Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No ... of ... fixing certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet for the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 1999-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural market, agricultural product, agricultural production, fixing of prices

1.3.1999

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Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  59/5

Proposal  for  a
COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  . . ./1999

of  . . .  1999

99/0028(CNS)

fixing  certain  sugar  prices  and  the  standard  quality  of  beet  for  the  1999/2000  marketing  year

(1999/C  59/04)

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1785/81
of  30  June  1981  on  the  common  organisation  of  the
markets  in  the  sugar  sector (1),  as  last  amended  by
Commission  Regulation  (EC)  No  1148/98 (2),  and  in
particular  Articles  2(3),  3(4)  and  4(3)  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard 
Parliament,

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

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;
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;

in  particular, 

Whereas,  in  order  to  attain  these  objectives,  the  target
price for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into
account, 
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;

the  resultant 

level  of 

Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the
intervention  price,  revenue  to  undertakings  as  a  result  of
the  sale  of  molasses,  which  can  be  valued  at  EUR
7,61/100  kg,  that  amount  being  derived  from  the
molasses  price  referred  to  in  Article  14(2)  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  1785/81,  the  latter  being  valued  at  EUR
8,21/100 kg, and of the costs of processing and delivering
the  beet  to  factories  and  be  based  on  an  estimated
Community  yield  of  130  kg  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  EUR
66,50/100  kg.

2. The  intervention  price  for  white  sugar  shall  be  EUR
63,19/100  kg 
the
Community.

the  non-deficit  areas  of 

for 

Article  2

The  basic  price  for  beet  applicable  in  the  Community
shall  be  EUR  47,67/t  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.

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;

(1)  OJ  L  177,  1.7.1981,  p.  4.
(2)  OJ  L  159,  3.6.1998,  p.  38.

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  1999/2000  marketing  year.

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This  Regulation  shall  be  binding  in  its  entirety  and  directly  applicable  in  all  Member  States.

Done  at  . . .

For  the  Council

The  President

. . .