14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/9 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986 / 8 7 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the 
standard quality of beet 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 
30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in 
the sugar sector 0) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No , and in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be 
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and 
of the contribution which the Community intends to make to 
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the 
objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular 
to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural 
community, to ensure that supplies are available and that 
they reach consumers at reasonable prices; 
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price 
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into account, 
in particular, the resultant level of the intervention price, 
ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane 
producers while at the same time respecting consumers 
interest, and which is likely to maintain the balance between 
the prices of the principal agricultural products; 
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar 
market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight; 
whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar 
is fixed, the difference between the target price and the 
intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level; 
Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the 
intervention price and of the costs of processing and delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated 
Community yield of 130 kilograms of white sugar per tonne 
of beet with a 16 % sugar content; 
Whereas the intervention prices for white sugar and the beet 
prices applicable in the acceding States are fixed by specific 
provisions, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The target price for white sugar shall be 57,03 ECU per 
100 kilograms. 
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be 54,18 
ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the 
Community other than Spain. 
Article 2 
The basic price for beet applicable in the Community except 
for Spain and Portugal shall be 40,89 ECU per tonne 
delivered at the collection centre. 
Article 3 
Standard quality beet shall: 
(a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality; 
(b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply for the 1986/87 marketing year. 
(») OJNoL 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.