CELEX: 31975R0659
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-04 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 659/75 of the Council of 4 March 1975 fixing sugar prices and the standard quality of beet for the 1975/76 marketing year

20 . 3 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 72/5
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 659/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 4 March 1975
                   fixing sugar prices and the standard quality of beet for the 1975/76 marketing year
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          Whereas the minimum price for beet must take
                                                                   account of the intervention price and of the costs of
                                                                   processing and delivering the beet to factories and
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      be based on an estimated Community yield of 130 kg
 European Economic Community, and in particular                    of white sugar per metric ton of beet with a 16%
 Article 43 thereof;                                               sugar content ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC)
 No 3330/74 ( 1 ) of 19 December 1974 on the common                Whereas the above standard costs may be estimated
 organization of the market in sugar, and in particular            at 12-95 units of account per 100 kg of white sugar;
 Articles 2 (2), 3 (5 ) and 4 (3 ) thereof;                        whereas that standard amount is made up of the sum
                                                                   of the processing margin, estimated at 11-71 units of
                                                                   account, and the costs of delivering the beet to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                factories, estimated at 2-07 units of account, less a
                                                                   standard amount of 0-83 unit of account representing
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European                      factories' receipts from the sale of molasses calculated
 Parliament ;                                                      on the basis of a yield of 38-5 kg per metric ton of
                                                                   processed beet and an ex-factory price of 2-80 units
                                                                   of account per 100 kg of molasses ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and
 Social Committee ;
                                                                   Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should
                                                                   be a quality which takes account of production
Whereas, when sugar prices are being fixed, account
 should be taken of the objectives of the common
                                                                   characteristics in the main beet producing areas of
                                                                   the Community,
 agricultural policy and of the contribution which the
 Community wishes to make towards the harmonious
development of world trade ; whereas the objectives
of the common agricultural policy are in particular
to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Community, to ensure that supplies are available and
that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, to attain these objectives, the target price
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into
account in particular the resultant level of the                   This Regulation shall apply for the 1975/76 sugar
intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for                marketing year.
beet and sugar cane producers while at the same time
respecting consumers' interests, and which is such as
to maintain a balance between the prices of the
                                                                                           Article 2
principal agricultural products ;
Whereas as a result of the characteristics of the                  1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 32-05
sugar market the risks involved in this trade            are       units of account per 100 kg.
relatively slight ; whereas, consequently, when          the
intervention price for sugar is being fixed,             the
difference between the target price and                  the      2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be
intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low                30-45 units of account per 100 kg.
level ;
                                                                   3 . The area having the largest surplus consists of
                                                                   the following French departments : Aisne, Oise,
(x) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .                             Somme.
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                        Article 3                                                      Article 4
                                                              Standard quality beet shall present the following
                                                              characteristics :
                                                              ( a) it shall be sound, fair and of marketable quality ;
The minimum price for beet for the area referred to
in Article 2 (3 ) shall be 22-75 units of account per         (b ) it shall have a sugar content of 16% at the time
metric ton delivered at the collection centre.                     of its reception.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                             M. A. CLINTON