CELEX: 51974PC1895
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Date: 1974-11-18
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OP THE COUNCIL fixing for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year in respect of Ireland and the United Kingdom the derived intervention price for white sugar, the intervention price for raw beet sugar and the minimum prices for beet#Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL altering in respect of Denmark the intervention price for butter (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(T4)1895 final
                                                     Brussels , 18 November 1974
                                   Proposal for a
                          REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
                 fixing for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year in
                  respect of Ireland and the United Kingdom the
                 derived intervention price for white sugar , the
                  intervention price for raw beet sugar and the
                              minimum prices for "beet
                                   Proposal for a
                          REGULATION ( EEC) OF THE COUNCIL
                 altering in respect of Denmark the intervention
                                  price for butter
                  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COM(74) 1895 final
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                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    At the present time it is proving possible to reduce sugar and butter
prices in some new Member States to the common level .          This is the aim of
the draft regulation annexed hereto .
2.    In the case of sugar, world market prices have for several months been
considerably higher than the common price .         At time of Accession, when the
situation was different , the prices applicable in Ireland and the United
Kingdom were fixed at a level lower than that of the common price . At the
present time , by reason of the influence of world market prices in those two
Member States , market prices there are somewhat above the common price . In
view of this , it no longer seems necessary to apply a special " accession"
price .
The alignment of prices is accordingly proposed on the basis of Article 62(1 )
in conjunction with Article 56 of the Act of Accession.
It will therefore be possible to abolish accession compensatory amounts in this
sector .
The pricfe' differences' whifch boritlKft'e to exist are the- <resuit"-ef -regional varia­
tions which are introduced on the basis of Article 43 of the Treaty.
3.    In the case of butter , the difference between the common price and the price
applied in Denmark is only 2.1$.          This difference does not seem important enough
to be maintained .    In this sector the only aocession compensatory amounts to
remain will thus be those applicable for Ireland and the United Kingdom.
4.   Financial effects
( a) The first proposal , aligning the intervention prices for' sugar 'in' Ireland
     and the United Kingdom with the common price , will , as from the 1 January
      1975 , enable accession compensatory amounts ( aca) for sugar to be abolished
      in trade between those two Member States and other Member States .
     Assuming sugar imports to amount to 400-450 000 metric tons , the financial
      effect of the abolition of aca 's will amount to 14.6 - 16.4 million u.a.
     which will no longer need to be paid out as aca 's in connection with such
      trade . The saving is in respeot of Article 750 of the 1975 budget .
( b) The second draft regulation provides for the alignment as from 1 January
      1975 of the Danish intervention price for butter with the common price .
      This enables the Commission to abalish accession compensatory amounts for
     butter in trade between Denmark and the Community as originally constituted .
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      As regards exports from Denmark to the United Kingdom and to non-member
      countries , the proposed measure effects are estimated to be as followsS
                                                                                           1
      1.   As a result of the price adjustment , public butter stocks would be
           revalued by about 0.4 million units of account .      The net losses of
           intervention agenoies in 1974 would be reduced by the same amount
           (Article 621', Item 6214 of the budget )}
      2«   Refunds on exports to non-member countries would increase as a result of
           the price adjustments by 1.3 million units of account in 1975 (Article
           620 , Item 6 200 of the budget )}
      3.   The accession compensatory amounts to be paid in respect of exports ic
           the United Kingdom would increase by 5*5 million units of account .       These
           aca 's are to be regarded as a form of intervention. . They are to be chargei
           against Article 750 of "the 1975 Budget .
                                                           millions of units of account
Article , item            year               appropriations             expenditure
621 , 6214                1973                  683.8           651.7 ,
( intervention)           1974                  491.0           212.5 (l Jan. - 30 Nov,
                          1975                  299.0
620 , 6200                1973                  283.3           328.1
(export refunds )         1974                  346.6           367.1 (l Jan . - 30 Hov ,
                          1975                  366.6   .. . .
791 )                     1973                  260.0           264.3
791 ) аса               . 1974                  200.0*          322.2 (1 Jan. - 30 Nov.
750 )                     1975                  236.8
* proposed transfer
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              PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
              fixing for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year in
              respeot of Ireland and tho United Kingdom the
              derived intervention price for white sugar, the
              intervention prioe for raii boet sugar and the
                         minimum priées ., for beet
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 the Treaty^ ^ concerning the Accession of new Member States to
the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community , and
in particular Article 62(l ) of the Act annexed thereto and paragraph 5 of
Protocol No . 17 to that Act ;                                                      '
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1600/74^^ of 20 April 1974 fixed for the
1974/75 sugar marke-fag year the derived intervention prices, the intervention
prices for raw beet sugar and the minimum prices for beet ; whereas those prices
were raised by Commission Regulation (EEC ) No. 2518/74^ of 4 October 1974
on the measures to be taken following the all-round increase' with effect from
7 October 1974 of agricultural prices ;                                  •
Whereas Article $6 of the Act of Accession provides that , if world market prices
are high in comparison with Community prices or if , in particular no refund
is applicable , appropriate measures may be taken with a view to ensuring the
proper functioning of the common organization of - the market ; whereas for some time
there has been a shortage of sugar on the world market and this had led to a
considerable increase in prices which are now much higher than Community prices ;
whereas this has meant+that in Iroland^and the United Kingdom market prices have
risen to a level at least equal to . that of prices in the other Member States;
c!
