CELEX: 31986R1452
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1452/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet

No L 133 / 4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    21.5.86
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1452/86
                                                           of 13 May 1986
                   fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the standard quality of
                                                                  beet
THE COUNCIL THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                 Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar
                                                                       market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively
                                                                       slight; whereas, consequently, when the intervention
                                                                       price for sugar is being fixed, the difference between the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  target price and the intervention price may be fixed at a
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                       relatively low level ;
thereof,
                                                                       Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of
                                                                       the intervention price and of the costs of processing and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           delivering the beet to factories and be based on an
1785 / 81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization                   estimated Community yield of 130 kilograms of white
of the market in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by              sugar per tonne of beet a 16 % sugar content;
Regulation (EEC) No 934/ 86 (2), and in particular
Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3) thereof,                               Whereas the intervention prices for white sugar and the
                                                                       beet prices applicable in Spain and Portugal are fixed by
                                                                       specific provisions,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­                                                 Article 1
liament (4),
                                                                       1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 57,03
                                                                       ECU per 100 kilograms.
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy              2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be
and of the contribution which the Community intends to                 54,18 ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas
make to the harmonious development of world trade ;                    of the Community with the exception of Spain.
whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy
are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for
                                                                                                  Article 2
the agricultural community, to assure the availability of
supplies and ensure that they reach consumers at reason­               The basic price for beet, applicable in the Community
able prices ;                                                          with the exception of Spain and Portugal, shall be 40,89
                                                                       ECU per tonne delivered at the collection centre.
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target                                          Article 3
price for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into
account in particular the resultant level of the                        Standard quality beet shall :
intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for beet
and sugar cane producers while at the same time                         (a) be of sound and fair merchantable quality;
respecting consumers' interests, and which is likely to
maintain the balance between the prices of the principal
agricultural products ;                                                 (b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
                                                                                                  Article 4
                                                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 (') OJ No L 177 , 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4 .                                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 O OJ No L 87, 2 . 4. 1986, p. 1 .                                      European Communities.
 (J) OJ No C 85, 14. 4. 1986, p. 9.
 (4) Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the
     Official Journal).                                                 It shall apply for the 1986/87 marketing year.
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        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
        States .
        Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .
                                                                            For the Council
                                                                             The President
                                                                         W. F. van EEKELEN