CELEX: 51989PC0660(15)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING, FOR THE 1990/91 MARKETING YEAR, CERTAIN SUGAR PRICES AND THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET

28. 2. 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 49/19
                                                           Proposal for a
                                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                of . . .
                  fixing, for the 1990/91 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of
                                                                 beet
                                                           (90/C 49/15)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the
                                                                         intervention price and of the costs of processing and
                                                                         delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   Community yield of 130 kilograms of white sugar per tonne
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                        of beet with a 16% sugar content,
 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of
 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 the sugar sector (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1069/89 (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and
 4(3) thereof,
                                                                                                    Article 1
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         1.    The target price for white sugar shall be ECU 55,89 per
                                                                         100 kilograms.
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                         2.    The intervention price for white sugar shall be ECU
                                                                         53,10 per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                 Community other than Spain.
Committee,
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and                                       Article 2
of the contribution which the Community intends to make to
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the                   The basic price for beet applicable in the Community except
objectives of the common agricultural policy are, in                     for Spain and Portugal shall be ECU 40,07 per tonne
particular, to guarantee a fair standard of living for the              delivered at the collection centre.
farming community and to ensure that supplies are available
and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices;
                                                                                                    Article 3
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into account,
                                                                        Standard quality beet shall:
in particular, the resultant level of the intervention price,
ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane
                                                                        (a) be of sound and fair merchantable quality;
producers while at the same time respecting consumers
interest, and which is likely to maintain the balance between
                                                                        (b) have a sugar content of 16% at the reception point.
the prices of the principal agricultural products;
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar
                                                                                                    Article 4
market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight;
whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar
is fixed, the difference between the target price and the               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level;              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                        European Communities.
(») OJNoL 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 114, 27. 4. 1989, p. 1.                                     It shall apply for the 1990/91 marketing year.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, . . .
                                                                             For the Council