NoL170/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.6.78
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)No1398/78
of20June1978
fixing,forthe1978/79sugaryear,thesugarprices,thestandardqualityofbeet
andthecoefficientforcalculatingthemaximumquota
gramsofwhitesugarpertonneofbeetwitha16%
sugarcontent;
Whereastheabovementioned standardcostsmaybe
estimatedat13.54unitsofaccountper100kilograms
ofwhitesugar;whereasthatstandardamountismade
upofthesumoftherealprocessingmargin,ignoring
sugarstoragecosts,estimatedat11.90unitsof
account,thecostsofdeliveringthebeettofactories,
estimatedat2-37unitsofaccount,andthecost
relatingtotheminimumstocknotcoveredbythe
offsettingofstoragecosts,estimatedataflat-rate
amountof0.10unitofaccount,lessaflat-rateamount
of0.83unitofaccountrepresentingfactories'receipts
fromthesaleofmolassescalculatedonthebasisofa
yieldof38.5kilogramspertonneofbeetprocessed
andanex-factorypriceformolassesof2.80unitsof
accountper100kilogramsofmolasses;
Whereasthestandardqualitychosenforbeetshould
beaqualitywhichtakesaccountofproductioncharac­
teristicsinthemainbeet-producing areasofthe
Community ;
Whereasinthelightofproductiontrendsresulting
fromspecialization ontheonehandandofthe
Community'ssugarrequirementsandpossibleoutlets
ontheother,thecoefficientforthemaximumquotas
laiddowninArticle25ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74shouldbefixedat1.275,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle43
thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(!),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Articles2(2),3(5)and4(3)andthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle25(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(3),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(4),
Whereas,whensugarpricesarefixed,accountshould
betakenoftheobjectivesofthecommonagricultural
policyandofthecontributionwhichtheCommunity
intendstomaketotheharmoniousdevelopmentof
worldtrade;whereastheobjectivesofthecommon
agriculturalpolicyareinparticulartoensureafair
standardoflivingfortheagriculturalcommunity,to
ensurethatsuppliesareavailableandthattheyreach
consumersatreasonableprices;
Whereas,inordertoattaintheseobjectives,thetarget
priceforsugarmustbefixedatalevelwhich,taking
intoaccountinparticulartheresultantlevelofthe
interventionprice,ensuresafairremuneration for
beetandsugarcaneproducerswhileatthesametime
respectingconsumers'interests,andwhichislikelyto
maintainthebalancebetweenthepricesoftheprin­
cipalagriculturalproducts;
Whereas,asaresultofthecharacteristics ofthesugar
market,therisksinvolvedinthistradearerelatively
slight;whereas,consequently ,whentheintervention
priceforsugarisbeingfixed,thedifferencebetween
thetargetpriceandtheinterventionpricemaybe
fixedatarelativelylowlevel;
Whereastheminimumpriceforbeetmusttake
accountoftheinterventionpriceandofthecostsof
processinganddeliveringthebeettofactoriesandbe
basedonanestimatedCommunityyieldof130kiloHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thetargetpriceforwhitesugarshallbe35-25
unitsofaccountper100kilograms.
2.Theinterventionpriceforwhitesugarshallbe
33.49unitsofaccountper100kilograms.
3.Theareahavingthelargestsurplusconsistsof
thefollowingFrenchdepartments :Aisne,Oise,
Somme.
Article2
Theminimumpriceforbeetfortheareareferredto
inArticle1(3)shallbe25-94unitsofaccountper
tonnedeliveredatthecollectioncentre.(*)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
(})OJNoC85,10.4.1978,p.31.
(<)OJNoC101,26.4.1978,p.10.

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Article5 Article3
Standardqualitybeetshall:
(a)beofsound,genuineandmerchantable quality;
(b)haveasugarcontentof16%atthereception
point.
Article4
ThecoefficientreferredtoinArticle25(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74shallbe1.275.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplyforthe1978/79sugaryear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,20June1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
P.DALSAGER