No C 62/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 3. 84 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the sugar 
prices and the standard quality of beet 
(84/C 62/09) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 43 thereof, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organ­
ization of the markets in the sugar sector (') as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and 
in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
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 tar­
get 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 remunera­
tion 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; 
(') OJ No L 177, 1.7. 1981, p. 4. 
C-) OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1. Whereas the basic price for beet must take account 
of the intervention price and of the costs of process­
ing 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 abovementioned costs may be esti­
mated at a flat-rate amount of 22,24 ECU for 100 
kilograms of white sugar; whereas that flat rate 
amount is made up of the sum of the processing 
margin, estimated at 20,37 ECU, and the costs of 
delivering the beet to factories, estimated at 3,76 
ECU, less a flat rate amount of 1,89 ECU represent­
ing factories' receipts from the sale of molasses cal­
culated on the basis of a yield of 38,5 kilograms per 
tonne of beet processed and an ex-factory price for 
molasses of 6,40 ECU per 100 kilograms of 
molasses; 
Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should 
be a quality which takes account of production 
characteristics in the main beet-production areas of 
the Community, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The target price for white sugar shall be 56,85 
ECU per 100 kilograms. 
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be 
54,01 ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit 
areas of the Community. 
Article 2 
The basic price for beet shall be 41,30 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. 
5. 3. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 62/11 
Article 4 It shall apply for the 1984/85 marketing year. 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 
day following its publication in the Official Journal 
of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the derived 
intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum 
prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the amount of compensation for storage 
costs 
(84/C 62/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organ­
ization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and 
in particular Articles 3 (5), 5 (5), 8 (4) and 14 (5) 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of .... 
fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the sugar 
prices and the standard quality of beet (3) fixed the 
intervention price for white sugar at 54,01 ECU per 
100 kilograms; 
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1785/81 provides that derived intervention 
prices for white sugar are to be fixed for each of the 
deficit areas; whereas, for such fixing, it is appro­
priate that account be taken of the regional vari­
ations which, given a normal harvest and free move­
ment of sugar, might be expected to occur in the 
price of sugar under natural conditions of price for­
mation on the market; 
Whereas a deficit supply situation is to be foreseen 
in the areas of production in Italy, Ireland and the 
United Kingdom; 
Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1785/81 provides that an intervention price for 
raw sugar shall be fixed; whereas such price shall be established on the basis of the intervention price for 
white sugar, account being taken of a uniform pro­
cessing margin and a standard yield, as well as 
transport costs for the supply of raw sugar; 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No ... fixed the basic 
price for beet at 41,30 ECU per tonne; whereas 
Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 pro­
vides that the minimum price to be fixed for A beet 
shall be 98 % of the basic price of the beet and the 
minimum price to be fixed for B beet shall in princi­
ple be 68 % of the said basic price; 
Whereas Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) 
No 1785/81 provides that the threshold price for 
white sugar shall be equal to the target price, plus 
costs, calculated at a flat rate, of transport from the 
Community area having the largest surplus to the 
most distant deficit consumption area in the Com­
munity, plus a flat-rate amount which takes into 
account the storage levy which, for 1984/85, can be 
estimated at 4,25 ECU per 100 kilograms of white 
sugar; whereas, given the state of supplies within 
the Community, account should be taken of trans­
port charges between the departments of northern 
France and Palermo; 
Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be 
derived from the threshold price for white sugar by 
reference to a processing margin and a standard 
yield; 
Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be 
fixed in such a way that the receipts from sales of 
molasses may reach the level of receipts of under­
takings taken into account in the fixing of basic 
prices for beet; 
Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) 
No 1358/77 (4) provides that the amount of 
(') OJ No L 177, 1.7. 1981, p. 4. 
O OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1. 
(3) See page 10 of this Official Journal. (4) OJ No L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 4.