CELEX: 51988PC0120(15)
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-05
Title: PROPOSAL COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING, FOR THE 1988/89 MARKETING YEAR, CERTAIN SUGAR PRICES AND THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET

NoCP39/18                                      C^fficial]ournal of the European Communities                                          ^0 5 88
                    Proposal foraCouncil Regulation (EEC) fixing, for the 1988/1989 marketing year,certain sugar
                                                   prices and the standard quality of heet
                                                                 (88/C 1^9/15)
                                                                          whereas the hasic price for heet must take account of the
Placing regard to the P ^ ^ t y estahhshing the European                  intervention price and of the costs of processing and
Economic Community,andm particular Article4^thereof,                      delivering the heet to factories and he hased on an
                                                                          estimated Community yield of P30 kilograms of ^hite
ma^ingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No!785/81of                           sugar per tonne of heet ^ i t h a l ^ ^ sugar content,
^ 0 ] u n e l 9 8 1 on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (^) as last amended hy Regulation (EEC)
N o , , , , a n d in particular Articles ^(^3),^(4) and 4(^) thereof,
                                                                                                            Arr^A^
Placing regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,                   1, Phe targetpncefor^hitesugar shall he57,0^ ECU per
                                                                           100 kilograms,
tda^mg regard to the opinion of the Economic and social
Committee,                                                                 ^,, Phe intervention price for ^hite sugar shall he
                                                                           54,18 ECO perlOO kilograms for the nondeficit areas of
whereas, ^vhen sugar prices are fixed, account should he                   the Community other than ^pain,
taken of the oh^ecti^es of the common agricultural policy
and of the contribution ^hich the Community intends to                                                      Arr^cA^
make to the harmonious development of ^orld traded
whereas the oh^ecti^es of the common agricultural policy                   Phe hasic price for heet apphcahle in the Community
are in particular to ensureafair standard of lining for the                exceptfor ^pamandPortugal shall he 40,89 ECO pertonne
agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are                        delivered at the collection centre,
a^ailahle and that they reach consumers at reasonahle
prices^
                                                                                                            Ar^A^^
whereas, in order to attain these oh^ecti^es, the targetpnce
for sugar must he fixed at a le^el ^hich, taking into                      standard quality heet shalh
account,in particular,the resultant le^elofthe intervention
                                                                           (a) he of sound, genuine and merchantable quality^
price,ensuresafair remuneration for heet and sugar cane
producers ^hile at the same time respecting consumers                      ( b ) h a ^ e a s u g a r content o f l ^ ^ at the reception point,
interest, and ^hich is likely to maintain the halance
 het^een the prices of the principal agricultural products^                                                  Ar^A^^
 whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar
                                                                           Phis Regulation shall enter into forceon the t h i r d d a y
 market, the risks m^ol^ed in this trade are relatively slights
                                                                           following its puhhcation in the ( O ^ ^ ^ o ^ ^ o ^ r ^
 whereas, consequently, ^ h e n the intervention price for
 sugar is fixed, the difference het^een the target price and
 the intervention price mayhe fixed atarelati^elylo^le^ep                  It shall apply for the 1988/1989 marketing year.
                                                                           Phis Regulation shall he binding in its entirety and directly
 ^oi^^L^7,n7i^n^4                                                           applicable in all member states.