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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)857final
Brussels,4June1973
PROPOSAL FORREGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
fixingforthe1973/74sugarmarketingyearthederivedintervention
prices,theintervention pricesforraw"beetsugar,theminimumprices
forbeet,thethresholdprices,theguaranteedquantity,themaximum
amountoftheproductionlevyandthespecialmaximumquota
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)357final

Proposal for
REGULATION (nnc)OF THECOUNCIL :
fixing forthe1973/74sugar marketing year thederived intervention
prices ,theintervention prices forrawbeet sugar ,theminimum prices
forbeet ,thethreshold prices ,theguaranteed quantity ,themaximum
amount oftheproduction levy andthe special maximum quota
THECOUNCIL OPTHE'EUROPEAN 1COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard totheTreaty concerning the ;Accession ofnow Ilember States
totheEuropean Economic Community andtotheEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,andinparticular Article 52(3)first subparagraph ofthe .
Actannexed thereto f
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (feC)No1009/67/SEC of13December 1967
onthecommon organization ofthemarket insugar ,aslast amended by
Regulation (EEC)No1014/73^and -inparticular Articles 3(6)»4(4)*
9(7),12(5),26(1),28and31(4).thereof 5.
Having regard totheproposal froiii theCommission ;
Having regcxd totheOpinion oftheEuropean Pariianont
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No -of
fixing thesugar prices ,thestandard quality .ofbeet and tliecoefficient
forcalculating themaximum quota for .the1973/74^sugar marketing yearfixed
theintervention price forwhite sugar at23*57 units ofaccount per100
kilogrammes fortheCommunity area having thelargest surplus ;
Whereas Article 3(2)ofRegulation NoIOO9/67/BECprovides .forderived
intervention prices tobefixed forother areas ,account being taken of
theregional variations which ,given anormal harvest andfree movement
ofsugar ,might beexpected "tooccur intheprice ofsugar under natural
conditions ofprice foriiiationj
IJhereas inview ofthequotas fixed intheproduction areas inGermesny ,.
theNetherlands ,Belgium ,Denmark andFrance ,abalanced orsurplus supply
1)0J.No 73,27.3.1972 ,p.5 '
2)OJNo308 ,18.12.1967 ,p.l -;
3)OJNoL106 ,20.4.1973 ,p.l
4)OJNoL . 'V .;

