CELEX: 31972R0795
Language: en
Date: 1972-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 795/72 of the Council of 17 April 1972 fixing for the 1972/73 marketing year the derived intervention prices, the intervention prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum price for beet, the threshold prices, the guaranteed quantity and the maximum amount of the production levy

Official Journal of the European Communities                                   • 303
 No L 94/4                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                21.4.72
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 795/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 17 April 1972
              fixing for the 1972/73 marketing year the derived intervention prices, the intervention
              prices for raw beet sugar, the minimum price for beet, the threshold prices, the
                        guaranteed quantity and the maximum amount of the production levy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                      ex-factory prices in the areas mentioned will in the
                                                               main be equal to the prices in the Community area
                                                               having the largest surplus ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community ;
                                                               Whereas sugar production in Italy, with relatively
                                                               high production costs, will probably not appreciably
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   exceed the basic quantity fixed ; whereas a deficit of
 1009/67/EEC1 of 18 December 1967 on the common
                                                               more than 300 000 metric tons to be covered by the
 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended          production of the Community surplus areas should
by Regulation (EEC) No 607/72,2 and in particular              be taken into account;
Articles 3 ( 6), 4 (4), 9 (7), 12 (5 ), 26 ( 1 ) and 28
thereof;
                                                               Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market
                                                               prices in Italy will be determined by the offer prices
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            of sugar from Community surplus areas ; whereas the
                                                               derived intervention price for Italy may be fixed at
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                   24-84 units of account per 100 kilogrammes, account
Parliament;                                                    being taken on the one hand of the intervention price
                                                               applicable in the north of France plus the marketing
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 794/723 of 17              costs for deliveries to the north of Italy, and on the
April 1972 fixing the sugar prices, the standard               other hand, of the disposal costs of the Italian sugar
quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating the        industry;
maximum quota for the 1972/73 sugar marketing
year fixed the intervention price for white sugar at           Whereas there is a considerable surplus in the
23-34 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for the            production of raw sugar in the French overseas
Community area having the largest surplus ;                    departments ; whereas the most favourable potential
                                                               outlets for this sugar within the Community are in the
Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC             south of France and in Italy, where the sugar, after
provides for derived intervention prices to be fixed           being refined, may be sold directly; whereas, on the
for other areas, account being taken of the regional           basis of the foreseeable market prices in the deficit
variations which, given a normal harvest and free              areas of Italy, which will probably be 0-50 units of
movement of sugar, might be expected to occur in               account per 100 kilogrammes above the derived
the price of sugar under natural conditions of price           intervention price in Italy, and taking account of the
formation ;                                                   transport costs between the overseas departments and
                                                              these areas, the derived intervention prices for those
Whereas in view of the quotas fixed in the                    departments should be fixed at 23-01 units of account
production areas in Germany, the Netherlands,                 per 100 kilogrammes of white sugar;
Belgium and France, a balanced or surplus supply
situation can be anticipated; whereas, with the                Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC
exception of the French overseas departments, the             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
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .                                departments, allowance being made for a uniform
2 OJ No L 75, 28.3.1972, p . 4.                               processing margin and a standard yield ; whereas, on
1 OJ No 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .                               the basis of available information, the refining costs
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 may be estimated at 1-86 units of account per .100                Community area having the largest surplus plus
 kilogrammes of raw sugar, of which probably 0-60                  transport costs, calculated at a flat rate, from that
  units .of account can be covered by the higher price             area   to   the   most   distant   deficit area  in  the
  likely to be obtained from the better quality in                 Community ; whereas, given the state of supplies
  comparison with the price for the standard quality;              within the Community, account should be taken of
 whereas, moreover, pursuant to the definition of                  the transport costs between the departments of
  standard quality for raw . sugar laid down by                    northern France and Palermo, the main port of
  Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 ,1 a yield of 92% should             importation in Sicily ;
  be used ;
                                                                   Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar should be
 Whereas Article 9 (7) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC                derived from the threshold price for white sugar, a
 provides for the determination of intervention prices             standard processing margin and a standard yield
 for raw beet sugar ; whereas these prices should be               being taken into account; whereas the same criteria
 derived from the intervention price for white sugar,              as are used in the derivation of the intervention price
 account being taken of the factors already mentioned              for raw sugar should be applied ;
 for fixing the intervention price for raw sugar in the
 French overseas departments, and the forwarding                  Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be
 costs for supplying raw sugar, estimated at a standard            so fixed that the receipts from sales of molasses may
 rate of 0-50 units of account per 100 kilogrammes ;               reach the level of factories' receipts which are taken
                                                                  into account when minimum prices for beet are being
 Whereas the minimum prices for sugar beet referred               fixed ;
 to in the first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 1009/67/EEC must be determined for the areas other               Whereas under Article 26 of Regulation                No
 than that having the largest surplus on the basis of              1009/67/EEC, the guaranteed quantity should           be
 the intervention prices for white sugar applicable in             equal to the anticipated human consumption for       the
 those areas, account being taken of the amounts used              1972/73 sugar marketing year, which can               be
 when fixing the minimum price for beet for the area               estimated at 6-48 million metric tons ;
 having the largest surplus, for the processing margin,
 the yield, the receipts from molasses and the delivery
 costs of the beet ;                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas,      to     promote    specialization     in   beet
                                                                                           Article 1
cultivation, and taking account of the foreseeable
state of supplies in. the Community, the minimum
prices for beet outside the basic quota referred to in            The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the
the second indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No             1972/73 sugar marketing year.
