CELEX: 51984PC0020(11)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING, FOR THE 1984/85 MARKETING YEAR, THE SUGAR PRICES AND THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET

No C 62/10                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               5. 3. 84
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the sugar
                                         prices and the standard quality of beet
                                                       (84/C 62/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the basic price for beet must take account
COMMUNITIES,                                                   of the intervention price and of the costs of process-
                                                               ing and delivering the beet to factories and be based
                                                               on an estimated Community yield of 130 kilograms
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-             of white sugar per tonne of beet with a 16 % sugar
pean Economic Community, and in particular                     content;
Article 43 thereof,
                                                                Whereas, the abovementioned costs may be esti-
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    mated at a flat-rate amount of 22,24 ECU for 100
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organ-                    kilograms of white sugar; whereas that flat rate
ization of the markets in the sugar sector (') as last          amount is made up of the sum of the processing
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and                  margin, estimated at 20,37 ECU, and the costs of
in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) thereof,          delivering the beet to factories, estimated at 3,76
                                                                ECU, less a flat rate amount of 1,89 ECU represent-
                                                                ing factories' receipts from the sale of molasses cal-
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                  culated on the basis of a yield of 38,5 kilograms per
sion,                                                           tonne of beet processed and an ex-factory price for
                                                                molasses of 6,40 ECU per 100 kilograms of
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-              molasses;
liament,
                                                                Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should
                                                                be a quality which takes account of production
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                characteristics in the main beet-production areas of
Social Committee,
                                                                the Community,
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                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
development of world trade; whereas the objectives
of the common agricultural policy are in particular
to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural                                Article 1
community, to ensure that supplies are available
and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices;              1. The target price for white sugar shall be 56,85
                                                                 ECU per 100 kilograms.
 Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the tar-          2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be
 get price for sugar must be fixed at a level which,             54,01 ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit
 taking into account, in particular, the resultant level         areas of the Community.
 of the intervention price, ensures a fair remunera-
 tion 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                                    Article 2
 of the principal agricultural products;
                                                                 The basic price for beet shall be 41,30 ECU per
                                                                 tonne delivered at the collection centre.
 Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the
 sugar market, the risks involved in this trade are
 relatively slight; whereas, consequently, when the                                      Article 3
 intervention price for sugar is fixed, the difference
 between the target price and the intervention price              Standard quality beet shall:
 may be fixed at a relatively low level;
                                                                 (a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality;
 (') OJ No L 177, 1.7. 1981, p. 4.                               (b) have a sugar content of 16% at the reception
 C-) OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1.                                   point.
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                        Article 4                               It shall apply for the 1984/85 marketing year.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
day following its publication in the Official Journal           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
of the European Communities.                                    directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the derived
             intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum
             prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the amount of compensation for storage
                                                          costs
                                                     (84/C 62/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                     established on the basis of the intervention price for
COMMUNITIES,                                                    white sugar, account being taken of a uniform pro-
                                                                cessing margin and a standard yield, as well as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-              transport costs for the supply of raw sugar;
pean Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas Regulation (EEC) No . . . fixed the basic
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)                       price for beet at 41,30 ECU per tonne; whereas
No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organ-                 Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 pro-
ization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last         vides that the minimum price to be fixed for A beet
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and                  shall be 98 % of the basic price of the beet and the
in particular Articles 3 (5), 5 (5), 8 (4) and 14 (5)           minimum price to be fixed for B beet shall in princi-
thereof,                                                        ple be 68 % of the said basic price;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-                  Whereas Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
sion,                                                           No 1785/81 provides that the threshold price for
                                                                white sugar shall be equal to the target price, plus
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . of . . . .            costs, calculated at a flat rate, of transport from the
fixing for the 1984/85 marketing year the sugar                 Community area having the largest surplus to the
prices and the standard quality of beet (3) fixed the           most distant deficit consumption area in the Com-
intervention price for white sugar at 54,01 ECU per             munity, plus a flat-rate amount which takes into
 100 kilograms;                                                 account the storage levy which, for 1984/85, can be
                                                                estimated at 4,25 ECU per 100 kilograms of white
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC)                       sugar; whereas, given the state of supplies within
No 1785/81 provides that derived intervention                   the Community, account should be taken of trans-
prices for white sugar are to be fixed for each of the          port charges between the departments of northern
deficit areas; whereas, for such fixing, it is appro-           France and Palermo;
priate that account be taken of the regional vari-
ations which, given a normal harvest and free move-             Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be
ment of sugar, might be expected to occur in the                derived from the threshold price for white sugar by
price of sugar under natural conditions of price for-           reference to a processing margin and a standard
mation on the market;                                           yield;
Whereas a deficit supply situation is to be foreseen            Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be
in the areas of production in Italy, Ireland and the            fixed in such a way that the receipts from sales of
 United Kingdom;                                                molasses may reach the level of receipts of under-
                                                                takings taken into account in the fixing of basic
Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC)                       prices for beet;
 No 1785/81 provides that an intervention price for
raw sugar shall be fixed; whereas such price shall be           Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1358/77 (4) provides that the amount of
(') OJ No L 177, 1.7. 1981, p. 4.
O3 OJ No L 74, 18. 3. 1982, p. 1.
( ) See page 10 of this Official Journal.                       (4)  OJ No L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 4.