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REGULATION (EEC)No1600/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of29April1974
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,theinter­
ventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,
andthemaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,canbeanticipated;whereas,withtheexceptionofthe
Frenchoverseasdepartments,theex-factoryprices
intheareasmentionedwillinthemainbeequalto
thepricesintheCommunityareahavingthelargest
surplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,willprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficitof
about500000metrictonstobecoveredbythe
productionoftheCommunitysurplusareasshould
betakenintoaccount;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereas
thederivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixed
at27-43unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,
accountbeingtakenontheonehandoftheinter­
ventionpriceapplicableinthenorthofFranceplus
themarketingcostsfordeliveriestoItaly,andonthe
otherhand,ofthedisposalcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(x)of18December1967onthecommonorga­
nizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),9(7),12(5),28and31(4)and
(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1599/74(3)
of29April1974fixingthesugarprices,the
standardqualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalcu­
latingthemaximumquotaforthe1974/75marketing
year,fixedtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat
25-22unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesforthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesforderivedinterventionpricestobe
fixedforotherareas,accountbeingtakenofthe
regionalvariationswhich,givenanormalharvest
andfreemovementofsugar,mightbeexpectedto
occurinthepriceofsugarundernaturalconditions
ofpriceformation;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedintheproduction
areasinGermany,theNetherlands ,Belgium,Den­
markandFrance,abalancedorsurplussituationWhereasthereisaconsiderablesurplusinthe
productionofrawsugarintheFrenchoverseas
departments ;whereasthemostfavourablepotential
outletsforthissugarwithintheCommunityarein
thesouthofFranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,
afterbeingrefined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,
onthebasisoftheforeseeablemarketpricesinthe
deficitareasofItaly,whichwillprobablybe0-52
unitofaccountper100kilogrammes abovethe
derivedinterventionpriceinItaly,andtakingaccount
ofthetransportcostsbetweentheoverseasdepart­
mentsandtheseareas,thederivedintervention
pricesforthosedepartmentsshouldbefixedat24'-99
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofwhitesugar;
WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthefixingoftheinterventionpricefor
rawsugarforthosedepartmentstobederivedfrom
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfixedforthose
departments,allowancebeingmadeforauniform
processingmarginandastandardyield;whereas,
onthebasisofavailableinformation ,therefining(x)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
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costsmaybeestimatedat2-05unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammesofrawsugar,ofwhichprobably
0*60unitofaccountcanbecoveredbythehigher
pricelikelytobeobtainedfromthebetterqualityin
comparisonwiththepriceforthestandardquality;
whereas,moreover,pursuanttothedefinitionofthe
standardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No431/68(1),ayieldof92°/»should
beused;'Whereasatthetimeoffixingthepercentagesreferred
toinArticle27(4)and(5)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECandthemaximumamountoftheproduction
levyreferredtoinArticle28ofthatRegulation,
accountshouldbetaken,bearinginmindtheaims
ofthequotasystem,ontheonehandofthediffer­
encebetweentheminimumpriceforbeetandthe
minimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasicquotaand,
ontheotherhand,ofthefixedcostsofthesugar
industryestimatedatabout45%oftheprocessing
margin;
WhereasArticle9(7)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthedetermination ofinterventionprices
forrawbeetsugar;whereasthesepricesshouldbe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar,
accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalreadymentioned
forfixingtheinterventionpriceforrawsugarinthe
Frenchoverseasdepartments ,andoftheforwarding
costsforsupplyingrawsugar,estimatedatastandard
rateof0-50unitofaccountper100kilogrammes ;Whereas,underArticle12(2)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,thethresholdpriceforwhitesugar
shouldbethesameasthetargetpriceforthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplus
transportcosts,calculatedataflatrate,fromthat
areatothemostdistantdeficitareaintheCommu­
nity;whereas,giventhestateofsupplieswithinthe
Community,accountshouldbetakenofthetransport
costsbetweenthedepartmentsofnorthernFrance
andPalermo,themainportofimportationinSicily;
Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeetreferred
tointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECmustbedeterminedfortheareas
otherthanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthe
basisoftheinterventionpricesforwhitesugar
applicableinthoseareas,accountbeingtakenofthe
