CELEX: 31976R0834
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 834/76 of 6 April 1976 fixing for the 1976/77 sugar year the derived intervention prices, the intervention prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices and the maximum amount of the production levy and fixing the coefficient for calculating the special maximum quota

14. 4. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 100/25
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 834/76
                                                         of 6 April 1976
               fixing for the 1976/77 sugar year the derived intervention prices, the intervention
               prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices and the
               maximum amount of the production levy and fixing the coefficient for calculating the
                                                     special maximum quota
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas sugar production in Italy, with relatively
COMMUNITIES,                                                        high production costs, wild probably not appreciably
                                                                    exceed the basic quantity fixed ; whereas a deficit
                                                                    of about 500 000 metric tons will therefore have
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  to be covered by production from Community surplus
pean Economic Community,                                             areas ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market
3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common                            prices in Italy will be determined by the offer prices
organization of the market in sugar (*), as last                    of sugar from Community surplus areas ; whereas
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 832/76 (2), and                      the derived intervention price for Italy may be fixed
in particular Articles 3 (6), 4 (4), 9 (5 ), 13 (5 ), 28             at 35-70 units of account per 100 kilogrammes,
and 32 (4) thereof,                                                  account being taken, on the one hand, of the inter­
                                                                     vention price applicable in the north of France, plus
                                                                     the marketing costs for deliveries to Italy and, on the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   other, of the disposal costs of the Italian sugar
                                                                     industry ;
Whereas Council Regulation i(EEC) No 833/76 of
6 April 1976 fixing certain prices and other amounts
applicable in agriculture for the 1976/77 marketing                  Whereas, given a normal harvest, the sugar produc­
year (3), fixed the intervention price for white sugar               tion in Ireland and the United Kingdom covers
at 33-14 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for                    roughly 90% and 40% respectively of the needs of
the Community area having the largest surplus ;                      their respective home markets ; whereas these needs
                                                                     must in part be met by sugar available in Community
                                                                      surplus areas ;
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/
74 provides that derived intervention prices shall
be fixed for other areas, account being taken of the                 Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market
regional variations which, given a normal harvest                    prices in both Ireland and the United Kingdom will
 and free movement of sugar, might be expected to                    be determined largely by the offer prices of sugar
occur in the price of sugar under natural conditions                 from these areas ; whereas a single derived interven­
 of price 'formation ;                                               tion price for white sugar which may be fixed at
                                                                     34-14 units of account per 100 kilogrammes should
                                                                     therefore be adopted for all regions of Ireland and
Whereas in view of the quotas fixed in the production                 the United Kingdom, account being taken on the one
 areas of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France and                      hand of the intervention price applicable in the
 the Netherlands, a balance or surplus situation can                  Community area having the largest surplus plus the
 be anticipated; whereas, with the exception of the                   commercial costs of delivery to Ireland and the
 French overseas departments, the ex-factory prices in                United Kingdom and, on the other, of the marketing
 the areas mentioned will, to a large extent, be equal                costs of the sugar industry of these Member States ;
 to {he prices in the Community area having the
 largest surplus ;
                                                                      Whereas there is a considerable surplus production
                                                                      of raw sugar in the French overseas departments ;
                                                                      whereas the most favourable potential outlets for
  (*) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                              this sugar within the Community are in the south of
  (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                            France and in Italy, where the sugar, after being
  (3) See page 12 of this Official Journal.                           refined, may be sold directly ; whereas, on the basis
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of the foreseeable market prices in the deficit areas            munity area having the largest surplus plus transport
of Italy, which will probably be 0-57 unit of account            charges, calculated at a flat rate, from that area to
per 100 kilogrammes above the derived intervention               the most distant deficit area in the Community;
price in Italy, and taking account of transport costs            whereas, given the state of supplies within the Com­
between the overseas departments and these areas,                munity, account should be taken of transport charges
the derived intervention prices for those departments            between the departments of northern France and
should be fixed at 32-94 units of account per 100                Palermo, the main port of importation in Sicily;
kilogrammes of white sugar;
Whereas Artidle 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/               Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be
74 provides that an intervention price for raw sugar             derived from the threshold price for white sugar by
shall be fixed for those departments, such price to              reference to a standard processing margin and a
be derived from the intervention price for white                 standard yield ; whereas the same criteria as are used
sugar fixed for those departments account being                  in the derivation of the intervention price for raw
taken, on the one hand, of a quality surcharge of                sugar should therefore be applied ;
0-60 unit of account and, on the other hand, a uni­
form processing margin and a standard yield ;
whereas, on the basis of available information, the
refining costs may be estimated at 2-64 units of
account per 100 kilogrammes o>f refined sugar ;                  Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be
whereas, moreover, in accordance with the definition             fixed in such a way that the receipts from sales of
of the standard quality for raw sugar laid down by               molasses may reach the level of receipts of undertak­
Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (*), a yield of 92%                   ings taken into account in the fixing of minimum
should be taken into account;                                    prices for beet ;
