28. 2. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 49/19 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . . 
of . . . 
fixing, for the 1990/91 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of 
beet 
(90/C 49/15) 
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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 1069/89 (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 guarantee a fair standard of living for the 
farming community and 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, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The target price for white sugar shall be ECU 55,89 per 
100 kilograms. 
2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be ECU 
53,10 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 ECU 40,07 per tonne 
delivered at the collection centre. 
Article 3 
Standard quality beet shall: 
(a) be of sound and fair 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. 
(») OJNoL 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. 
(2) OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1. It shall apply for the 1990/91 marketing year. 
No C 49/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 2. 90 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, . . . 
For the Council