CELEX: 51992PC0253(04)
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-11
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the application in Spain of the derived intervention price for sugar and the basic price for beet provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81

18 . 12 . 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No C 335 / 53
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 1785 / 81 and introducing
                             application in Spain of the sugar sector prices provided for by that Regulation
                                                              ( 92 / C 335 / 10
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                 Whereas early alignment of prices will require the adoption
                                                                           of measures to facilitate necessary structural changes in the
                                                                           Spanish sugar industry ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community , and in particular Articles 42 and
 43 thereof,
                                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
 Portugal , and in particular Article 70 ( 3 ) ( b ) thereof,
                                                                                                        Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                       1 . The alignment provided for in Article 70 of the Act of
                                                                          Accession shall for sugar and beet prices applicable in Spain
                                                                          be completed on 1 January 1993 at the levels set in
 Having      regard   to      the   opinion  to   the    European         paragraph 2 .
 Parliament ,
                                                                          2 . The prices set in Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) No
 Whereas realization of the single market on 1 January 1993               000 / 92 ( 2 ) shall , for sugar and beet sold during the period
 requires the removal of all barriers to trade , not only                  1 January to 30 June 1993 , be replaced by the following:
 between the Member States of the Community as
 constituted on 31 December 1985 but also , to the greatest               ( a ) intervention price for white sugar : ECU 54,41 per 100
 possible extent , between these Member States and Spain                        kilograms ;
 and Portugal ;
                                                                          ( b ) beet prices :
Whereas accession comensatory amounts are due to be                             ( aa ) basic price : ECU 41,82 per tonne ;
 applied to trade in sugar sector products beween Spain and                     ( bb ) minimum price for A beet : ECU 41,02 per
the other Member States until the end of the 1994 / 95
                                                                                       tonne ;
marketing year , since Council Regulation ( EEC ) No
 1716 / 91 of 13 June 1991 concerning the alignment of the                      ( cc) minimum price for B beet : ECU 29,02 per tonne ,
 sugar and beet prices applicable in Spain on the common                               subject to application of Article 28 ( 5 ) of
prices 0 ) specified that date for alignment of the Spanish                            Regulation ( EEC ) No 1785 / 81 ( 3 ).
prices on the common prices ;
Whereas , without prejudice to the measures to be adopted                                               Article 2
when new sugar sector production arrangements are
determined or to deal with the specific consequences for                  1 . Aid shall be granted to beet growers in Spain for the
Spain of the Community's international commitments ,                      1993 / 94 and 1994 / 95 marketing years . It shall be ECU
prices can be aligned at the earlier date of 1 January 1993 ,             2,84 per tonne for 1993 / 94 and half that amount for
and in consequence all accession compensatory amounts                     1994 / 95 .
eliminated , if Spanish beet producers are compensated by a
temporary degressive aid of an initial amount based on the
existing difference between beet prices ; whereas should the              The same producers shall be granted aid of ECU 4,26 per
fall in beet prices have an impact on the market for sugar                tonne on beet delivered between 1 January and 30 June
cane grown in Spain corresponding aid would have to be                    1 993 under contracts concluded on the basis of the prices
granted to growers ;                                                      specified at Article 1 ( 2)(b ).
Whereas the Spanish market situation is such that the                     2 . Aid , the amount of which shall be fixed according to
prices laid down by this Regulation can be applied in                     the impact on the Spanish sugar cane market of application
Spain ;
                                                                          ( 2 ) OJ No L ...
( i ) OJ No L 182 , 26 . 6 . 1991 , p. 18 .                               (3 ) OJ No L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4 .
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 of the prices specified at Article 1 ( 2)(b ), shall be granted to         Of the aid granted in each marketing year 50 % shall
 sugar cane growers during the same period and on the same                  be financed by the Community as intervention
 terms as specified in paragraph 1 .                                        expenditure .'.
                                                                                                  Article 4
 3 . The aid provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall count
 as intervention for the purposes of Article 1 ( 2 ) of Council         Detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be
 Regulation ( EEC) No 729 / 79 (*).                                     adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
                                                                        Article 41 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1785 / 81 .
                                                                        The same procedure shall be used for adoption of
                                                                        transitional  measures    needed    to    ensure   a   smooth
                               Article 3
                                                                        changeover from the arrangements specified by Regulation
                                                                        ( EEC ) No 1716 / 91 to those specified by this Regulation ,
                                                                        in particular as regards compensation for normal sugar
 The following paragraph 8 is added to Article 46 of                    stocks at Spanish sugar undertakings on 31 December
 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1785 / 81 :                                      1992 .
      ' 8 . Spain is authorized , on the terms set out below , to                                 Article 5
      grant adjustment aid during the 1993 / 94 to 1995 / 96
      marketing years to undertakings producing sugar .                 Regulation ( EEC ) No 1716 / 91 is repealed with effect from
                                                                        1 January 1993 .
      Aid may be granted only on A and B sugar as defined in
      Article 24a ( 1 ) and in connection with restructuring
      plans for rationalizing the Spanish sugar industry .                                        Article 6
      These plans shall be notified to the Commission . Aid
      shall be restricted tb a total of 37,8 million agricultural       This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
      ecus for the period indicated in the first                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
      subparagraph .                                                    European Communities .
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
( i ) OJ No L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1979 , p. 13 .