situationcan"beanticipated }whereas,:-withtheexceptionoftheFrench
1overseasdepartments ,the.e:»*£actorypricesintheareasmentionedwill
inthemainbeequaltothepricesintheCommunityareahavingthe
largestsurplus;
WhereassugarproductioninItaly,withrelativelyhighproductioncosts,
willprobablynotappreciably exceedthebasicquantityfixed}whereasa
deficitofabout400.000metrictons:tobecoveredby-theproductionof
theCommunitysurplusareasshouldbetakenintoaccount}
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,thelevelofmarketpricesinItalywill
bedeterminedbythe.offerpricesofsugarfromCommunitysurplusareas}
whereasthederivedinterventionpriceforItalymaybefixedat25*28unit
ofaccountper100kilogrammes ,accountbeingtakenontheonehandofthe
intervention priceapplicableinthenorthofFranceplusthe.marketing
costsfordeliveriestothenorthofItaly,andontheotherhand,ofthe
disposalcostsofthe:Italiansugarindustry}
Whereasthereisaconsiderable surplusintheproductionofrawsugar
intheFrenchoverseasdepartments }whereasthemostfavourable .potential
outletsforthissugarwithintheCommunityareinthesouthofFranceand
inItalyjwherethesugar,afterbeingrefined,maybesolddirectly }
whereas,onthebasisoftheforeseeable marketpricesinthedeficitareas
ofItaly,whichwillprobably'be0.53unitsof.accountper100kilogrammes
abovethederivedintervention rpiceinItaly,andtakingaccountofthe
transportcostsbetweentheoverseasdepartments ,andtheseareas,the
derivedintervention pricesforthosedepartments shouldbefixedat
23.24unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ofwhitesugarj
WhereasArticle3(4)ofRegulationNoIOO9/67/EISCprovidesforthefixing
oftheinterventionpriceforrawsugarforthosedepartmentstobederived
fromtheintervention priceforwhitesugarfixedforthosedepartments ,
allowancebeingmade,forauniformprocessingmarginandastandardyield}■
whereas,onthebasisofavailableinformation ,therefiningcostsmaybe
estimatedat1.88unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofrawsugar,of
whichprobably0.60unitsofaccountcanbecoveredbythehigherprice
likelytobeobtainedfromthebetterqualityincomparisonwiththep?ice
forthestandardquality}wheroas,moreover,pursuanttothedefinition
ofstandardqualityforrawsugarlaiddownbyRegulation(EEC)NO43l/o8^,
ayieldof92foshouldbeused}
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I'Jhereas Article 9(7)ofRegulation IIo1009/67/EECprovides forthe
deterrninat ionofintervention prices forrawbeet sugar ;whereas these
prices should hederived from theintervention price forwhite sugar ,
account being taken ofthefactors already mentioned forfixing the
intervention price forrawsugar intheFrench overseas departments ,and
theforwarding costs forsupplying rawsugar ,estimated atastandard
rate ofO.5O units ofaccount per100kilogrammes $
I-Jhereas theminimum prices forsugar beet referred tointhefirst indent
ofArticle 4(l)ofRegulation NoIOO9/67/SECmust bedetermined forthe
areas other than that having thelargest surplus onthebasis ofthe
intervention prices forwhite sugar applicable inthose areas ,account
being taken oftheamounts used when fixing theminimum price forbeet
forthe .area having thelargest surplus ,fortheprocessing margin ,
theyield ,thereceipts froi :;molasses andthedelivery costs ofthebeetj
Whereas inIreland andintheUnited Kingdom theprices ofwhite sugar ,
rawbeet sugar ,andtheminimum prices forbeet forthe1973/1974 marketing
year ,fixed from and atthe same time thecommon prices shall bealigned •
with those prices ,inaccordance toinArticle 52(2)(a)oftheAct
above-mentioned $whereas meanwhile considering that thecorrespondent
amendings ofprices fortheUnited Kingdom would bedisturb theprocess
ofintegration totheCommunity ,.itisdesirable toapply ,forthis
Member State ,thederogation provided toinparagraph (3)oftheArticle
inquestions
Whereas ,topromote specialization inbeet cultivation ,andtaking account
oftheforeseeable state ofsupplies intheCommunity ,theminimum prices
forbeet outside thebasic quota referred tointhesecond indent of
Article 4(l)ofRegulation No1009/67/ESCshould befixed insuch away
that they nolonger encourage producers with relatively high production
costs ,butareonly ofinterest tothemost rational undertakings operating
under themost favourable conditions ?
whereas athetime offixing thepercentages referred toinArticle 27(4)
and (5)ofRegulation ITo1009/67/SECandthemaximum amount oftheproduction
levy referred toin/irticle 23ofthat Regulation ,account should betaken ,
bearing inmind theaims ofthequota system ,ontheonehand ofthedifference
between theminimum price forbeet andtheminimum price forbeet outside
thebasic quota ,andintheother hand ofthefixed costs ofthesugar industry
estimated atabout 45 '1°oftheprocessing margins

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Uhereas ,under Article 12(2)ofRegulation No1009/67/SEC ,thethrohsold
price forwhite sugar should hethesame asthetarget price forthe
Community area having thelargest surplus plus transport costs ,cal-
ciliated ataflat rate ,from that area tothemost distant deficit area
intheCommunity ?whereas ,given thestate ofsupplies within the
Community ,account should betaken ofthetransport costs between the
departments ofnorthern France andPalermo ,themain port ofimportation
inSicily ?
Uhereas thethreshold price forrawsugar should bederived from the
threshold price forwhite sugar ,astandard processing margin andastandard
yield ,being taken into account ?whereas thesame criteria asareused inthe
derivation oftheintervention price forraw sugar should beapplied ?
Whereas thethreshold price formolasses should bosofixed that thereceipts
from sales ofmolasses mayreach thelevel offactories' receipts which are
taken into account when minimum prices forbeet arebeing fixed ?
Uhereas under Article 26ofRegulation No1009/67/SSC ,theguaranteed
quantity should beequal totheanticipated human consumption forthe
1973/74sugar marketing year after deduction ofsugar which i3imported
intheUnited Kingdom under Protocol No17oftheActabove-mentionned ?
whereas themarketed quantity forthehuman consumption maybeestimated
to9.600.000 metric tons andwhereas theimports from thecountries and
territories referred tointheCommonwealth Sugar Agreement amount to
1.675*000 metric tons 5
Whereas isprovided toinArticle 31(4)ofRegulation No1009/67/330
that fortheperiod orperiods subsequent to30June 1971 theCouncil
shall decidesthe length ofeach period forwhich adecision nottoapply
».
theprovisions ofArticle 30ofthis Regulation maybetaken ,thecoefficient
toboused forcalculating thespecial maximum quota cMthebasic quota
towhich itisapplied this coefficient ?
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