amountsusedwhenfixingtheminimumpricefor
beetfortheareahavingthelargestsurplus,forthe
processingmargin,theyield,thereceiptsfrom
molassesandthedeliverycostsofthebeet;Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugarshouldbe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugar,
astandardprocessingmarginandastandardyield
beingtakenintoaccount;whereasthesamecriteria
asareusedinthederivationoftheintervention
priceforrawsugarshouldbeapplied;
Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbe
sofixedthatthereceiptsfromsalesofmolassesmay
reachtheleveloffactories'receiptswhicharetaken
intoaccountwhenminimumpricesforbeetare
beingfixed;WhereasinIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,the
pricesofwhitesugarandrawbeetsugar,andthe
minimumpricesforbeet,arecurrentlylowerthan
thecommonpricesandmustforthe1974/75market­
ingyearbealignedonthesepricesinaccordance
withArticle52(2)(a)oftheActofAccession;
whereas,however,consideringthatthecorresponding
amendmentofpricesintheUnitedKingdomwould
disturbtheprocessofitsintegrationintotheCom­
munity,itisdesirabletoapply,forthisMemberState,
thederogationcontainedinparagraph3ofthe
Articleinquestion;Whereas,inviewofthestateoftheCommunity's
sugarsupply,themaximumquota,whichhasbeen
fixedat135%ofthebasicquotasincethe1968/69
sugarmarketingyear,hasbeenincreasedto145%
ofthatbasicquotaforthe1974/75sugarmarketing
year;whereas,inthesecircumstances ,itisjustified
toincreasethespecialmaximumquotafixedat
230%forthe1973/74and1974/75sugarmarketing
yearsinaccordancewithArticle8(2)ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1637/73(2)of18June1973,
fixingforthe1973/74marketingyearthederived
interventionprices,theinterventionpricesforraw
beet,sugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethres­
holdprices,theguaranteedquantity,themaximum
amountoftheproductionlevy,andthespecial
maximumquota,Whereastheminimumpricesforbeetoutsidethe
basicquotareferredtointhesecondindentof
Article4(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshould
befixedinsuchawaythattheypromotespecializ­
ationinbeetcultivationinparticular;
(x)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3. (2)OJNoL165,23.6.1973,p.1.

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HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationshallapplyforthe1974/75sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
FortheregionsotherthanthatreferredtoinArticle
2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1599/74,thederived
interventionpricefor100kilogrammesofwhitesugar
shallbe:
(a)27-43unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)24-99unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)23-57unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland;
(d)21-85unitsofaccountforallregionsofthe
UnitedKingdom;
(e)25-22unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsof
theCommunity .
Article3
1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogrammesof
rawbeetsugarshallbe:
(a)21-41unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandtheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(e);
(b)23-44unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(c)20L01unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(d)17-57unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d);
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugar
ofstandardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loaded
ontothemeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsfortherawsugarreferredto
inArticle3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshall
be21-66unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
Article4
1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,permetric
ton:(a)21-71unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(b)17-61unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(c)16-30unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d);
(d)18-84unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(e).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotashallbe,permetricton:
(a)11-08unitsofaccountfortheareahavingthe
largestsurplusdeterminedinArticle2(3)of
Regulation (EEC)No1599/74,andfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(c),(d)and(e);
(b)13'-95unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a).
ArticleS
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)29-47unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
whitesugar;
(b)25-78unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
rawsugar;
(c)3-20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
molasses.
Article6
1.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe60.
2.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECshallbe9-89unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugar.
Article7
Thecoefficientreferredtointhesecondindentof
Article31(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC,and
fixedat2-30fortheperiodfrom1July1973to
30June1975underArticle8(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No1637/73shallbeincreasedto2-35.
Article8
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1974
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29April1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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