No C 82/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 4. 89 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet 
(89/C 82/10) 
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 (J) as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No ... (2) 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, 
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 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 
(!) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. 
(2) OJ No L ... 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, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The target price for white sugar shall be 54,18 ecus per 
100 kilograms. 
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be 51,47 
ecus 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 38,85 ecus 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 1989/90 marketing year. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at... 
For the Council