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Article1
TheprovisionsofthisRegulationshallapplyforthe1973/74sugar
marketingyear.
Article2
FortheregionsotherthanthisreferredtoinArticle2{?>)of
Regulation(ESC)No/73»the.derived,intervention .pricefor
100kilogrammes ofwhitesugarshall "be: ,
(a)25.28unitsofaccountforallEegionsofItaly3
(b)23*24unitsofaccountfortaeFrenchoverseasdepartments !
(c)21.65unitsofaccountforallregionsofIreland?
(d)19.30unitsofaccountforallregionsoftheUnitedKingdom!
(e)23»57unitsofaccountfortheotherregionsoftheCommunity.
Article3
1.Thointervention pricefor100kilogrammesofraw"beetsugarshall
beJ
(a)20.05unitsofaccountfortheCommunityareahavingthelargest
surplusandtheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(e)|
(b)21.62unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(a)f
,s the ,s(c)I0.4IunitsofaccountforregionsreferredtoinArticle2^c;|
(d)15.69unitsofaccountforregionsreferredtoinArticle2(d).
Thisintervention priceshallbevalidforrawsugarofstandard
quality,unpacked,ex-factory,loadedontothemeansoftransport
chosenbythebuyer. ■■
2.Thederivedintervention pricefortheFrenchoverseasdepartments
fortherawsugarreferredtoinArticle3(4)ofRegulation
NoIOO9/67/EECshallbo20,20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes *
Article4
1.Tneminimumpriceforbeetshallbe,permetricton:
(a)20.08unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(a)j
(b)I6.4OunitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(c)j
(c)14.94unitsofaccountforregionsreferredtoinArticle2(d)j
(d)17.86"unitsofaccountfortheregionsreforredtoinArticle2(e).

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2.Theminimumpricoforbeetoutsidethebasicquotashall "be,per
metricton:.
(a)10.50unitsofaccountfortheareahavingthelargestsurplus
determinedinArticle2(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No...*./73and
fortheregionsreferredtoinArticle2(a)and(e)j
(b)12.72unitsofaccountfortheregionsreferredtoin
Article2(a).
Thethresholdpricoshallbe: 'N
(a)27.60unitsofaccountper100-kilogrammesforwhitesugarj
(b)24.21unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesforrawsugar?
(c)3.20unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesformolasses.
1
Article6
TheguaranteddquantityreferredtoinArticle26(l)ofRegulation
No1009/67/lHECshallbe7«925»000metrictonsofwhitesugar.
Article7
1«ThepercentagesreferredtoinArticle27(4)end(5)ofRegulation
NoIOO9/67/SEGshallbe60.00.
2.ThemaximumamountoftheproductionlevyreferredtoinArticle28
ofRegulationNoIOO9/67/BECshallbe9*46"unitsofaccountper
100kilogrammes' ofwhitesugar;
Article8
laThedecisionreferredtoinfirstindentofArticle31(4)of
RegulationNo1009/67/lECmaybetakenfortheperiodfrom1July197
to30June1975*Forthisperiodthisdecisionshallbetakenbefore
1July1973. '•
2.ThecoefficientreferredtoinsecondindentofArticle31(4)
RegulationNo1009/67/EKCamountsto2.30,fortheperiodreferred
toin(l).Thiscoefficientshallapplytothebasicquotainforce
forthe1973/1974sugarmarketingyear.
Article9
.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird,dayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallEembo]
States.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil