CELEX: 31973R1637
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1637/73 of the Council of 18 June 1973 fixing for the 1973/74 marketing year the derived intervention prices, the intervention prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices, the guaranteed quantity, the maximum amount of the production levy and the special maximum quota

22. 6. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 165/ 1
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                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1637/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                        of 18 June 1973
              fixing for the 1973/74 marketing year the derived intervention prices, the inter­
              vention prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold
              prices, the guaranteed quantity, the maximum amount of the production levy
                                               and the special maximum quota
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        French overseas departments, the ex-factory prices in
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the areas mentioned will in the main be equal to the
                                                                   prices in the Community area having the largest
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              surplus ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to the Treaty (x) concerning the Acces­              Whereas sugar production in Italy, with relatively
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                 high production costs, will probably not appreciably
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                        exceed the basic quantity fixed ; whereas a deficit of
Community, and in particular the first subparagraph                about 400 000 metric tons to be covered by the
of Article 52 (3) of the Act annexed thereto ;                     production of the Community surplus areas should be
                                                                   taken into account ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/
67/EEC (2) of 18 December 1967 on the common                       Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended               prices in Italy will be determined by the offer prices
by Regulation (EEC) No 1014/73 (3) and in particular               of sugar from Community surplus areas ; whereas the
Articles 3 (6), 4 (4), 9 (7), 12 (5), 26 ( 1 ), 28 and 31 (4)      derived intervention price for Italy may be fixed at
and (5) thereof ;                                                  25-28 units of account per 100 kilogrammes, account
                                                                   being taken on the one hand of the intervention price
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                applicable in the north of France plus the marketing
                                                                   costs for deliveries to the north of Italy, and on the
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­               other hand, of the disposal costs of the Italian sugar
ment ;                                                             industry ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1345/73 (4) of
 15 May 1973 fixing the sugar prices, the standard                 Whereas there is a considerable surplus in the produc­
quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating the            tion of raw sugar in the French overseas departments ;
maximum quota for the 1973/74 marketing year fixed                 whereas the most favourable potential outlets for this
the intervention price for white sugar at 23-57 units of           sugar within the Community are in the south of
account per 100 kilogrammes for the Community area                 France and in Italy, where the sugar, after being
 having the largest surplus ;                                      refined, may be sold directly ; whereas, on the basis of
                                                                   the foreseeable market prices in the deficit areas of
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC                 Italy, which will probably be 0-53 units of account per
 provides for derived intervention prices to be fixed for           100 kilogrammes above the derived intervention price
 other areas, account being taken of the regional varia­           in Italy, and taking account of the transport costs
 tions which, given a normal harvest and free move­                between the overseas departments and these areas, the
 ment of sugar, might be expected to occur in the                  derived intervention prices for those departments
 price of sugar under natural conditions of price forma­           should be fixed at 23-24 units of account per 100 kilo­
 tion ;                                                            grammes of white sugar ;
Whereas in view of the quotas fixed in the production              Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC
 areas in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium,                       provides for the fixing of the intervention price for
 Denmark and France, a balanced or surplus situation               raw sugar for those departments to be derived from
 can be anticipated ; whereas, with the exception of the           the intervention price for white sugar fixed for those
                                                                   departments, allowance being made for a uniform
 (!) OJ No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.                              processing margin and a standard yield ; whereas, on
 (2) OJ No  308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
 Q)  OJ No  L 106, 20 . 4. 1973 , p. 1 .                           the basis of available information, the refining costs
 (4) OJ No  L 141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p. 6.                           may be estimated at 1-88 units of account per 100
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kilogrammes of raw sugar, of which probably 0-60                  minimum price for beet outside the basic quota, and
units of account can be covered by the higher price               on the other hand of the fixed costs of the sugar
likely to be obtained from the better quality in                  industry estimated at about 45 % of the processing
comparison with the price for the standard quality ;              margin ;
whereas, moreover, pursuant to the definition of the
standard quality for raw sugar laid down by Regula­               Whereas, under Article 1 2 (2) of Regulation No 1 009/
tion (EEC) No 431 /68 (*), a yield of 92 % should be              67/EEC, the threshold price for white sugar should be
used ;                                                            the same as the target price for the Community area
                                                                  having the largest surplus plus transport costs, calcu­
                                                                  lated at a flat rate, from that area to the most distant
Whereas Article 9 (7) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC                deficit area in the Community ; whereas, given the
provides for the determination of intervention prices             state of supplies within the Community, account
for raw beet sugar ; whereas these prices should be               should be taken of the transport costs between the
derived from the intervention price for white sugar,              departments of northern France and Palermo, the
account being taken of the factors already mentioned              main port of importation in Sicily ;
for fixing the intervention price for raw sugar in the
French overseas departments, and the forwarding costs             Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar should be
 for supplying raw sugar, estimated at a standard rate of         derived from the threshold price for white sugar, a
 0-50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ;                      standard processing margin and a standard yield being
                                                                   taken into account ; whereas the same criteria as are
                                                                  used in the derivation of the intervention price for raw
Whereas the minimum prices for sugar beet referred                 sugar should be applied ;
 to in the first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 1009/67/EEC must be determined for the areas other
                                                                  Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be so
 than that having the largest surplus on the basis of the          fixed that the receipts from sales of molasses may
 intervention prices for white sugar applicable in those           reach the level of factories' receipts which are taken
