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NoL43/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.2.68
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No188/68
of15February1968
onthepriceincreasesandreductionsapplicabletothepriceofbeet
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreaty
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,establishingtheoflessthan14-5%arehoweverquitecommonin
Italy;
WhereasArticle45ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
makesexpressprovisionfortheadoptionof
transitionalmeasuresastothemethodofpayment
forbeetinItaly;whereas,givenitsspecialdifficulties,
Italyshouldbeauthorizedtomaintainitscurrent
methodofpaymentforbeetforthenexttwo
marketingyears;
WhereasthescalefixedbythisRegulationshouldbe
reviewedassoonassufficientexperiencehasbeen
acquired;
WhereastheManagementCommitteeforSugarhas
notdeliveredanopinionwithinthetimelimitsetby
itsChairman,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EECof18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar(*),andin
particularArticles5(2)and45thereof,
WhereasArticle5ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
requiressugarmanufacturers buyingbeetfor
processingintosugartopayatleasttheminimum
priceforsugarbeet,adjustedbypriceincreasesor
reductionstoallowfordeviationsfromthestandard
quality;
Whereasthequality,andhencethevalue,ofsugar
beetlargelydependsonsugarcontent;
Whereasthemostappropriatemethodofestablishing
thevalueofbeetofaqualitydifferingfromthe
standardqualityistoestablishascaleofprice
increasesandreductionsexpressedasapercentageof
theminimumpriceofbeet;
Whereas,forextremepolarizations ,certainfactors
linkedtoclimaticandharvestingconditionsmay
hindertheextractionofsugar;whereas,inthe
absenceofsufficientlypreciseinformationon
extractionrates,theCommunityscaleofprice
increasesandreductionsshouldbelimited,forthe
timebeing,tosugarcontentswhichmaybe
consideredasnormalinthenortherncountriesof
theCommunity ,thatistosaybetween14-5and
18%;
Whereasonthewholebeetwithasugarcontentof
lessthan14-5%isnotgrowninthenorthern
countriesoftheCommunity ;whereassugarcontents1.Theminimumpriceforbeetreferredtointhe
firstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECshall,foreach0-10%sucrosecontent:
—beincreasedbynotlessthan:
—0-9%forcontentsexceeding16%butnot
exceeding17%,
—0-8%forcontentsexceeding17%butnot
exceeding18%;
—bereducedbynotmorethan:
—0-9%forcontentsfallingbelow16%butnot
below15-5%,
—1-0%forcontentsfallingbelow15-5%but
notbelow14-5%.
Thepriceforbeetwithasucrosecontentinexcess
of18%shallbetheminimumpriceadjustedforbeet
withan18%sucrosecontent. f1)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.

OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17
1967/68marketingyear,takingintoaccountthe
minimumpriceforbeetreferredtointhefirstindent
ofArticle4(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC.2.Contracts,andagreementswithinthetrade
withinthemeaningofArticle6ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,mayprovideforlargerincreasesand
smallerreductionsthanthosespecifiedinparagraph1;
theymayprovideforfurtherincreasesforsucrose
contentsinexcessof18%andfurtherreductionsfor
sucrosecontentsbelow14-5%.
Article3
Article2
TheItalianRepublicisherebyauthorizedtoapply
themethodofpaymentforbeetinforceduringtheThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1968.Itshallapplyuntil30June1970.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15February1968.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY