Council Regulation (EC) No 1403/1999 of 24 June 1999 fixing, for the 1999/2000 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet
Date: 1999-06-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common agricultural policy, marketing, prices policy, product quality, root vegetable, sugar

30. 6. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1403/1999

of 24 June 1999

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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
market in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Articles
2(3), 3(4) and 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2),

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 per 100 kilograms, 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 per 100 kilograms,
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,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia-
ment (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (4),

Article 1

Whereas:

(1) When sugar prices are fixed, account should be
taken of the objectives of the common agriculture
policy; the objectives of the common agricultural
policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of
living for the agricultural community, to assure the
availability of supplies and ensure that they reach
consumers at reasonable prices;

(2)

(3)

in particular the resultant

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’ interests, and which is
likely to maintain a balance between the prices of
the principal agricultural products;

level of

the characteristics of

As a result of
the sugar
market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively
slight; consequently, when the intervention price
for sugar is being fixed, the difference between the
target price and the intervention price may be fixed
at a relatively low level;

The target price for white sugar shall be EUR 66,50

1.
per 100 kilograms.

The intervention price for white sugar shall be EUR
2.
63,19 per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the
Community.

Article 2

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

(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1148/98 (OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 36).

(2) OJ C 59, 1.3.1999, p. 5.
(3) Opinion delivered on 14 April 1999 (not yet published in the

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

Official Journal).

(4) Opinion delivered on 28 April 1999 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

It shall be applicable 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 Luxembourg, 24 June 1999.

For the Council

The President

J. TRITTIN