 areas, account being taken of the amounts used when
                                                                   into account when minimum prices for beet are being
 fixing the minimum price for beet for the area having             fixed ;
 the largest surplus, for the processing margin, the
 yield, the receipts from molasses and the delivery
 costs of the beet ;                                               Whereas, under Article 26 of Regulation No 1009/
                                                                   67/EEC, the guaranteed quantity should be equal to
                                                                   the anticipated human consumption for the 1973/
 Whereas in Ireland and in the United Kingdom, the                  1974 sugar marketing year after deducting the sugar
 prices of white sugar, raw beet sugar, and the                    which may be imported into the United Kingdom
 minimum prices for beet are currently lower than the              under Protocol No 17 of the Act of Accession ;
 common prices and must for the 1973/ 1974                         whereas the quantity marketed for human consump­
  marketing year be aligned in accordance with Article             tion may be estimated at 9 600 000 metric tons and
  52 (2) (a) of the Act of Accession ; whereas, however,           whereas imports from the countries and territories
  considering that the corresponding amendment of                  referred to in the Commonwealth Sugar Agreement
  prices in the United Kingdom would disturb the                   amount to 1 675 000 metric tons ;
  process of its integration into the Community, it is
  desirable to apply, for this Member State, the deroga­           Whereas under Article 31 (4) of Regulation No 1009/
  tion contained in paragraph (3) of the Article in ques­           67/EEC the Council shall decide the length of each
  tion ;                                                            period for the period or periods subsequent to 30
                                                                   June 1971 in respect of which a decision not to apply
                                                                    the provisions of Article 30 of this Regulation may be
  Whereas, to promote specialization in beet cultivation,           taken, the coefficient to be used for calculating the
  and taking account of the foreseeable state of supplies           special maximum quota and the basic quota to which
  in the Community, the minimum prices for beet                     this coefficient is applied,
  outside the basic quota referred to in the second
  indent of Article 4(1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC
  should be fixed in such a way that they no longer
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  encourage producers with relatively high production
  costs, but are only of interest to the most rational
  undertakings operating under the most favourable
  conditions ;                                                                              Article 1
                                                                    This Regulation shall apply for the 1973/ 1974 sugar
  Whereas at the time of fixing the percentages referred            marketing year.
  to in Article 27(4) and (5) of Regulation No 1009/
   67/ EEC and the maximum amount of the production
   levy referred to in Article 28 of that Regulation ,                                      Article 2
  account should be taken , bearing in mind the aims of
   the quota system, on the one hand of the difference               For the regions other than that referred to in Article
  between the minimum price for beet and the                        2(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1345/73, the derived
                                                                     intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of white sugar
   (') OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968, p. 3.                              shall be :
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(a) 25-28 units of account for all regions of Italy ;                lation (EEC) No 1345/73 and for the regions
(b) 23-24 units of account for the French overseas                   referred to in Article 2 (c) and (e) ;
     departments ;                                             (b) 12-72 units of account for the regions referred to
(c) 21-65 units of account for all regions of Ireland ;              in Article 2(a).
(d) 19*79 units of account for all regions of the
      United Kingdom ;                                                                  Article 5
(e) 23-57 units of account for the other regions of the
                                                               The threshold price shall be :
      Community.
                                                               (a) 27-60 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
                          Article 3                                  white sugar ;
 1 . The intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of             (b) 24-21 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
raw beet sugar shall be :                                            raw sugar ;
                                                               (c) 3-20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
(a) 20-05 units of account for the Community area                    molasses.
      having the largest surplus and the regions referred
      to in Article 2 (e) ;
                                                                                        Article 6
(b) 21-62 units of account for the regions referred to
      in Article 2 (a) ;                                       The guaranteed quantity referred to in Article 26 ( 1 ) of
(c) 18-41 units of account for the regions referred to          Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 7 925 000
      in Article 2 (c) ;                                        metric tons of white sugar.
(d) 15-69 units of account for the regions referred to
      in Article 2(d).                                                                  Article 7
This intervention price shall be valid for raw sugar of         1 . The percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and
standard quality, unpacked, ex-factory, loaded onto the         (5) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 60-00.
 means of transport chosen by the buyer.
                                                                2. The maximum amount of the production levy
 2. The derived intervention price for the French               referred to in Article 28 of Regulation No 1009/
 overseas departments for the raw sugar referred to in          67/EEC shall be 9-46 units of account per 100 kilo­
Article 3(4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be              grammes of white sugar.
 20-21 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
                                                                                        Article 8
                          Article 4
                                                                1.    The decision referred to in the first indent of
 1.     The minimum price for beet shall be, per metric
 ton :                                                          Article 31 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC may be
                                                                taken in respect of the period from 1 July 1973 to 30
 (a) 20-08 units of account for the regions referred to         June 1975. For this period this decision shall be taken
      in Article 2 (a) ;                                        before 1 July 1973.
 (b) 16-40 units of account for the regions referred to         2.     The coefficient referred to in second indent of
      in Article 2 (c) ;
                                                                Article 31 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC amounts
 (c) 14-93 units of account for the regions referred to         to 2-30, for the period referred to in ( 1 ). This coeffi­
      in Article 2 (d) ;                                        cient shall apply to the basic quota in force for the
 (d) 17-86 units of account for the regions referred to          1973/74 sugar marketing year.
       in Article 2 (e).
 2. The minimum price for beet outside the basic                                        Article 9
 quota shall be, per metric ton :
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
 (a) 10-50 units of account for the area having the             following its publication in the Official Journal of
       largest surplus determined in Article 2 (3) of Regu­      the European Communities.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Luxembourg, 18 June 1973 .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                               A. LAVENS