforbeetfortheareahavingthe
largestsurplus,theprocessingmargin,theyield,the
receiptsfrommolassesandthedeliverycostsofthe
beet;
WhereasArticle13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74providesthatthethresholdpriceforwhitesugar
shouldbethesameasthetargetpricefortheCom­Whereas,underArticle32(4)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74,itisnecessary,fortheperiodorperiods
subsequentto30June1976,todeterminethelength
ofeachperiodforwhichadecisionnottoapply
Article30ofthatRegulationmaybetaken,tofixthe
coefficientforcalculatingthespecialmaximumquota
andtospecifythebasicquotatowhichthesaid
coefficientapplies, OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
WithoutprejudicetoArticle7,thisRegulationshall
applyforthe1976/77sugaryear.
Article2(a)27-90unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(b)25-87unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(c)24-57unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotasshallbe,permetricton:
(a)17-20unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(d);
(b)20-53unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(c)18-50unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c).FortheregionsotherthantheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusthederivedintervention
pricefor100kilogrammesofwhitesugarshallbe:
(a)35-70unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)32-94unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)34-14unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland
andoftheUnitedKingdom;
(d)33-14unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsof
theCommunity .Article5
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)38-21unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
whitesugar;
(b)33-28unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
rawsugar;
(c)3-20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes of
molasses.Article3
Article6
1.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74shallbe9-94unitsofaccountper100
kilogrammesofwhitesugar.
2.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shallbe60.1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogrammesof
rawbeetsugarshallbe:
(a)28-15unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandtheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(d);
(b)30-51unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(c)29-07unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c).
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugar
ofstandardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loaded
ontothemeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsforrawsugarreferredtoin
Article3(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shall
be28-43unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,
accountbeingtakenofthesecondsubparagraph of
Article3(6)ofthesaidRegulation.Article7
1.Thelengthoftheperiodreferredtointhefirst
indentofArticle32(4)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74shallrunfrom1July1976to30June
1978.TheMemberStateconcernedmusttakethe
decisioninrespectofthisperiodbefore1May1976.
2.Thecoefficientreferredtointhesecondindent
ofArticle32(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
shallbe2-35fortheperiodreferredtoinparagraph1.
Thecoefficientshallbeappliedtothebasicquota
forthe1976/77sugaryear.Article4
1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,permetric
ton:

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,6April1976.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.HAMILIUS