CELEX: 31974R1600
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1600/74 of the Council of 29 April 1974 fixing for the 1974/75 sugar marketing 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

27. 6 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 172/3
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 1600/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 29 April 1974
               fixing for the 1974/75 sugar marketing year the derived intervention prices, the inter­
               vention prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices,
                                       and the maximum amount of the production levy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                           can be anticipated; whereas, with the exception of the
                                                                    French overseas departments, the ex-factory prices
                                                                    in the areas mentioned will in the main be equal to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  the prices in the Community area having the largest
pean Economic Community ;                                           surplus ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/                     Whereas sugar production in Italy, with relatively
EEC ( x ) of 18 December 1967 on the common orga­                   high production costs, will probably not appreciably
nization of the market in sugar, as last amended by                 exceed the basic quantity fixed ; whereas a deficit of
Regulation (EEC) No 1928/73 (2), and in particular                  about 500 000 metric tons to be covered by the
Articles 3 (6), 4 (4), 9 (7), 12 (5 ), 28 and 31 (4) and            production of the Community surplus areas should
 (5 ) thereof;                                                      be taken into account;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                    Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market
                                                                    prices in Italy will be determined by the offer prices
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                        of sugar from Community surplus areas; whereas
Parliament;                                                         the derived intervention price for Italy may be fixed
                                                                    at 27-43 units of account per 100 kilogrammes,
                                                                    account being taken on the one hand of the inter­
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                    vention price applicable in the north of France plus
Social Committee ;                                                  the marketing costs for deliveries to Italy, and on the
                                                                    other hand, of the disposal costs of the Italian sugar
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1599/74 (3)                     industry ;
of 29 April 1974 fixing the sugar prices, the
standard quality of beet and the coefficient for calcu­
lating the maximum quota for the 1974/75 marketing                  Whereas there is a considerable surplus in the
year, fixed the intervention price for white sugar at              production of raw sugar in the French overseas
25-22 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for the                 departments; whereas the most favourable potential
Community area having the largest surplus ;                         outlets for this sugar within the Community are in
                                                                    the south of France and in Italy, where the sugar,
                                                                    after being refined, may be sold directly; whereas,
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/                     on the basis of the foreseeable market prices in the
EEC provides for derived intervention prices to be                 deficit areas of Italy, which will probably be 0-52
fixed for other areas, account being taken of the                   unit of account per 100 kilogrammes above the
regional variations which, given a normal harvest                  derived intervention price in Italy, and taking account
and free movement of sugar, might be expected to                    of the transport costs between the overseas depart­
occur in the price of sugar under natural conditions               ments and these areas, the derived intervention
of price formation ;                                               prices for those departments should be fixed at 24'-99
                                                                    units of account per 100 kilogrammes of white sugar;
Whereas in view of the quotas fixed in the production
areas in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Den­
mark and France, a balanced or surplus situation                   Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 1009/ 67/EEC
                                                                   provides for the fixing of the intervention price for
                                                                   raw sugar for those departments to be derived from
                                                                   the intervention price for white sugar fixed for those
                                                                   departments, allowance being made for a uniform
(x) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199, 19. 7. 1973 , p. 7.                               processing margin and a standard yield; whereas,
(8) See page 1 of this Official Journal .                          on the basis of available information, the refining
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costs may be estimated at 2-05 units of account per            Whereas at the time of fixing the percentages referred
100 kilogrammes of raw sugar, of which probably                to in Article 27 (4) and (5 ) of Regulation No 1009/
0*60 unit of account can be covered by the higher              67/EEC and the maximum amount of the production
price likely to be obtained from the better quality in         levy referred to in Article 28 of that Regulation,
comparison with the price for the standard quality;            account should be taken, bearing in mind the aims
whereas, moreover, pursuant to the definition of the           of the quota system, on the one hand of the differ­
standard quality for raw sugar laid down by Regu­              ence between the minimum price for beet and the
lation (EEC) No 431 /68 (1 ), a yield of 92°/» should          minimum price for beet outside the basic quota and,
be used;'                                                      on the other hand, of the fixed costs of the sugar
                                                               industry estimated at about 45% of the processing
                                                               margin ;
Whereas Article 9 (7) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC
provides for the determination of intervention prices
for raw beet sugar; whereas these prices should be             Whereas, under Article 12 (2) of Regulation No
derived from the intervention price for white sugar,           1009/67/EEC, the threshold price for white sugar
account being taken of the factors already mentioned           should be the same as the target price for the
for fixing the intervention price for raw sugar in the         Community area having the largest surplus plus
French overseas departments, and of the forwarding             transport costs, calculated at a flat rate, from that
costs for supplying raw sugar, estimated at a standard         area to the most distant deficit area in the Commu­
 rate of 0-50 unit of account per 100 kilogrammes ;            nity; whereas, given the state of supplies within the
                                                               Community, account should be taken of the transport
                                                               costs between the departments of northern France
                                                               and Palermo, the main port of importation in Sicily ;