 1 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 March 1972 , p. 5
 2)
 3)
     OJ No L 172 , 27 June 1974, p. 3
     OJ No L 270 , 5 October 1974, p. 1
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WhereaB the situation on the world market is unlikely to change in the
foreseeable future ;, whereas it therefore seems appropriate to raise the
intervention prices for white sugar and raw beet sugar and the minimum prices
for beef - these being . at present lower than the common prices - to the level
of those common prices ; whereas the price as referred to in Protoool No . 17
to the Act annexed to the Treaty of Accession a"t 'which sugar is marketed in
the United Kingdom should therefore be fixed at a corresponding level ;
Whereas in a year of normal harvests , sugar production in Ireland and the
United Kingdom meets approximately 8o$> and 40 /^ respectively of market require­
ments ; whereas those requirements must be partially covered by sugar from
surplus areas of the Community ;
Whereas market prices in Ireland and the United Kingdom will consequently be
determined to a large extent by the offer prices for sugar from such areas ;
whereas a single derived intervention price of 27.48 units of account per 100
kilogrammes should therefore be fixed for white sugar for all areas of Ireland
and the United Kingdom ; whereas this price has been established on the basis
of the intervention price applicable in the area of the Community with the
largest surplus plus an allowance in respect of the cost of delivery to Ireland
and to the United Kingdom and of the normal cost of marketing sugar in those
Member States ; whereas with effect from 1 January 1975 common criteria should
be applied for the purpose of deriving the intervention price for raw beet sugar
from the intervention price for white sugar ; whereas as regards the minimum
prices for beet as provided for in the first and second indents of Article 4(1 )
of Regulation No. 1009/67/EEC^ of 18 Deoember 1967 on the common organization
of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation                 , the same
criteria should be applied for all areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom as
were applied for the purpose of fixing minimum prices for all areas of the
Community other than that producing the largest surplus ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 |4j OJ No 308, 18 December 1967, p. 308/1
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                                  Article 1
For all areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom t
      - the derived intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of white
        sugar shall "be 27.48 units of account ;
      - the intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of raw beet sugar
        shall "be 23.39 units of account ;
      - the minimum price for beet shall "be 21.08 units of account
        per metric tonj
      - the minimum price for "beet outside the "basic quota shall "be
        12.93 units of account per metric ton .
                                  Artide 2
1.    The price at which is marketed sugar purchased under the Commonwealth
Sugar Agreement and imported into the United Kingdom by virtue of Protocol
No . 17 to the Act shall be 21.37 "units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
raw cane sugar ,
2.    This price shall relate to raw sugar of standard quality, naked weight ,
delivered cif , free out , to ports in the United Kingdom .
                                  Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1975 .
It shall apply until the end of the 1974/1975 marketing year.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     For the Council ,
                                                       The President
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                        REGULATION ( mo) OF TO? COUNCIL
                   altering in respect of Denmark the intervention
                   price for butter .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN" COMMUNITIES .
                                                                                «
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular 4rticle 43 thereof;
Having regard to the Treaty^ ^ concerning the accession of nevr Member States to
the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, and
in particular Article 53 of the Act annexed thereto ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No. 663/74^ of 28 March 1974 fixed inter alia
the intervention prices for butter for the 1974/75 milk year ; whereas those
prices were increased by Council Regulation (EEC) NO. 2496/74^ °f 2 October 1974.
Whereas Article 53 of the Act of Accession provides that if the difference between
the price level of a product in a new Member State and the common price level is
found to be minimal the common price level may be applied ;
Whereas the difference between the price obtaining in Denmark and the common price
has been found to be very slight ; whereas the common intervention price should
therefore be applied in that Member State ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
With effect from 1 January 1975* that Intervention prioe for Gutter shall in Denmark b€
1®3^58 units of account per 100 kilograi-anes.
( 1 ) OJ No L 73, 27.3.1972, P. 5
( 2 ) OJ No L 85 , 29.3.1974, p. 52
(3) OJ No L 268 , 3.10.1974, P. 1
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                                 Artide 2 -       ,
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 .
Done at Brussels ,                                      Por the Council
                                                         The President