14.1.78 NoL11/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No69/78
of13January 1978
fixingthepriceforsugarcanetobepaidbysugarmanufacturers tosellersof
sugarcaneintheFrenchdepartment ofReunion
byapplying aformulaalreadyusedbyplantersand
sugarmanufacturers ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordance withtheopinionoftheManage­
mentCommittee forSugar,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
ThisRegulation shallapplytocaneprocessed into
sugarproducedwithinthequotaintheFrenchdepart­
mentofReunionduringthe1977/78sugaryear.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December 1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2560/77(2),andinparticular
Article7(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesthatconditions forpurchasing sugarcaneare
governed byagreements withinthetradebetween
sugarcaneproducers andsugarmanufacturers ;
whereas,wherenoagreements ofthiskindexist,
conditions ofpurchase ,andinparticular the
minimum proportion oftheintervention pricefor
canesugartobepaidbysugarmanufacturers tosellers
ofsugarcane,aretobedetermined inaccordance
withtheprocedure laiddowninArticle36ofthat
Regulation ;
Whereasnointer-trade agreement hasbeenreached
inReuniononthepricetobepaidforcaneinthe
1977/78sugarmarketing year;whereasitistherefore
necessarytofixaminimum priceforcane,tospecify
thecollection centresasthedeliverystagetowhichit
shouldapplyandtospecifyastandardqualitywhich
maybeconsidered asrepresentative ofthecane
processed inthatdepartment ;
Whereasitisadvisableforfixtheminimum pricefor
caneonthebasisofthepricereceivedbythemanufac­
turer;whereasthismaybecalculated fromthe
derivedintervention pricefobReunionforrawsugar,
plus4-4%forthevalueofthemolasses ,lessalump
sumof0-84unitofaccountper100kilograms ofraw
sugarwitha98%yieldforexpenditure incurred
betweentheex-factory stageandthefobstage;
Whereasitisappropriate tofixtheminimum price
forcanesothatitsvaluerepresents two-thirds ofthat
receivedbythemanufacturer ;
Whereasthepaymentforcanewithasugarcontent
differingfromthestandardqualityshouldbeadjustedArticle2
1.Withoutprejudicetotheapplication oftheprovi­
sionsofArticle27(5)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74,sugarmanufacturers shallpaythesellersof
sugarcaneaminimum priceequalto21-87unitsof
accountpertonneofstandardqualitycaneondelivery
tothecollecting centresusedduringthe1977/78
sugarmarketing year.
2.Standardqualitycaneshallhavethefollowing
characteristics :
(a)Sound,fairandofmarketable quality;
(b)Recoverable sugarcontent11%.Therecoverable
sugarcontentshallbecalculated according tothe
formulasetoutintheAnnex .
Article3
Wheretherecoverable sugarcontentofthecane
differsfromthatspecifiedinArticle2,theminimum
priceofthecaneshallbecalculated byweighting the
pricereferredtoinArticle2(1)byacoefficient
obtainedbydividingbyeightthepercentage recover­
ablesugarcontentofthecane,lessthree.
Article4
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceontheday
following itspublication intheOfficialJournalof
theEuropean Communities .(•)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL303,28.1*.1977,p.1.

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ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13January1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
ANNEX
Subjecttopoint2,theformulatobeusedtoobtainthesugarcontentisasfollows :
SR=0.94S(1—1.275f)—1.90
0.94=coefficient totakeaccountofthedifference betweenthesugarcontentonentryintothe
factoryandafterprocessing aswellasthenon-representativity ofsamplestakenin1977/78,
S=sugaringrams%gramsofpressjuice,
f=0.5b=weightofbagasseintheunitweightofcane,
SR=%ofrawsugarrecoverable froma98%yield
1.90=standardallowance forsugarprocessing wastage.