CELEX: 51989PC0040(10)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING, FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR, CERTAIN SUGAR PRICES AND THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET

No C 82/12                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3. 4. 89
                                                           Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                of...
                fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet
                                                            (89/C 82/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              sugar is fixed, the difference between the target price and
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 the intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the
thereof,                                                              intervention price and of the costs of processing and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                  delivering the beet to factories and be based on an
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                     estimated Community yield of 130 kilograms of white
markets in the sugar sector (J) as last amended by                    sugar per tonne of beet with a 16 % sugar content,
Regulation (EEC) No ... (2) and in particular Articles 2(3),
3(4) and 4(3) thereof,                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                                               Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                      1. The target price for white sugar shall be 54,18 ecus per
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social               100 kilograms.
Committee,
                                                                      2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be 51,47
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be               ecus per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy             Community other than Spain.
and of the contribution which the Community intends to
make to the harmonious development of world trade;
                                                                                                 Article 2
whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy
are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the         The basic price for beet applicable in the Community
agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are                   except for Spain and Portugal shall be 38,85 ecus per tonne
available and that they reach consumers at reasonable                 delivered at the collection centre.
prices;
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price                                   Article 3
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into
account, in particular, the resultant level of the intervention       Standard quality beet shall:
price, ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane
producers while at the same time respecting consumers'                (a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality,
interest, and which is likely to maintain the balance                 (b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
between .the prices of the principal agricultural products;
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar                                         Article 4
market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight;
whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
(!) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L ...                                                       It shall apply for the 1989/90 marketing year.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at...
                                                                                     For the Council