28.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL134/11
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1113/77
of17May1977
fixing,forthe1977/78sugaryear,thederivedinterventionprices,theinterven­
tionpriceforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,
themaximumamountoftheproductionlevyandtheamountoftherepayment
tooffsetstoragecosts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1110/77(2),andinparticular
Articles3(6),4(4),8(2),9(5),13(5)and28thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1112/77of17
May1977fixing,forthe1977/78sugaryear,thesugar
prices,thestandardqualityofbeetandthecoefficient
forcalculatingthemaximumquota(3),fixedtheinter­
ventionpriceforwhitesugarat32-83unitsofaccount
per100kilogramsfortheCommunityareahavingthe
largestsurplus;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthatderivedinterventionpricesforwhite
sugarshallbefixedforotherareas,accountbeing
takenoftheregionalvariationswhich,givenanormal
harvestandfreemovementofsugar,mightbe
expectedtooccurinthepriceofsugarundernatural
conditionsofpriceformation;
Whereasinviewofthequotasfixedintheproduction
areasofBelgium,Denmark,Germany,Franceandthe
Netherlands ,abalanceorsurplussituationcanbeanti­
cipated;whereas,withtheexceptionoftheFrench
overseasdepartments ,theex-factorypricesinthe
areasmentionedwill,toalargeextent,beequaltothe
pricesintheCommunityareahavingthelargest
surplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelatively
highproductioncosts,willprobablynotappreciably
exceedthebasicquantityfixed;whereasadeficitof
about300000tonnesshouldbeallowedfor,which
willthereforehavetobecoveredbyproductionfrom
Communitysurplusareas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinItalywillbedeterminedbytheofferprices
ofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas;whereasthe
derivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat
35-36unitsofaccountper100kilograms,accountbeingtaken,ontheonehand,oftheintervention
priceapplicableinthenorthofFrance,plusthe
marketingcostsfordeliveriestoItalyand,onthe
other,ofthemarketingcostsoftheItaliansugar
industry;
Whereas,givenanormalharvest,thesugarproduction
inIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomcoversroughly90
and40%respectivelyoftheneedsoftheirrespective
homemarkets;whereastheseneedsmustinpartbe
metbysugaravailableinCommunitysurplusareas;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarket
pricesinbothIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomwill
bedeterminedlargelybytheofferpricesofsugar
fromtheseareas;whereasasinglederivedinterven­
tionpriceforwhitesugar,whichmaybefixedat
33-83unitsofaccountper100kilograms,should
thereforebeadoptedforallregionsofIrelandandthe
UnitedKingdom,accountbeingtakenontheone
handoftheinterventionpriceapplicableinthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplusthe
marketingcostsofdeliverytoIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdomand,ontheother,ofthedisposalcostsof
thesugarindustryoftheseMemberStates;
Whereasthereisaconsiderablesurplusproductionof
rawsugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartments ;
whereasthemostfavourablepotentialoutletsforthis
sugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthof
FranceandinItaly,wherethesugar,afterbeing
refined,maybesolddirectly;whereas,onthebasisof
theforeseeablemarketpricesinthedeficitareasof
Italy,whichwillprobablybe2-43unitsofaccountper
100kilogramsabovethederivedinterventionpricein
Italy,andtakingaccountoftransportcostsbetween
theFrenchoverseasdepartmentsandtheseareas,the
derivedinterventionpricesforthosedepartments
shouldbefixedat32-63unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugar;
WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesthataninterventionpriceforrawsugarshall
befixedforthosedepartments ,suchpricetobe
derivedfromtheinterventionpriceforwhitesugar
fixedforthosedepartmentsaccountbeingtakenofa
uniformprocessingmarginandastandardyield;
whereas,onthebasisofavailableinformation ,the
refiningcostsmaybeestimatedat2-70unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofrefinedsugar;whereas,(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(J)Seepage9ofthisOfficialJournal.

