18.12.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC335/53
ProposalforaCouncilRegulationamendingRegulation (EEC)No1785/81andintroducing
applicationinSpainofthesugarsectorpricesprovidedforbythatRegulation
(92/C335/10
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,Whereasearlyalignmentofpriceswillrequiretheadoption
ofmeasurestofacilitatenecessarystructuralchangesinthe
Spanishsugarindustry,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.ThealignmentprovidedforinArticle70oftheActof
AccessionshallforsugarandbeetpricesapplicableinSpain
becompletedon1January1993atthelevelssetin
paragraph2.
2.ThepricessetinArticle5(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
000/92(2)shall,forsugarandbeetsoldduringtheperiod
1Januaryto30June1993,bereplacedbythefollowing :
(a)interventionpriceforwhitesugar:ECU54,41per100
kilograms;
(b)beetprices:
(aa)basicprice:ECU41,82pertonne;
(bb)minimumpriceforAbeet:ECU41,02per
tonne;
(cc)minimumpriceforBbeet:ECU29,02pertonne,
subjecttoapplicationofArticle28(5)of
Regulation (EEC)No1785/81(3).HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticles42and
43thereof,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,andinparticularArticle70(3)(b)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopiniontotheEuropean
Parliament,
Whereasrealizationofthesinglemarketon1January1993
requirestheremovalofallbarrierstotrade,notonly
betweentheMemberStatesoftheCommunity as
constitutedon31December1985butalso,tothegreatest
possibleextent,betweentheseMemberStatesandSpain
andPortugal;
Whereasaccessioncomensatoryamountsareduetobe
appliedtotradeinsugarsectorproductsbeweenSpainand
theotherMemberStatesuntiltheendofthe1994/95
marketingyear,sinceCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1716/91of13June1991concerningthealignmentofthe
sugarandbeetpricesapplicableinSpainonthecommon
prices0)specifiedthatdateforalignmentoftheSpanish
pricesonthecommonprices;
Whereas,withoutprejudicetothemeasurestobeadopted
whennewsugarsectorproductionarrangements are
determinedortodealwiththespecificconsequencesfor
SpainoftheCommunity'sinternationalcommitments ,
pricescanbealignedattheearlierdateof1January1993,
andinconsequence allaccessioncompensatory amounts
eliminated,ifSpanishbeetproducersarecompensatedbya
temporarydegressiveaidofaninitialamountbasedonthe
existingdifferencebetweenbeetprices;whereasshouldthe
fallinbeetpriceshaveanimpactonthemarketforsugar
canegrowninSpaincorresponding aidwouldhavetobe
grantedtogrowers;
WhereastheSpanishmarketsituationissuchthatthe
priceslaiddownbythisRegulationcanbeappliedin
Spain;Article2
1.AidshallbegrantedtobeetgrowersinSpainforthe
1993/94and1994/95marketingyears.ItshallbeECU
2,84pertonnefor1993/94andhalfthatamountfor
1994/95.
ThesameproducersshallbegrantedaidofECU4,26per
tonneonbeetdeliveredbetween1Januaryand30June
1993undercontractsconcludedonthebasisoftheprices
specifiedatArticle1(2)(b).
2.Aid,theamountofwhichshallbefixedaccordingto
theimpactontheSpanishsugarcanemarketofapplication
(2)OJNoL...
(3)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4. (i)OJNoL182,26.6.1991,p.18.

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ofthepricesspecifiedatArticle1(2)(b),shallbegrantedto
sugarcanegrowersduringthesameperiodandonthesame
termsasspecifiedinparagraph1.
3.Theaidprovidedforinparagraphs1and2shallcount
asinterventionforthepurposesofArticle1(2)ofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No729/79(*).Oftheaidgrantedineachmarketingyear50%shall
befinancedbytheCommunity asintervention
expenditure.'.
Article4
DetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthisRegulationshallbe
adoptedinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article41ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81.
Thesameprocedureshallbeusedforadoptionof
transitional measuresneededtoensureasmooth
changeoverfromthearrangementsspecifiedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1716/91tothosespecifiedbythisRegulation,
inparticularasregardscompensation fornormalsugar
stocksatSpanishsugarundertakingson31December
1992.Article3
Thefollowingparagraph8isaddedtoArticle46of
Regulation (EEC)No1785/81:
'8.Spainisauthorized,onthetermssetoutbelow,to
grantadjustmentaidduringthe1993/94to1995/96
marketingyearstoundertakingsproducingsugar.
AidmaybegrantedonlyonAandBsugarasdefinedin
Article24a(1)andinconnectionwithrestructuring
plansforrationalizingtheSpanishsugarindustry.
TheseplansshallbenotifiedtotheCommission .Aid
shallberestrictedtbatotalof37,8millionagricultural
ecusfortheperiodindicatedinthefirst
subparagraph .Article5
Regulation (EEC)No1716/91isrepealedwitheffectfrom
1January1993.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheseventhday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
(i)OJNoL94,28.4.1979,p.13.