CELEX: 31973R1345
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1345/73 of the Council of 15 May 1973 fixing the sugar prices, the standard quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating the maximum quota for the 1973/74 marketing year

No L 141 /6                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              28 . 5 . 73
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 1345/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                            of 15 May 1973
               fixing the sugar prices, the standard quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating
                                         the maximum quota for the 1973/74 marketing year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              price for sugar is being fixed, the difference between
                                                                       the target price and the intervention price may be
                                                                       fixed at a relatively low level ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 43 thereof;
                                                                       Whereas the minimum price for beet must take
                                                                       account of the intervention price and of the standard
Having regard to Council Regulation No                                 amounts covering the costs of processing and
1009/67/EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the                             delivering beet to factories and be based on an
common organization of the market in sugar, as last                    estimated Community yield of 130 kilogrammes of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 174/73 (2), and in                      white sugar per ton of beet with a 16 % sugar
particular Articles 2 (2), 3 (5 ) and 4 (3 ) and the                   content ;
second subparagraph of Article 24 (2) thereof;
                                                                       Whereas the above 'standard costs may be estimated
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                    at 9-83 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                       white sugar; whereas that amount is made up of the
                                                                       sum of the processing margin, estimated at 8-93 units
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                           of account, and the costs of delivering beet to
Parliament;                                                            factories, estimated at 1-73 units of account, less a
                                                                       standard     amount     of   0-83  unit    of  account
                                                                       representing factories' receipts from the sale of
Whereas, when sugar prices are being fixed, account                    molasses calculated on the basis of a yield of 38-5
should be taken of the objectives of the Common                        kilogrammes per metric ton of beet processed and an
 Agricultural Policy and of the contribution which the                 ex-factory price for molasses of 2-80 units of account
Community desires to make to the harmonious                            per 100 kilogrammes ;
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             Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should
community, to ensure that supplies are available and                  be a quality which takes account of production
that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                       characteristics in the main beet producing areas of
                                                                      the Community;
Whereas, to attain these objectives, the target price
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into
account in particular the resultant level of the                      Whereas in the light of production trends seen in
intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for                    terms of specialisation and marketing opportunities,
beet and cane producers while at the same time                         the maximum quotas referred to in Article 24 of
respecting consumers interests, and which is likely to                Regulation No 1009/67/EEC should be fixed at
maintain the balance between the prices of the                         135 % of the basic quotas ;
principal agricultural products;
                                                                      Whereas it is desirable to allow for a stage in
Whereas as a result of the characteristics of the sugar               anticipation of a return to market unity, once the rule
market the risks involved in this trade are relatively                on maintaining at any given moment a maximum
slight; whereas, consequently, when the intervention                  spread between Member State currencies of 2-25 %
                                                                      for spot transactions is applied by all Member States;
                                                                      whereas this purpose is served by a 1 % price
                                                                      increase which is not reflected in price-levels
     OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .                               expressed in terms of the national currencies of
(2 ) OJ No L 25 , 30. 1 . 1973 , p . 1 .                              Member States whose currencies have increased in
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 value in relation to the conversion rate used under          ( a) sound, fair and marketable quality,
 the Common Agricultural Policy;
                                                              ( b) sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                      Article 5
                         Article 1
                                                              The coefficient referred to in Article 24 ( 1 ) of
The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the         Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 1-35 .
 1973/74 marketing year.
                                                                                      Article 6
                         Article 2
                                                              1.    Prices shall be increased by 1 % when all
 1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 24-80          Member States maintain at any given moment a
units of account per 100 kilogrammes .                       maximum spread of 2-25 % between their currencies .
2- The intervention price for white sugar shall be           This provision shall be applicable as from the
23-57 units of account per 100 kilogrammes .                  1973 /74 marketing year; the increase shall take effect
                                                              on the first day of the month following the date
                                                             determined       in    accordance    with    the    first
3 . The area having the largest surplus includes the         subparagraph ; however, if the marketing year begins
following French departments : Aisne, Somme, Oise.           after that date, the increase shall take effect at the
                                                             beginning of that marketing year.
                         Article 3
                                                             2.     This increase shall not be reflected in price
The minmium price for beet for the area referred to          levels expressed in terms of national currencies of
in Article 2 ( 3 ) shall be 17-86 units of account per       Member States whose currencies have increased in
metric ton at the stage of delivery to the collection        value in relation to the conversion rate used under
centre .                                                     the Common Agricultural Policy.
                         Article 4                           3.     The Council, acting on a proposal from the
                                                             Commission in accordance with the voting procedure
Standard quality beet shall present the following            laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty shall adopt
characteristics :                                            the methods of implementation of this Article.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 15 May 1973 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                   A. LAVENS