20.3.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL72/7
REGULATION (EEC)No660/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of4March1975
fixing,forthe1975/76sugarmarketingyear,derivedinterventionprices,intervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar,minimumpricesforbeet,thresholdpricesandthemaximum
amountoftheproductionlevy
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74(x)of19December1974onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),9(5),13(5)and28thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No659/75(2)of
4March1975fixingsugarpricesandthestandard
qualityofbeetforthe1975/76marketingyear,
fixedtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugarat
30-45unitsofaccountper100kgfortheCommunity
areahavingthelargestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/
74providesthatderivedinterventionpricesshallbe
fixedforotherareas,accountbeingtakenofthe
regionalvariationswhich,givenanormalharvest
andfreemovementofsugar,mightbeexpectedto
occurinthepriceofsugarundernaturalconditions
ofpriceformation;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedintheproduction
areasofBelgium,Denmark,France,Germanyand
theNetherlands ,abalancedorsurplussupply
situationcanbeanticipated ;whereas,withthe
exceptionoftheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,theex­
factorypricesintheareasmentionedwillinthemainbeequaltothepricesintheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplus;
Whereas,withrelativelyhighproductioncosts,sugar
productioninItalywillprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficitof
about500000metrictonswillthereforehavetobe
coveredbyproductioninCommunitysurplusareas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereasthe
derivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat
33unitsofaccountper100kg,accountbeingtaken
ontheonehandoftheinterventionpriceapplicable
inthenorthofFrance,plusthemarketingcostsfor
deliveriestoItaly,andontheotherhand,ofthe
disposalcostsoftheItaliansugarindustry;
Whereas,givenanormalharvest,sugarproduction
inIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomcoversabout80
and40%oftheneedsoftheirrespectivehome
markets;whereastheseneedsmustinpartbecovered
bysugaravailableinCommunitysurplusareas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinbothIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomwill
belargelydeterminedbytheofferpricesofsugar
fromtheseregions;whereasasinglederived
interventionpriceforwhitesugarwhichmaybefixed
at31-45unitsofaccountper100kgshouldbe
adoptedforallregionsofIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom,accountbeingtakenontheonehandof
theinterventionpriceapplicableintheCommunity
areahavingthelargestsurplus,plusthecommercial
costofdeliverytoIrelandandtheUnitedKingdom,
andontheotherhand,ofthemarketingcostsof
thesugarindustryoftheseMemberStates;
Whereasthereisconsiderablesurplusproductionof
rawsugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereas,themostfavourablepotentialoutletsfor
thissugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthof
FranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,afterbeing
refined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,onthebasis
oftheforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficitareas
ofItaly,whichwillprobablybe0-57unitofaccount
per100kgabovethederivedinterventionpriceinOOJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
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Italy,andtakingaccountoftransportcostsbetween
theoverseasdepartmentsandtheseareas,thederived
interventionpricesforthosedepartmentsshouldbe
fixedat30-25unitsofaccountper100kgofwhite
sugar;Whereas,Article13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74,providesthatthethresholdpricefor
whitesugarshouldbethesameasthetargetprice
fortheCommunityareahavingthelargestsurplus
plustransportcharges,calculatedataflatrate,from
thatareatothemostdistantdeficitareainthe
Community ;whereas,giventhesupplysituation
withintheCommunity ,accountshouldbetakenof
transportchargesbetweenthedepartments of
northernFranceandPalermo,themainportof
importationinSicily;WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegualtion (EEC)
No3330/74providesthataninterventionpricefor
rawsugarshallbefixedforthosedepartments ,such
pricetobederivedfromtheinterventionpricefor
whitesugarfixedforthosedepartments ,allowance
beingmadeforauniformprocessingmarginanda
standardyield;whereas,onthebasisofavailable
information ,therefiningcostsmaybeestimatedat
2-46unitsofaccountper100kgofrefined
sugar;whereas,moreover,inaccordancewiththe
definitionofthestandardqualityforrawsugarlaid
downbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68(*),ayield
of92%shouldbetakenintoaccount;Whereas,thethresholdpriceforrawsugaristobe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugar,
byreferencetoastandardprocessingmarginanda
standardyield;whereasthesamecriteriaasareused
inthederivationoftheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarshouldthereforebeapplied;
Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesmustbeso
fixedthatthereceiptsfromsalesofmolassesmay
reachtheleveloffactories'receiptstakeninto
accountwhenminimumpricesforbeetarebeing
fixed,WhereasArticle9(5)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74providesforthefixingofintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar;whereasthesepricesshould
bederivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhite
sugar,accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalready
mentionedforfixingtheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,andof
theforwardingcostsforsupplyingrawsugar,these
beingestimatedatastandardrateof0-50unitof
accountper100kg;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
ThisRegulationshallapplyforthe1975/76sugar
marketingyear.Whereasminimumpricesforsugarbeet,asreferred
tointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74,mustbedeterminedfortheareas
otherthanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthe
basisoftheinterventionpricesforwhitesugar
applicableinthoseareas,accountbeingtakenofthe
amountsusedwhenfixingtheminimumpricefor
beetfortheareahavingthelargestsurplus,the
processingmargin,theyield,thereceiptsfrom
molassesandthedeliverycostsofthebeet;Article2
Whereas,inviewofsugarshortageswithinthe
Communityandontheworldmarket,minimum
pricesforbeetoutsidethebasicquota,asreferredto
inthesecondindentofArticle4(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74,should,forthe1975/76sugar
marketingyear,befixedatthesamelevelasthe
minimumpricesforbeetandthemaximumamount
oftheproductionlevyshouldbefixedatzero;Fortheregionsotherthanthosereferredtoin
Article2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No659/75derived
interventionpricesfor100kgofwhitesugarshall
beasfollows:
(a)33-00unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)30-25unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)31*45unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland
andtheUnitedKingdom;
(d)30-45unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsof
theCommunity . (x)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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Article3
1.Interventionpricesfor100kgofrawbeetsugar
shallbeasfollows:
(a)25-84unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(d);
(b)28-19unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(a);
(c)26-76unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
Theseinterventionpricesshallbevalidforrawsugar
ofstandardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loaded
ontothemeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsforrawsugarasreferredto
inArticle3(4)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
shall,pursuanttothesecondindentofArticle3(6)
ofthatRegulation,befixedat26-12unitsofaccount
per100kg.
Article4
Theminimumpriceforbeetandtheminimumprice
forbeetoutsidethebasicquotashallbe,permetric
ton:(a)26-07unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(a);
(b)24*05unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(c)22-75unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferred
toinArticle2(d);
Article5
Thresholdpricesshallbeasfollows:
(a)35-52unitsofaccountper100kgofwhitesugar;
(b)30-97unitsofaccountper100kgofrawsugar;
(c)3"20unitsofaccountper100kgofmolasses.
Article6
Themaximumproductionlevyreferredtoin
Article28ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74shall
be0-00unitofaccountfor100kgofwhitesugar.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4March1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.A.CLINTON