1009/67/EEC should be fixed in such a way that they
no longer encourage producers with relatively . high
production costs, but are only of interest to the most                                     Article 2
rational undertakings operating under the most
favourable conditions ;                                           For the regions other than those referred to in Article
                                                                  2 (3 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 794/72, the derived
Whereas at the time of fixing the percentages referred            intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of white
to in Article 27 (4) and (5 ) of Regulation ' No                  sugar shall be :
1009/67/EEC and the maximum amount of the
production levy referred to in Article 28 of that                 (a) 24-84 units of account for all regions of Italy ;
Regulation, account should be taken, bearing in mind              (b) 23-01 "units of account for the French overseas
the aims of the quota system, on the one hand of the                   departments ;
difference between the minimum price, for beet and
the minimum price for beet outside the basic quota,               (c) 23-34 units of account for the other regions of the
and on the other hand of the fixed costs of the sugar                  Community.
industry estimated at about 45% of the processing
margin ;                                                                                   Article 3
Whereas, under Article 12 (2) of Regulation No                    1 . The intervention price for 100 kilogrammes of
1009/67/EEC, the threshold price for white sugar                  raw beet sugar shall be :
should be the same as the target price for the
                                                                  (a) 19-85 units of account for the Community area
                                                                       having the largest surplus and the regions
1 OJ No L 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3 .                                        referred to in Article 2 (c) ;
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(b) 21*23 units of account for the regions referred to                                 Article 5
      in Article 2 (a).
                                                                The threshold price shall be :
This intervention price shall be valid for raw sugar of
standard quality, unpacked, ex-factory, loaded onto             (a) 27-05 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
the means of transport chosen by the buyer.                          white sugar;
                                                                (b) 23-73 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
2. The derived intervention price for the French                     raw sugar ;
overseas departments for the raw sugar referred to in           (c) 3-20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes for
Article 3 (4) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be                  molasses .
20-01 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
                                                                                       Article 6
                          Article 4
                                                                The guaranteed quantity referred to in Article 26 ( 1 )
                                                                of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 6 480 000
1.      The minimum price for beet shall be, per metric         metric tons of white sugar.
ton :
( a) 19-63 units of account for the regions referred to                                Article 7
      in Article 2 ( a);
                                                                1 . The percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and
(b) 17-68 units of account for the regions referred to          (5) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 60-00.
      in Article 2 (c).
                                                                2. The maximum amount of the production levy
2. The minimum price for beet outside the basic                 referred to in Article 28 of Regulation No
quota shall be, per metric ton :                                1009/67/EEC shall be 9-36 units of account per 100
                                                                kilogrammes of white sugar.
( a) 10-40 units of account for the area having the
      largest surplus determined in Article 2 (3 ) of
      Regulation (EEC) No 794/72 and for the regions                                   Article 8
      referred to in Article 2 ( a).
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
(b ) 12-35 units of account for the regions referred to         day following its publication in the Official Journal
      in Article 2 ( a).                                        of the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 April 1972.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                     J. P. BUCHLER