Whereas Article 9 (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/
74 provides for the fixing of intervention prices for            Whereas Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74
raw beet sugar; whereas these prices should be                   provides for the fixing of the maximum amount of
derived from the intervention price for white sugar,             the production levy, 'for the fixing of the minimum
account being taken of the factors already mentioned             prices for beet outside the basic quota for the sugar­
for fixing the intervention price for raw sugar in the           beet producing areas for which an intervention price
French overseas departments and of the forwarding                is fixed and for fixing the percentage determining
costs for supplying raw sugar, these being estimated             the amount of the supplementary payment which
 at a standard rate of 0-50 unit of account per 100              manufacturers must, where appropriate, make to beet
kilogrammes ;                                                    sellers ; whereas, by Artidle 27 (3 ) of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 3330/74, the production levy may not
                                                                 exceed 30% of the intervention price ; whereas for the
 Whereas the minimum prices for sugar beet, as                   area with the largest surplus the minimum price for
referred to in the first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of            beet outside the basic quota should be fixed at 70%
Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, must be determined                  of the minimum price for beet ; whereas the percent­
for the areas other than that having the largest                 age taken for determining the abovementioned
surplus on the basis of the intervention prices for              supplementary payment may be fixed at 60% ,
 white sugar applicable in those areas, account being             account being taken of the value of beet in relation
taken in particular of the amounts used when fixing              to the intervention price for sugar; whereas the same
the minimum price for beet for the area having the               percentage should be taken to determine the payment
largest surplus, the processing margin, the yield, the           which sugar manufacturers may require of cane
 receipts from molasses and the delivery costs of the             sellers ;
beet;
Whereas Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/               Whereas, under Article 32 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
74 provides that the threshold price for white sugar              No 3330/74, it is necessary, for the period or periods
 should be the same as the target price for the Com­              subsequent to 30 June 1976, to determine the length
                                                                  of each period for which a decision not to apply
                                                                  Article 30 of that Regulation may be taken, to fix the
                                                                  coefficient for calculating the special maximum quota
                                                                  and to specify the basic quota to which the said
     OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 .                             coefficient applies,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   (a) 27-90 units of account for the regions referred to
                                                                    in Article 2 (a) ;
                          Article 1                            (b) 25-87 units of account for the regions referred to
                                                                    in Article 2 (c);
Without prejudice to Article 7, this Regulation shall          (c) 24-57 units of account for the regions referred to
apply for the 1976/77 sugar year.                                   in Article 2 (d).
                                                               2. The minimum price for beet outside the basic
                          Article 2                            quotas shall be, per metric ton :
For the regions other than the Community area                  ( a) 17-20 units of account for the Community area
having the largest surplus the derived intervention                 having the largest surplus and for the regions
                                                                    referred to in Article 2 (d) ;
price for 100 kilogrammes of white sugar shall be :
                                                               (b) 20-53 units of account for the regions referred to
(a) 35-70 units of account for all regions of Italy ;               in Article 2 ( a);
(b) 32-94 units of account for the French overseas             (c) 18-50 units of account for the regions referred to
     departments ;                                                  in Article 2 (c).
(c) 34-14 units of account for all regions of Ireland
     and of the United Kingdom ;                                                        Article 5
(d) 33-14 units of account for the other regions of            The threshold price shall be :
     the Community.
                                                               (a) 38-21 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                    white sugar;
                          Article 3
                                                               (b) 33-28 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                    raw sugar ;
1 . The intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of
raw beet sugar shall be:                                       (c) 3-20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of
                                                                    molasses .
 (a) 28-15 units of account for the Community area
     having the largest surplus and the regions referred
     to in Article 2 (d);                                                               Article 6
(b) 30-51 units of account for the regions referred to         1 . The maximum amount of the production levy
     in Article 2 (a);                                         referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 3330/74 shall be 9-94 units of account per 100
(c) 29-07 units of account for the regions referred to         kilogrammes of white sugar.
     in Article 2 (c).
                                                              2. The percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and
This intervention price shall be valid for raw sugar           (5 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 60.
of standard quality, unpacked, ex-factory, loaded
onto the means of transport chosen by the buyer.
                                                                                        Article 7
2. The derived intervention price for the French
overseas departments for raw sugar referred to in              1 . The length of the period referred to in the first
Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall             indent of Article 32 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
be 28-43 units of account per 100 kilogrammes,                 No 3330/74 shall run from 1 July 1976 to 30 June
account being taken of the second subparagraph of              1978 . The Member State concerned must take the
Article 3 (6) of the said Regulation.                          decision in respect of this period before 1 May 1976.
                                                               2 . The coefficient referred to in the second indent
                          Article 4
                                                               of Article 32 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74
                                                               shall be 2-35 for the period referred to in paragraph 1 .
1 . The minimum price for beet shall be, per metric            The coefficient shall be applied to the basic quota
ton :                                                          for the 1976/77 sugar year.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Luxembourg, 6 April 1976.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                                 J. HAMILIUS