CELEX: 31985R1483
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1483/85 of 23 May 1985 fixing, for the 1985/86 marketing year, the sugar prices and the standard quality of beet

10 . 6 . 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 151 /3
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 1483 / 85
                                                           of 23 May 1985
                     fixing, for the 1985 /86 marketing year, the sugar prices and the standard quality of beet
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             Gommunity yield of 130 kilograms of white sugar per tonne
                                                                      of beet with a 16 % sugar content ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43                     Whereas the abovementioned costs may be estimated at a
thereof,                                                              flat-rate amount of 22,73 ECU per 100 kilograms of white
                                                                      sugar ; whereas that flat-rate amount is made up of the sum of
                                                                      the processing margin , estimated at 20,89 ECU , and the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 of
                                                                      costs of delivering the beet to factories, estimated at 3,73
30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in
                                                                      ECU , less a flat-rate amount of 1,89 ECU representing
the sugar sector ( J ), as last amended by Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                      factories' receipts from the sale of molasses calculated on the
No 1482 / 85 ( 2 ), and in particular Articles 2 ( 3 ), 3 (4 )
and 4 ( 3 ) thereof,
                                                                      basis of a yield of 38 ,5 kilograms per tonne of beet processed
                                                                      and an ex-factory price for molasses of 6,40 ECU per 100
                                                                      kilograms of molasses;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),
                                                                      Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should be a
Having      regard     to   the    opinion of the     European        quality which takes account of production characteristics in
Parliament (4 ),                                                      the main beet-producing areas of the Community ;
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed , account should be              Whereas Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and         authorizes in particular the Republic of Italy to grant, under
of the contribution which the Community intends to make to            certain conditions , adaptation aid to producers of sugar beet
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the                and , where the case arises, to producers of sugar ; whereas
objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular        these conditions provide inter alia for this aid to be made on a
to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural              decreasing scale for the production of sugar obtained in
community , to ensure that supplies are available and they            northern Italy ; whereas the 1984 / 85 marketing year has
reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                                been characterized by a crisis already witnessed in 1982 / 83
                                                                      and 1983 / 84 ; whereas , this being so , it would appear
                                                                      appropriate to suspend the reduction of the aid provided for
Whereas , in order to attain these objectives , the target price      this region of Italy,
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'
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
interests, 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                                          Article 1
market , the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight ;
whereas , consequently, when the intervention price for sugar
is being fixed , the difference between the target price and the      1.     The target price for white sugar shall be 57 ,03 ECU per
intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level ;           100 kilograms .
Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the             2.     The intervention price for white sugar shall be 54,18
intervention price and of the costs of processing and                 ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the
delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated         Community .
                                                                                                   Article 2
H    OJ No L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4 .
(2 ) See page 1 of this Official Journal .
(3)  OJ No C 67 , 14 . 3 . 1985 , p . 11 .                            The basic price for beet shall be 40,89 ECU per tonne
{*)  OJ No C 94 , 15 . 4 . 1985 .                                     delivered at the collection centre .
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                           Article 3                               suspended for the 1985 / 86 marketing year. For the same
                                                                   marketing year, point ( a) " of the second subparagraph of
Standard quality beet shall :                                      paragraph 2 of the said Article shall apply to the production
                                                                   of sugar obtained in northern Italy and concerned by the
                                                                   authorization for aid .
( a ) be of sound , genuine and merchantable quality ;
( b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
                                                                                             Article 5
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                           Article 4
                                                                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                   European Communities.
Application of point (b) of the second subparagraph of
Article 46 ( 2 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 shall be         It shall apply for the 1985 / 86 marketing year .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels , 23 May 1985 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                    C. SIGNORILE