22.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL165/1
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(Actswhosepublicationisobligatory)
REGULATION (EEC)No1637/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of18June1973
fixingforthe1973/74marketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,theinter­
ventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethreshold
prices,theguaranteedquantity,themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
andthespecialmaximumquota
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheTreaty(x)concerningtheAcces­
sionofnewMemberStatestotheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community ,andinparticularthefirstsubparagraph
ofArticle52(3)oftheActannexedthereto;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(2)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1014/73(3)andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),9(7),12(5),26(1),28and31(4)
and(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1345/73(4)of
15May1973fixingthesugarprices,thestandard
qualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalculatingthe
maximumquotaforthe1973/74marketingyearfixed
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat23-57unitsof
accountper100kilogrammesfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforderivedinterventionpricestobefixedfor
otherareas,accountbeingtakenoftheregionalvaria­
tionswhich,givenanormalharvestandfreemove­
mentofsugar,mightbeexpectedtooccurinthe
priceofsugarundernaturalconditionsofpriceforma­
tion;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedintheproduction
areasinGermany,theNetherlands ,Belgium,
DenmarkandFrance,abalancedorsurplussituation
canbeanticipated ;whereas,withtheexceptionoftheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,theex-factorypricesin
theareasmentionedwillinthemainbeequaltothe
pricesintheCommunityareahavingthelargest
surplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,willprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficitof
about400000metrictonstobecoveredbythe
productionoftheCommunitysurplusareasshouldbe
takenintoaccount;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereasthe
derivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat
25-28unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ,account
beingtakenontheonehandoftheinterventionprice
applicableinthenorthofFranceplusthemarketing
costsfordeliveriestothenorthofItaly,andonthe
otherhand,ofthedisposalcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;
Whereasthereisaconsiderablesurplusintheproduc­
tionofrawsugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereasthemostfavourablepotentialoutletsforthis
sugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthof
FranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,afterbeing
refined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,onthebasisof
theforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficitareasof
Italy,whichwillprobablybe0-53unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammesabovethederivedinterventionprice
inItaly,andtakingaccountofthetransportcosts
betweentheoverseasdepartmentsandtheseareas,the
derivedinterventionpricesforthosedepartments
shouldbefixedat23-24unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugar;
WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthefixingoftheinterventionpricefor
rawsugarforthosedepartmentstobederivedfrom
theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarfixedforthose
departments ,allowancebeingmadeforauniform
processingmarginandastandardyield;whereas,on
thebasisofavailableinformation ,therefiningcosts
maybeestimatedat1-88unitsofaccountper100(!)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.5.
(2)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
Q)OJNoL106,20.4.1973,p.1.
(4)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.6.

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minimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasicquota,and
ontheotherhandofthefixedcostsofthesugar
industryestimatedatabout45%oftheprocessing
margin;
Whereas,underArticle12(2)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC,thethresholdpriceforwhitesugarshouldbe
thesameasthetargetpricefortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusplustransportcosts,calcu­
latedataflatrate,fromthatareatothemostdistant
deficitareaintheCommunity ;whereas,giventhe
stateofsupplieswithintheCommunity ,account
shouldbetakenofthetransportcostsbetweenthe
departmentsofnorthernFranceandPalermo,the
mainportofimportationinSicily;
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugarshouldbe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugar,a
standardprocessingmarginandastandardyieldbeing
takenintoaccount;whereasthesamecriteriaasare
usedinthederivationoftheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarshouldbeapplied;
Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbeso
fixedthatthereceiptsfromsalesofmolassesmay
reachtheleveloffactories'receiptswhicharetaken
intoaccountwhenminimumpricesforbeetarebeing
fixed;
Whereas,underArticle26ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC,theguaranteedquantityshouldbeequalto
theanticipatedhumanconsumption forthe1973/
1974sugarmarketingyearafterdeductingthesugar
whichmaybeimportedintotheUnitedKingdom
underProtocolNo17oftheActofAccession;
whereasthequantitymarketedforhumanconsump­
tionmaybeestimatedat9600000metrictonsand
whereasimportsfromthecountriesandterritories
referredtointheCommonwealth SugarAgreement
amountto1675000metrictons;
WhereasunderArticle31(4)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECtheCouncilshalldecidethelengthofeach
periodfortheperiodorperiodssubsequentto30
June1971inrespectofwhichadecisionnottoapply
theprovisionsofArticle30ofthisRegulationmaybe
taken,thecoefficienttobeusedforcalculatingthe
specialmaximumquotaandthebasicquotatowhich
