NoL141/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.5.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1345/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of15May1973
fixingthesugarprices,thestandardqualityofbeetandthecoefficientforcalculating
themaximumquotaforthe1973/74marketingyear
priceforsugarisbeingfixed,thedifferencebetween
thetargetpriceandtheinterventionpricemaybe
fixedatarelativelylowlevel;
Whereastheminimumpriceforbeetmusttake
accountoftheinterventionpriceandofthestandard
amountscoveringthecostsofprocessingand
deliveringbeettofactoriesandbebasedonan
estimatedCommunityyieldof130kilogrammesof
whitesugarpertonofbeetwitha16%sugar
content;
Whereastheabove'standardcostsmaybeestimated
at9-83unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
whitesugar;whereasthatamountismadeupofthe
sumoftheprocessingmargin,estimatedat8-93units
ofaccount,andthecostsofdeliveringbeetto
factories,estimatedat1-73unitsofaccount,lessa
standardamountof0-83unitofaccount
representingfactories'receiptsfromthesaleof
molassescalculatedonthebasisofayieldof38-5
kilogrammespermetrictonofbeetprocessedandan
ex-factorypriceformolassesof2-80unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammes ;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthe
commonorganizationofthemarketinsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andin
particularArticles2(2),3(5)and4(3)andthe
secondsubparagraphofArticle24(2)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
Whereas,whensugarpricesarebeingfixed,account
shouldbetakenoftheobjectivesoftheCommon
AgriculturalPolicyandofthecontributionwhichthe
Communitydesirestomaketotheharmonious
developmentofworldtrade;whereastheobjectives
oftheCommonAgriculturalPolicyareinparticular
toensureafairstandardoflivingfortheagricultural
community,toensurethatsuppliesareavailableand
thattheyreachconsumersatreasonableprices;
Whereas,toattaintheseobjectives,thetargetprice
forsugarmustbefixedatalevelwhich,takinginto
accountinparticulartheresultantlevelofthe
interventionprice,ensuresafairremuneration for
beetandcaneproducerswhileatthesametime
respectingconsumersinterests,andwhichislikelyto
maintainthebalancebetweenthepricesofthe
principalagriculturalproducts;
Whereasasaresultofthecharacteristics ofthesugar
markettherisksinvolvedinthistradearerelatively
slight;whereas,consequently ,whentheinterventionWhereasthestandardqualitychosenforbeetshould
beaqualitywhichtakesaccountofproduction
characteristics inthemainbeetproducingareasof
theCommunity ;
Whereasinthelightofproductiontrendsseenin
termsofspecialisationandmarketingopportunities ,
themaximumquotasreferredtoinArticle24of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECshouldbefixedat
135%ofthebasicquotas;
Whereasitisdesirabletoallowforastagein
anticipationofareturntomarketunity,oncetherule
onmaintainingatanygivenmomentamaximum
spreadbetweenMemberStatecurrenciesof2-25%
forspottransactionsisappliedbyallMemberStates;
whereasthispurposeisservedbya1%price
increasewhichisnotreflectedinprice-levels
expressedintermsofthenationalcurrenciesof
MemberStateswhosecurrencieshaveincreasedinOJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.

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valueinrelationtotheconversionrateusedunder
theCommonAgriculturalPolicy;(a)sound,fairandmarketablequality,
(b)sugarcontentof16%atthereceptionpoint.
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Article5
ThecoefficientreferredtoinArticle24(1)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EECshallbe1-35. TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe
1973/74marketingyear.
Article6
Article2
1.Thetargetpriceforwhitesugarshallbe24-80
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
2-Theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe
23-57unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes .
3.Theareahavingthelargestsurplusincludesthe
followingFrenchdepartments :Aisne,Somme,Oise.
Article31.Pricesshallbeincreasedby1%whenall
MemberStatesmaintainatanygivenmomenta
maximumspreadof2-25%betweentheircurrencies .
Thisprovisionshallbeapplicableasfromthe
1973/74marketingyear;theincreaseshalltakeeffect
onthefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthedate
determined inaccordance withthefirst
subparagraph ;however,ifthemarketingyearbegins
afterthatdate,theincreaseshalltakeeffectatthe
beginningofthatmarketingyear.
2.Thisincreaseshallnotbereflectedinprice
levelsexpressedintermsofnationalcurrenciesof
MemberStateswhosecurrencieshaveincreasedin
valueinrelationtotheconversionrateusedunder
theCommonAgriculturalPolicy.
3.TheCouncil,actingonaproposalfromthe
Commissioninaccordancewiththevotingprocedure
laiddowninArticle43(2)oftheTreatyshalladopt
themethodsofimplementation ofthisArticle.Theminmiumpriceforbeetfortheareareferredto
inArticle2(3)shallbe17-86unitsofaccountper
metrictonatthestageofdeliverytothecollection
centre.
Article4
Standardqualitybeetshallpresentthefollowing
characteristics :
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENS