CELEX: 51989PC0660(16)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES FOR WHITE SUGAR, THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR RAW SUGAR, THE MINIMUM PRICES FOR A AND B BEET, THE THRESHOLD PRICES, THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR STORAGE COSTS AND THE PRICES TO BE APPLIED IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR

28. 2. 90                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No C 49/21
                                                             Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No                    ...
                                                                  of . . .
                    fixing the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the
                    minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices, the amount of compensation for storage
                      costs and the prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal for the 1990/91 marketing year
                                                              (90/C 49/16)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                   principle to be 68 % of the said basic price without prejudice
                                                                           to Article 28 (5) of that Regulation;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                       Whereas Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                           provides that the threshold price for white sugar is to be equal
                                                                           to the target price, plus the costs, calculated at a flat rate, of
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal,              transport from the Community area having the largest
 and in particular Articles 89 (1) and 234 (2) thereof,                    surplus to the most distant deficit area of consumption in the
                                                                           Community, plus a flat-rate amount which takes into
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of                   account the storage levy; whereas, given the state of supplies
 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in                 within the Community, account should be taken to transport
the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                  charges between the departments of northern France and
 No 1069/89 (2), and in particular Articles 3 (5), 5 (5), 8 (4)            Palermo;
 and 14 (5) thereof,
                                                                           Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be derived
                                                                           from the threshold price for white sugar account being taken
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                         of flat-rate amounts for processing and a standard yield;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No . . . of . . fixing, for               Whereas the threshold price for molasses must be fixed in
the 1990/91 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the                   such a way that the receipts from sales of molasses may reach
 standard quality of beet ( 3 ), fixes the intervention price for          the level of receipts of undertakings taken into account when
 white sugar at ECU 53,10 per 100 kilograms for non-decifit                the basic prices for beet are fixed;
 areas;
                                                                           Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           No 1358/77 (4) provides that the repayment in the context
Whereas Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                           of the compensation for storage costs is to be fixed per month
provides that derived intervention prices for white sugar are
                                                                           and per unit of weight, taking account of financing costs
to be fixed for each deficit area; whereas, when these prices
                                                                           subject to interest of 9 % and insurance and specific storage
are fixed, account should be taken of the regional variations
                                                                           costs;
which, given a normal harvest and free movement of sugar,
might be expected to occur in the price of sugar under natural
conditions of price formation on the market;                               Whereas, when the prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal
                                                                           are fixed, the prices fixed for those Member States for the
                                                                           1986/87 marketing year should be aligned with the common
Whereas a short supply situation is to be foreseen in the areas            prices in accordance with Articles 70 and 238 of the Act of
of production in Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom;                    Accession,
Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that an intervention price for raw sugar is to be
fixed; whereas that price should be determined using the                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
intervention price for white sugar as a basis;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No . . . fixes the basic price for                                            Article 1
beet at ECU 40,07 per tonne; whereas Article 5 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the minimum                      For the deficit areas of the Community other than Portugal,
price to be fixed for A beet is to be 98 % of the basic price for         the derived intervention price for white sugar shall be:
the beet and the minimum price to be fixed for B beet is in
                                                                          (a) ECU 54,31 per 100 kilograms for all the areas in the
(>) OJNoL 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.                                                United Kingdom;
(2) OJNoL 114,27. 4. 1989, p. 1.
(3) See page . . of this Official Journal.                                (4) OJ No L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 4.
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(b) ECU 54,31 per 100 kilograms for all the areas in                     (b) Portugal:
     Ireland;
                                                                               (aa) the intervention price for white sugar shall be
(c) ECU 55,04 per 100 kilograms for all the areas in                                 ECU 52,56 per 100 kilograms;
     Italy.                                                                    (bb) the prices for beet shall be:
                                                                                     — ECU 42,90 per tonne for the basic
                                                                                         price,
                           Article 2
                                                                                     — ECU 42,10 per tonne for the minimum
                                                                                         price for A beet;
The intervention price of raw sugar shall be ECU 44,02 per
100 kilograms.                                                                       — ECU 30,08 per tonne for the minimum
                                                                                         price for B beet, except where Article 28
                                                                                         (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is
                                                                                         applied.
                           Article 3
                                                                    2.     The beet prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for
1.     The minimum price for A beet applicable in the               delivery at the collection centre and shall apply to beet of
Community with the exception of Spain and Portugal shall be         standard quality as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
ECU 39,27 per tonne.                                                No . . .
2.     Without prejudice to the application of Article 28 (5)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, the minimum price for B                                         Article 5
beet applicable in the Community with the exception of
Spain and Portugal shall be ECU 27,25 per tonne.                    The threshold price shall be:
                                                                    (a) ECU 64,50 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
                           Article 4                                (b) ECU 55,15 per 100 kilograms of raw sugar;
                                                                    (c) ECU 6,90 per 100 kilograms of molasses.
1.     The sugar prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal
shall be as follows:
                                                                                                Article 6
(a) Spain:
                                                                    The reimbursement referred to in Article 8 of Regulation
     (aa) the intervention price for white sugar shall be ECU       (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be ECU 0,48 per 100 kilograms of
            61,70 per 100 kilograms;                                white sugar per month.
     (bb) the prices for beet shall be:
            — ECU 47,16 per tonne for the basic price,                                          Article 7
            — ECU 46,36 per tonne for the minimum price
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
               for A beet,
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
            — ECU 34,34 per tonne for the minimum price             European Communities.
               for B beet, except where Article 28 (5) of
               Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is applied;              It shall apply for the 1990/91 marketing year.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                                        For the Council