thiscoefficientisapplied,kilogrammes ofrawsugar,ofwhichprobably0-60
unitsofaccountcanbecoveredbythehigherprice
likelytobeobtainedfromthebetterqualityin
comparisonwiththepriceforthestandardquality;
whereas,moreover,pursuanttothedefinitionofthe
standardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No431/68(*),ayieldof92%shouldbe
used;
WhereasArticle9(7)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
providesforthedetermination ofinterventionprices
forrawbeetsugar;whereasthesepricesshouldbe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar,
accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalreadymentioned
forfixingtheinterventionpriceforrawsugarinthe
Frenchoverseasdepartments ,andtheforwardingcosts
forsupplyingrawsugar,estimatedatastandardrateof
0-50unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeetreferred
tointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECmustbedeterminedfortheareasother
thanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthebasisofthe
interventionpricesforwhitesugarapplicableinthose
areas,accountbeingtakenoftheamountsusedwhen
fixingtheminimumpriceforbeetfortheareahaving
thelargestsurplus,fortheprocessingmargin,the
yield,thereceiptsfrommolassesandthedelivery
costsofthebeet;
WhereasinIrelandandintheUnitedKingdom,the
pricesofwhitesugar,rawbeetsugar,andthe
minimumpricesforbeetarecurrentlylowerthanthe
commonpricesandmustforthe1973/1974
marketingyearbealignedinaccordancewithArticle
52(2)(a)oftheActofAccession;whereas,however,
consideringthatthecorresponding amendmentof
pricesintheUnitedKingdomwoulddisturbthe
processofitsintegrationintotheCommunity ,itis
desirabletoapply,forthisMemberState,thederoga­
tioncontainedinparagraph(3)oftheArticleinques­
tion;
Whereas,topromotespecializationinbeetcultivation ,
andtakingaccountoftheforeseeablestateofsupplies
intheCommunity ,theminimumpricesforbeet
outsidethebasicquotareferredtointhesecond
indentofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
shouldbefixedinsuchawaythattheynolonger
encourageproducerswithrelativelyhighproduction
costs,butareonlyofinteresttothemostrational
undertakingsoperatingunderthemostfavourable
conditions ;
Whereasatthetimeoffixingthepercentagesreferred
toinArticle27(4)and(5)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECandthemaximumamountoftheproduction
levyreferredtoinArticle28ofthatRegulation ,
accountshouldbetaken,bearinginmindtheaimsof
thequotasystem,ontheonehandofthedifference
betweentheminimumpriceforbeetandtheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationshallapplyforthe1973/1974sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
FortheregionsotherthanthatreferredtoinArticle
2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No1345/73,thederived
interventionpricefor100kilogrammesofwhitesugar
shallbe: (')OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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(a)25-28unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)23-24unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)21-65unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland;
(d)19*79unitsofaccountforallregionsofthe
UnitedKingdom;
(e)23-57unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsofthelation(EEC)No1345/73andfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(c)and(e);
(b)12-72unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a).
Article5
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)27-60unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
whitesugar;
(b)24-21unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
rawsugar;
(c)3-20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesfor
molasses.Community .
Article3
Article6
TheguaranteedquantityreferredtoinArticle26(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe7925000
metrictonsofwhitesugar.1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogrammes of
rawbeetsugarshallbe:
(a)20-05unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandtheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(e);
(b)21-62unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(c)18-41unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(d)15-69unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d).
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugarof
standardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loadedontothe
meansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsfortherawsugarreferredtoin
Article3(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe
20-21unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .Article7
1.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe60-00.
2.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECshallbe9-46unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammesofwhitesugar.
Article8Article4
1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,permetric
ton:
(a)20-08unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);1.Thedecisionreferredtointhefirstindentof
Article31(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmaybe
takeninrespectoftheperiodfrom1July1973to30
June1975.Forthisperiodthisdecisionshallbetaken
before1July1973.
2.Thecoefficientreferredtoinsecondindentof
Article31(4)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECamounts
to2-30,fortheperiodreferredtoin(1).Thiscoeffi­
cientshallapplytothebasicquotainforceforthe
1973/74sugarmarketingyear.(b)16-40unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(c)14-93unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d);
(d)17-86unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(e).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotashallbe,permetricton:
(a)10-50unitsofaccountfortheareahavingthe
largestsurplusdeterminedinArticle2(3)ofRegu­Article9
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,18June1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS