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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(T4)1895 final
Brussels,18November1974
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OPTHECOUNCIL
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearin
respectofIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomthe
derivedintervention priceforwhitesugar,the
intervention priceforrawbeetsugarandthe
minimumpricesfor"beet
Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
alteringinrespectofDenmarktheintervention
priceforbutter
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(74)1895final

VI/3960/74-E
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Atthepresent time itisproving possible toreduce sugar andbutter
prices insome newMember States tothecommon level .This istheaim of
thedraft regulation annexed hereto .
2.Inthecase ofsugar ,world market prices have forseveral months been
considerably higher than thecommon price .Attime ofAccession ,when the
situation wasdifferent ,theprices applicable inIreland andtheUnited
Kingdom were fixed atalevel lower than that ofthecommon price .Atthe
present time ,byreason oftheinfluence ofworld market prices inthose two
Member States ,market prices there aresomewhat above thecommon price .In
view ofthis ,itnolonger seems necessary toapply aspecial "accession "
price .
Thealignment ofprices isaccordingly proposed onthebasis ofArticle 62(1 )
inconjunction with Article 56oftheActofAccession .
Itwill therefore bepossible toabolish accession compensatory amounts inthis
sector .
The pricfe' differences' whifch boritlKft'e toexist arethe -<resuit" -ef-regional varia­
tions which areintroduced onthebasis ofArticle 43oftheTreaty .
3.Inthecase ofbutter ,thedifference between thecommon price andtheprice
applied inDenmark isonly 2.1$ .This difference does notseem important enough
tobemaintained .Inthis sector theonly aocession compensatory amounts to
remain will thus bethose applicable forIreland andtheUnited Kingdom .
4.Financial effects
(a)Thefirst proposal ,aligning theintervention prices for'sugar 'in'Ireland
andtheUnited Kingdom with thecommon price ,will ,asfrom the 1January
1975 ,enable accession compensatory amounts (aca)forsugar tobeabolished
intrade between those twoMember States andother Member States .
Assuming sugar imports toamount to400-450 000metric tons ,thefinancial
effect oftheabolition ofaca'swill amount to14.6 -16.4 million u.a .
which will nolonger need tobepaid outasaca'sinconnection with such
trade .Thesaving isinrespeot ofArticle 750ofthe1975 budget .
(b)Thesecond draft regulation provides forthealignment asfrom 1January
1975 oftheDanish intervention price forbutter with thecommon price .
This enables theCommission toabalish accession compensatory amounts for
butter intrade between Denmark andtheCommunity asoriginally constituted .

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AsregardsexportsfromDenmarktotheUnitedKingdomandtonon-member
countries,theproposedmeasureeffectsareestimatedtobeasfollowsS
1
1.Asaresultofthepriceadjustment,publicbutterstockswouldbe
revaluedbyabout0.4millionunitsofaccount.Thenetlossesof
intervention agenoiesin1974wouldbereducedbythesameamount
(Article621',Item6214ofthebudget)}
2«Refundsonexportstonon-membercountrieswouldincreaseasaresultof
thepriceadjustmentsby1.3millionunitsofaccountin1975(Article
620,Item6200ofthebudget)}
3.Theaccessioncompensatory amountstobepaidinrespectofexportsic
theUnitedKingdomwouldincreaseby5*5millionunitsofaccount.These
aca'saretoberegardedasaformofintervention..Theyaretobechargei
againstArticle750of"the1975Budget.
millionsofunitsofaccount
Article,item year appropriations expenditure
621,6214
(intervention)1973
1974
1975683.8
491.0
299.0651.7,212.5(lJan.-30Nov,
620,6200
(exportrefunds)1973
1974
1975283.3
346.6
366.6....328.1
367.1(lJan.-30Hov,
791)
791)аса
750)1973
.1974
1975260.0
200.0*
236.8264.3
322.2(1Jan.-30Nov.
*proposedtransfer

νΐ/3960/7Φ-Ε
PROPOSALFORAREGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
fixingforthe1974/75sugarmarketingyearin
respeotofIrelandandthoUnitedKingdomthe
derivedintervention priceforwhitesugar,the
intervention prioeforraiiboetsugarandthe
minimumpriées.,forbeet
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheTreaty^^concerningtheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtotheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,and
inparticularArticle62(l)oftheActannexedtheretoandparagraph5of
ProtocolNo.17tothatAct; '
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No.1600/74^^of20April1974fixedforthe
1974/75sugarmarke-fagyearthederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugarandtheminimumpricesforbeet;whereasthoseprices
wereraisedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No.2518/74^of4October1974
onthemeasurestobetakenfollowingtheall-roundincrease'witheffectfrom
7October1974ofagriculturalprices; •
WhereasArticle$6oftheActofAccessionprovidesthat,ifworldmarketprices
arehighincomparisonwithCommunitypricesorif,inparticularnorefund
isapplicable,appropriatemeasuresmaybetakenwithaviewtoensuringthe
properfunctioningofthecommonorganization of-themarket;whereasforsometime
therehasbeenashortageofsugarontheworldmarketandthishadledtoa
considerable increaseinpriceswhicharenowmuchhigherthanCommunityprices;
whereasthishasmeant+thatinIroland^andtheUnitedKingdommarketpriceshave
risentoalevelatleastequalto.thatofpricesintheotherMemberStates;
c!1)OJNoL73,27March1972,p.5
2)OJNoL172,27June1974,p.3
3)OJNoL270,5October1974,p.1

