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REGULATION (EEC)No1599/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of29April1974
fixingthesugarprices,thestandardqualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalculating
themaximumquotaforthe1974/75marketingyear
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,ventionprice,ensuresafairremuneration forbeet
andcaneproducerswhileatthesametimerespecting
consumers'interests,andwhichislikelytomaintain
thebalancebetweenthepricesoftheprincipal
agriculturalproducts;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
43thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1928/73(2),andinparticular
Articles2(2),3(5)and4(3)andthesecondsub­
paragraphofArticle24(2)thereof;Whereasasaresultofthecharacteristics ofthesugar
markettherisksinvolvedinthistradearerelatively
slight;whereas,consequently ,whentheintervention
priceforsugarisbeingfixed,thedifferencebetween
thetargetpriceandtheinterventionpricemaybe
fixedatarelativelylowlevel;
Whereastheminimumpriceforbeetmusttake
accountoftheinterventionpriceandofthestandard
amountscoveringthecostsofprocessinganddeliv­
eringbeettofactoriesandbebasedonanestimated
Communityyieldof130kilogrammesofwhitesugar
permetrictonofbeetwitha16%sugarcontent;HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanPar­
liament;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee ;
Whereas,whensugarpricesarebeingfixed,account
shouldbetakenoftheobjectivesoftheCommon
AgriculturalPolicyandofthecontributionwhich
theCommunitydesirestomaketotheharmonious
developmentofworldtrade;whereastheobjectives
oftheCommonAgriculturalPolicyareinparticular
toensureafairstandardoflivingfortheagricultural
community,toensurethatsuppliesareavailableand
thattheyreachconsumersatreasonableprices;
Whereas,toattaintheseobjectives,thetargetprice
forsugarmustbefixedatalevelwhich,takinginto
accountinparticulartheresultantleveloftheinter­Whereastheabovestandardcostsmaybeestimated
at10-73unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
whitesugar;whereasthatamountismadeupofthe
sumoftheprocessingmargin,estimatedat9-74units
ofaccount,andthecostsofdeliveringbeettofacto­
ries,estimatedat1-82unitsofaccount,lessastan­
dardamountof0-83unitofaccountrepresenting
factories'receiptsfromthesaleofmolassescalculated
onthebasisofayieldof38-5kilogrammespermetric
tonofbeetprocessedandanex-factorypricefor
molassesof2-80unitsofaccountper100kilo­
grammes .
Whereasthestandardqualitychosenforbeetshould
beaqualitywhichtakesaccountofproduction
characteristics inthemainbeetproducingareasof
theCommunity ;(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.

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Whereas,inthelightofproductiontrendsseenin
termsofspecialization ,theCommunity'ssugar
supplyandmarketingopportunities ,themaximum
quotasreferredtoinArticle24ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECshouldbefixedat145%ofthebasic
quotas,Article3
Theminimumpriceforbeetfortheareareferredto
inArticle2(3)shallbe18-84unitsofaccountper
metrictonatthestageofdeliverytothecollection
centre.
Article4
Standardqualitybeetshallpresentthefollowing
characteristics :
(a)sound,fairandofmarketablequality;
(b)sugarcontentof16%atthereceptionpoint.
Article5
ThecoefficientreferredtoinArticle24(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe1-45.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1974.HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe
1974/75sugarmarketingyear.
Article2
1.Thetargetpriceforwhitesugarshallbe26-55
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
2.Theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe
25-22unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
3.Theareahavingthelargestsurplusincludesthe
followingFrenchdepartments :Aisne,Somme,Oise.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,29April1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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