NoL133/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.5.86
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1453/86
of13May1986
fixing,forthe1986/87marketingyear,thederivedinterventionpricesforwhitesugar,
theinterventionpriceforrawsugar,theminimumpricesforAandBbeet,thethreshold
prices,theamountofcompensationforstoragecostsandthepricestobeappliedinSpain
andPortugal
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No1452/86fixedthebasic
priceforbeetat40,89ECUpertonne;whereasArticle
5(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81providesthatthe
minimumpricetobefixedforAbeetshallbe98%of
thebasicpriceofthebeetandtheminimumpricetobe
fixedforBbeetshallinprinciplebe68%ofthesaid
basicprice;
WhereasArticle14(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatthethresholdpriceforwhitesugarshallbe
equaltothetargetprice,pluscosts,calculatedataflat
rate,oftransportfromtheCommunityareahavingthe
largestsurplustothemostdistantdeficitconsumption
areaintheCommunity,plusaflat-rateamountwhich
takesintoaccountthestoragelevy;whereas,giventhe
stateofsupplieswithintheCommunity,accountshould
betakenoftransportchargesbetweenthedepartments
ofnorthernFranceandPalermo;
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugaristobe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugarby
referencetoaprocessingmarginandastandardyield;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainandPor­
tugal,andinparticularArticle89(1)andArticle234(2)
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No934/86(2),andinparticular
Article3(5),Article5(5),Article8(4)andArticle14(5)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission (3),
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1452/86of13
May1986fixing,forthe1986/87marketingyear,cer­
tainsugarpricesandthestandardqualityofbeet(4),
fixedtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat54,18
ECUper100kilograms;
WhereasArticle3(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthatderivedinterventionpricesforwhitesugar
aretobefixedforeachofthedeficitareas;whereas,for
suchfixing,itisappropriatethataccountbetakenofthe
regionalvariationswhich,givenanormalharvestand
freemovementofsugar,mightbeexpectedtooccurin
thepriceofsugarundernaturalconditionsofpricefor­
mationonthemarket;
Whereasadeficitsupplysituationistobeforeseeninthe
areasofproductioninItaly,IrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom;
WhereasArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesthataninterventionpriceforrawsugarshallbe
fixed;whereassuchpriceshouldbeestablishedonthe
basisoftheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar;Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbefixed
insuchawaythatthereceiptsfromsalesofmolasses
mayreachthelevelofreceiptsofundertakingstaken
intoaccountinthefixingofbasicpricesforbeet;
WhereasArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)No1358/77(5)
providesthattheamountofrepaymentinthecontextof
thecompensation forstoragecostsshallbefixedper
monthandperunitofweight,takingaccountof
financing,insuranceandspecificstoragecosts;
Whereas,whenfixingthepricestobeappliedinSpain
andPortugal,thepricesfixedforthoseMemberStates
fortheperiodfrom1Marchto30June1986shouldbe
alignedwiththecommonpricesinaccordancewith
Articles70and238oftheActofAccession;
Whereasinterventionpricesforwhitesugarandbeet
pricesinSpainandPortugalarefixedbyspecific
provisions,
(»)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
OOJNoL87,2.4.1986,p.1.
OOJNoC85,14.4.1986,p.10.
(4)Seepage4ofthisOfficialJournal. (s)OJNoL156,25.6.1977,p.4.

21.5.86 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL133/7
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ForthedeficitareasoftheCommunityotherthanPor­
tugal,thederivedinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshall
befixed,per100kilograms,at:
(a)55,39ECUforalltheareasintheUnitedKingdom;
(b)55,39ECUforalltheareasinIreland;
(c)56,12ECUforalltheareasinItaly.
Article2
Theinterventionpricefor100kilogramsofrawsugar
shallbe44,92ECU.
Article3
1.TheminimumpriceforAbeetapplicableinthe
CommunitywiththeexceptionofSpainandPortugal
shallbe40,07ECUpertonne.
2.WithoutprejudicetotheapplicationofArticle28
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81theminimumpricefor
BbeetapplicableintheCommunitywiththeexception
ofSpainandPortugalshallbe27,81ECUpertonne.
Article4
1.ThesugarpricestobeappliedinSpainandPor­
tugalshallbeasfollows:
Spain:
(a)theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe62,78
ECUper100kilograms;
(b)thepricesforbeetshallbe:
—47,98ECUpertonneforthebasicprice,
—47,16ECUpertonnefortheminimumpricefor
Abeet,—34,90ECUpertonnefortheminimumpricefor
Bbeet,subjecttotheapplicationofArticle
28ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;
Portugal:
(a)theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe50,12
ECUper100kilograms;
(b)thepricesforbeetshallbe:
—43,72ECUpertonneforthebasicprice,
—42,90ECUpertonnefortheminimumpricefor
Abeet,
—30,64ECUpertonnefortheminimumpricefor
Bbeet,subjecttotheapplicationofArticle
28ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81.
2.Thebeetpricesreferredtoinparagraph 1shallbe
fordeliveryatthecollectioncentreandshallapplyto
beetofstandardqualityasdefinedinArticle3ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1452/86.
Article5
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)67,03ECUper100kilogramsofwhitesugar;
(b)57,40ECUper100kilogramsofrawsugar;
(c)6,90ECUper100kilogramsofmolasses.
Article6
Theamountofthereimbursement referredtoinArticle
8ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shallbe0,53ECU
permonthper100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
Article7
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
Itshallapplyforthe1986/87marketingyear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13May1986.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
W.F.vanEEKELEN