CELEX: 51989PC0040(11)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING, FOR THE 1989/90 MARKETING YEAR, THE DERIVED INTERVENTION PRICES FOR WHITE SUGAR, THE INTERVENTION PRICE FOR RAW SUGAR, THE MINIMUM PRICES FOR A AND B BEET, THE THRESHOLD PRICES, THE AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR STORAGE COSTS AND THE PRICES TO BE APPLIED IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

3. 4. 89                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 82/13
                                                            Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                 of...
                 fixing, for the 1989/90 marketing year, the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the
                intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices,
                   the amount of compensation for storage costs and the prices to be applied in Spain and
                                                               Portugal
                                                             (89/C 82/11)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Whereas Regulation (EEC) No ... fixed the basic price for
                                                                       beet at 38,85 ecus per tonne; whereas Article 5(2) of
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the minimum
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  price to be fixed for A beet shall be 98 % of the basic price
Economic Community,                                                    of the beet and the minimum price to be fixed for B beet
                                                                       shall in principle be 68 % of the said basic price without
                                                                       prejudice to Article 28(5) of that Regulation;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal and in particular Articles 89(1) and 234(2) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas Article 14(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
                                                                       provides that the threshold price for white sugar shall be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of
                                                                       equal to the target price, plus costs, calculated at a flat rate,
30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets
                                                                       of transport from the Community area having the largest
in the sugar sector ( ! ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                       surplus to the most distant deficit consumption area in the
No ... (2), and in particular Articles 3(5), 5(5), 8(4) and
                                                                       Community, plus a flat-rate amount which takes into
14(5) thereof,
                                                                       account the storage levy; whereas, given the state of
                                                                       supplies within the Community, account should be taken of
                                                                       transport charges between the departments of northern
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     France and Palermo;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No ... of ... fixing, for
the 1989/90 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the               Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be derived
standard quality of beet (3), fixed the intervention price for         from the threshold price for white sugar by reference to a
white sugar at 51,47 ecus per 100 kilograms;                           processing margin and a standard yield;
Whereas Article 3(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that derived intervention prices for white sugar              Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be fixed in
are to be fixed for each of the deficit areas; whereas, for            such a way that the receipts from sales of molasses may
such fixing, it is appropriate that account be taken of the            reach the level of receipts of undertakings taken into
regional variations which, given a normal harvest and free             account in the fixing of basic prices for beet;
movement of sugar, might be expected to occur in the price
of sugar under natural conditions of price formation on the
market;
                                                                       Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1358/
                                                                       77 (4) provides that the amount of repayment in the context
                                                                       of the compensation for storage costs shall be fixed per
Whereas a deficit supply situation is to be foreseen in the
                                                                       month and per unit of weight, taking account of financing,
areas of production in Italy, Ireland and the United
                                                                       insurance and specific storage costs;
Kingdom;
Whereas Article 3(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                    Whereas, when fixing the prices to be applied in Spain and
provides that an intervention price for raw sugar shall be             Portugal, the prices fixed for those Member States for the
fixed; whereas such price should be established on the basis           1986/87 marketing year should be aligned with the
of the intervention price for white sugar;                             common prices in accordance with Articles 70 and 238 of
                                                                       the Act of Accession,
(!) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L ...
(3) See page 12 of this Official Journal.                              (4) OJ No L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 4.
 ---pagebreak--- No C 82/14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3. 4. 89
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                 — 33,15 ecus per tonne for the minimum price for B
                                                                                beet subject to the application of Article 28(5) of
                            Article 1                                           Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.
                                                                    (b) Portugal:
For the deficit areas of the Community other than Portugal,
the derived intervention price for white sugar shall be fixed           (i) the intervention price for white sugar shall be
at, per 100 kilograms:                                                       50,12 ecus per 100 kilograms;
(a) 52,68 ecus for all the areas in the United Kingdom;                 (ii) the prices for beet shall be:
(b) 52,68 ecus for all the areas in Ireland;                                 — 41,53 ecus per tonne for the basic price,
(c) 53,41 ecus for all the areas in Italy.                                   — 40,75 ecus per tonne for the minimum price for A
                                                                                beet,
                            Article 2                                        — 29,10 ecus per tonne for the minimum price for B
                                                                                beet subject to the application of Article 28(5) of
The intervention price for 100 kilograms of raw sugar shall                     Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.
be 42,67 ecus.
                                                                    2. The beet prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for
                            Article 3                               delivery at the collection centre and shall apply to beet of
                                                                    standard quality as defined in Article 3 of Regulation
1. The minimum price for A beet applicable in the                   (EEC) No ...
Community with the exception of Spain and Portugal shall
be 38,07 ecus per tonne.                                                                        Article 5
2. Without prejudice to the application of Article 28(5) of         The threshold price shall be:
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 the minimum price for B
beet applicable in the Community with the exception of              (a) 63,01 ecus per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
Spain and Portugal shall be 26,42 ecus per tonne.                   (b) 53,91 ecus per 100 kilograms of raw sugar;
                                                                    (c) 6,90 ecus per 100 kilograms of molasses.
                            Article 4
1. The sugar prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal                                         Article 6
shall be as follows:
                                                                    The amount of the reimbursement referred to in Article 8 of
(a) Spain:                                                          Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be 0,47 ecus per month
                                                                    per 100 kilograms of white sugar.
    (i) the intervention price for white sugar shall be
         59,64 ecus per 100 kilograms;
                                                                                                Article 7
    (ii) the prices for beet shall be:
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
         — 45,58 ecus per tonne for the basic price,                following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                    European Communities.
         — 44,80 ecus per tonne for the minimum price for A
            beet,                                                   It shall apply for the 1989/90 marketing year.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                Done at...
                                                                                      For the Council