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WhereaB thesituation ontheworld market isunlikely tochange inthe
foreseeable future ;,whereas ittherefore seems appropriate toraise the
intervention prices forwhite sugar andrawbeet sugar andtheminimum prices
forbeef -these being .atpresent lower than thecommon prices -tothelevel
ofthose common prices ;whereas theprice asreferred toinProtoool No.17
totheActannexed totheTreaty ofAccession a"t'which sugar ismarketed in
theUnited Kingdom should therefore befixed atacorresponding level ;
Whereas inayear ofnormal harvests ,sugar production inIreland andthe
United Kingdom meets approximately 8o$ >and40/^respectively ofmarket require­
ments ;whereas those requirements must bepartially covered bysugar from
surplus areas oftheCommunity ;
Whereas market prices inIreland andtheUnited Kingdom will consequently be
determined toalarge extent bytheoffer prices for sugar from such areas ;
whereas asingle derived intervention price of27.48 units ofaccount per 100
kilogrammes should therefore befixed forwhite sugar forallareas ofIreland
andtheUnited Kingdom ;whereas this price hasbeen established onthebasis
oftheintervention price applicable inthearea oftheCommunity with the
largest surplus plus anallowance inrespect ofthecost ofdelivery toIreland
andtotheUnited Kingdom andofthenormal cost ofmarketing sugar inthose
Member States ;whereas with effect from 1January 1975 common criteria should
beapplied forthepurpose ofderiving theintervention price forrawbeet sugar
from theintervention price forwhite sugar ;whereas asregards theminimum
prices forbeet asprovided forinthefirst andsecond indents ofArticle 4(1)
ofRegulation No.1009/67/EEC^of18Deoember 1967onthecommon organization
ofthemarket insugar ,aslast amended byRegulation ,thesame
criteria should beapplied forallareas ofIreland andtheUnited Kingdom as
were applied forthepurpose offixing minimum prices forallareas ofthe
Community other than that producing thelargest surplus ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
|4jOJNo308,18December 1967,p.308/1

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Article 1
ForallareasofIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomt
-thederivedintervention pricefor100kilogrammes ofwhite
sugarshall"be27.48unitsofaccount;
-theintervention pricefor100kilogrammesofrawbeetsugar
shall "be23.39unitsofaccount;
-theminimumpriceforbeetshall"be21.08unitsofaccount
permetrictonj
-theminimumpricefor"beetoutsidethe"basicquotashall"be
12.93unitsofaccountpermetricton.
Artide2
1.ThepriceatwhichismarketedsugarpurchasedundertheCommonwealth
SugarAgreementandimportedintotheUnitedKingdombyvirtueofProtocol
No.17totheActshallbe21.37 "unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesof
rawcanesugar,
2.Thispriceshallrelatetorawsugarofstandardquality,nakedweight,
deliveredcif,freeout,toportsintheUnitedKingdom.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1975.
Itshallapplyuntiltheendofthe1974/1975marketingyear.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident

VI/3957/74-E (B)
REGULATION (mo)OFTO?COUNCIL
altering inrespect ofDenmark theintervention
price forbutter .
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN "COMMUNITIES .
«
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular 4rticle 43thereof ;
Having regard totheTreaty^^concerning theaccession ofnevrMember States to
theEuropean Economic Community andtotheEuropean Atomic Energy Community ,and
inparticular Article 53oftheActannexed thereto ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC)No.663/74^of28March 1974fixed inter alia
theintervention prices forbutter forthe1974/75milk year ;whereas those
prices wereincreased byCouncil Regulation (EEC)NO.2496/74^°f2October 1974.
Whereas Article 53oftheActofAccession provides that ifthedifference between
theprice level ofaproduct inanewMember State andthecommon price level is
found tobeminimal thecommon price level maybeapplied ;
Whereas thedifference between theprice obtaining inDenmark andthecommon price
hasbeen found tobevery slight ;whereas thecommon intervention price should
therefore beapplied inthat Member State ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
With effect from 1January 1975 *thatIntervention prioe forGutter shall inDenmark b€
1®3^58 units ofaccount per100kilograi-anes .
(1)OJNoL73,27.3.1972 ,P.5
(2)OJNoL85,29.3.1974 ,p.52
(3)OJNoL268,3.10.1974 ,P.1

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Artide2-,
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublication
intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities *:
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, PortheCouncil
ThePresident