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moreover,inaccordancewiththedefinitionofthe
standardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No431/68('),ayieldof92%shouldbe
takenintoaccount;
WhereasArticle9(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74
providesforthefixingofinterventionpricesforraw
beetsugar;whereasthisfixingisnot,however,neces­
saryfortheCommunityregionsinwhichthisproduc­
tionisnotactuallymarketed;whereastheseprices
shouldbederivedfromtheinterventionpricefor
whitesugar,accountbeingtakenofthefactorsalready
mentionedforfixingtheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarintheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsandofthe
forwardingcostsforsupplyingrawsugar,thesebeing
estimatedatastandardrateof0-51unitofaccount
per100kilograms;ingstakenintoaccountinthefixingofminimum
pricesforbeet;
WhereasArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74
providesforthefixingofthemaximumamountof
theproductionlevy,forthefixingoftheminimum
pricesforbeetoutsidethebasicquotaforthesugar­
beetproducingareasforwhichaninterventionprice
isfixedandforfixingthepercentagedeterminingthe
amountofthesupplementary paymentwhichmanu­
facturersmust,whereappropriate,maketobeet
sellers;whereas,byArticle27(3)ofRegulation (EEC)
No3330/74,theproductionlevymaynotexceed
30%oftheinterventionprice;whereasforthearea
withthelargestsurplustheminimumpriceforbeet
outsidethebasicquotashouldbefixedat70%ofthe
minimumpriceforbeet;whereasthepercentage
takenfordeterminingtheabovementioned supple­
mentarypaymentmaybefixedat60%,account
beingtakenofthevalueofbeetinrelationtothe
interventionpriceforsugar;whereasthesamepercen­
tageshouldbetakentodeterminethepaymentwhich
sugarmanufacturers mayrequireofcanesellers;
WhereasArticle5ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
750/68of18June1968layingdowngeneralrulesfor
offsettingstoragecostsforsugar(2),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No152/71(3),providesthatthe
amountofrepaymentshallbefixedpermonthand
perunitofweighttakingaccountoffinancing,insur­
anceandspecificstoragecosts,Whereastheminimumpricesforsugarbeet,as
referredtointhefirstindentofArticle4(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,mustbedeterminedforthe
areasotherthanthathavingthelargestsurplusonthe
basisoftheinterventionpricesforwhitesugarappli­
cableinthoseareas,accountbeingtakeninparticular
oftheamountsusedwhenfixingtheminimumprice
forbeetfortheareahavingthelargestsurplus,the
processingmargin,theyield,thereceiptsfrom
molassesandthedeliverycostsofthebeet;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1WhereasArticle13(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesthatthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugarshouldbethesameasthetargetpriceforthe
Communityareahavingthelargestsurplusplustrans­
portcharges,calculatedataflatrate,fromthatareato
themostdistantdeficitareaintheCommunity ,plusa
flat-rateamounttakingaccountofthestoragelevy,
whichfor1977/78canbeestimatedat1-77unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofwhitesugar;whereas,
giventhestateofsupplieswithintheCommunity ,
accountshouldbetakenoftransportchargesbetween
thedepartmentsofnorthernFranceandPalermo,the
mainportofimportationinSicily;ThisRegulationshallapplyforthe1977/78sugar
year.
Article2
Whereasthethresholdpriceforrawsugaristobe
derivedfromthethresholdpriceforwhitesugarby
referencetoastandardprocessingmarginanda
standardyield;whereasthesamecriteriaasareused
inthederivationoftheinterventionpriceforraw
sugarshouldthereforebeapplied;FortheregionsotherthantheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusthederivedintervention
pricesfor100kilogramsofwhitesugarshallbe:
(a)35-36unitsofaccountforallregionsofItaly;
(b)32-63unitsofaccountfortheFrenchoverseas
departments ;
(c)33-83unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland
andoftheUnitedKingdom;
(d)32-83unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsofthe
Community .Whereasthethresholdpriceformolassesshouldbe
fixedinsuchawaythatthereceiptsfromsalesof
molassesmayreachthelevelofreceiptsofundertak­
(2)OJNoL137,21.6.1968,p.4.
(3)OJNoL22,28.1.1971,p.1. (')OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.

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Article3 (b)2109unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(c)1910unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c).
Article5
Thethresholdpriceshallbe:
(a)39-72unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofwhite
sugar;
(b)3406unitsofaccountper100kilogramsofraw
sugar;
(c)3-20unitsofaccountper100kilogramsof
molasses .1.Theinterventionpricefor100kilogramsofraw
beetsugarshallbe27-25unitsofaccount.
Thisinterventionpriceshallbevalidforrawsugarof
standardquality,unpacked,ex-factory,loadedonto
themeansoftransportchosenbythebuyer.
2.ThederivedinterventionpricefortheFrench
overseasdepartmentsforrawsugarreferredtoin
Article3(4)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbe
27-53unitsofaccountper100kilograms,account
beingtakenofthesecondsubparagraph ofArticle3
(6)ofthesaidRegulation .
Article4
Article6
1.Themaximumamountoftheproductionlevy
referredtoinArticle28ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74shallbe9-85unitsofaccountper100kilo­
gramsofwhitesugar.
2.ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)and
(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbe60%.1.Theminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,pertonne:
(a)28-72unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(a);
(b)26-73unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(c);
(c)25-43unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredto
inArticle2(d).
2.Theminimumpriceforbeetoutsidethebasic
quotasshallbe,pertonne:
(a)17-80unitsofaccountfortheCommunityarea
havingthelargestsurplusandfortheregions
referredtoinArticle2(d);Article7
TheamountofrepaymentreferredtoinArticle8of
Regulation(EEC)No3330/74shallbe0-30unitof
accountpermonthper100kilogramsofwhitesugar.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17May1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.SILKIN