Whereas the minimum prices for sugar beet referred
to in the first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation
No 1009/67/EEC must be determined for the areas                Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar should be
other than that having the largest surplus on the              derived from the threshold price for white sugar,
basis of the intervention prices for white sugar               a standard processing margin and a standard yield
applicable in those areas, account being taken of the          being taken into account; whereas the same criteria
amounts used when fixing the minimum price for                 as are used in the derivation of the intervention
beet for the area having the largest surplus, for the          price for raw sugar should be applied;
processing margin, the yield, the receipts from
molasses and the delivery costs of the beet;
                                                               Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be
                                                               so fixed that the receipts from sales of molasses may
Whereas in Ireland and the United Kingdom, the                 reach the level of factories' receipts which are taken
prices of white sugar and raw beet sugar, and the              into account when minimum prices for beet are
minimum prices for beet, are currently lower than              being fixed ;
the common prices and must for the 1974/75 market­
ing year be aligned on these prices in accordance
with Article 52 (2) ( a) of the Act of Accession ;             Whereas, in view of the state of the Community's
whereas, however, considering that the corresponding           sugar supply, the maximum quota, which has been
amendment of prices in the United Kingdom would                fixed at 135% of the basic quota since the 1968/69
disturb the process of its integration into the Com­           sugar marketing year, has been increased to 145%
munity, it is desirable to apply, for this Member State,       of that basic quota for the 1974/75 sugar marketing
the derogation contained in paragraph 3 of the                 year; whereas, in these circumstances, it is justified
Article in question ;                                          to increase the special maximum quota fixed at
                                                               230% for the 1973/74 and 1974/75 sugar marketing
                                                               years in accordance with Article 8 (2) of Council
                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 1637/73 (2) of 18 June 1973,
Whereas the minimum prices for beet outside the                fixing for the 1973 /74 marketing year the derived
basic quota referred to in the second indent of                intervention prices, the intervention prices for raw
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC should            beet, sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the thres­
be fixed in such a way that they promote specializ­            hold prices, the guaranteed quantity, the maximum
ation in beet cultivation in particular;                       amount of the production levy, and the special
                                                               maximum quota,
(x) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.                             ( 2) OJ No L 165 , 23 . 6. 1973 , p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                   ( a) 21-71 units of account for the regions referred to
                                                                     in Article 2 ( a);
                           Article 1                            (b ) 17-61 units of account for the regions referred to
                                                                     in Article 2 (c);
This Regulation shall apply for the 1974/75 sugar               (c) 16-30 units of account for the regions referred to
marketing year.                                                      in Article 2 (d);
                                                                (d) 18-84 units of account for the regions referred to
                           Article 2                                 in Article 2 (e).
For the regions other than that referred to in Article         2. The minimum price for beet outside the basic
2 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1599/74, the derived              quota shall be, per metric ton :
intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of white sugar           ( a) 11-08 units of account for the area having the
shall be :
                                                                     largest surplus determined in Article 2 (3 ) of
( a) 27-43 units of account for all regions of Italy ;               Regulation (EEC) No 1599/74, and for the regions
( b) 24-99 units of account for the French overseas                  referred to in Article 2 (c), (d) and (e);
      departments ;                                             (b ) 13'-95 units of account for the regions referred to
(c) 23-57 units of account for all regions of Ireland;               in Article 2 (a).
( d) 21-85 units of account for all regions of the                                        Article S
      United Kingdom;
(e) 25-22 units of account for the other regions of             The threshold price shall be :
      the Community.                                            ( a) 29-47 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
                                                                     white sugar;
                           Article 3
                                                                (b) 25-78 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
                                                                     raw sugar ;
1 . The intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of
raw beet sugar shall be :                                       (c) 3-20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
                                                                     molasses .
( a) 21-41 units of account for the Community area
      having the largest surplus and the regions referred
      to in Article 2 (e);                                                                Article 6
(b) 23-44 units of account for the regions referred to          1 . The percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and
      in Article 2 ( a);                                        (5 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 60.
(c) 20L01 units of account for the regions referred to         2. The maximum amount of the production levy
      in Article 2 (c);                                        referred to in Article 28 of Regulation No 1009/67/
(d) 17-57 units of account for the regions referred to         EEC shall be 9-89 units of account per 100 kilo­
      in Article 2 (d);                                         grammes of white sugar.
This intervention price shall be valid for raw sugar                                      Article 7
of standard quality, unpacked, ex-factory, loaded
onto the means of transport chosen by the buyer.               The coefficient referred to in the second indent of
                                                               Article 31 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, and
2. The derived intervention price for the French                fixed at 2-30 for the period from 1 July 1973 to
overseas departments for the raw sugar referred to              30 June 1975 under Article 8 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
in Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall             No 1637/73 shall be increased to 2-35 .
be 21-66 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
                                                                                          Article 8
                           Article 4
1 . The minimum price for beet shall be, per metric            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July
 ton :                                                           1974
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 1974 .
                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                            J. ERTL