CELEX: 51986PC0020(07)
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING, FOR THE 1986/87 MARKETING YEAR, CERTAIN SUGAR PRICES AND THE STANDARD QUALITY OF BEET

14. 4. 86                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No C 85/9
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing, for the 1986 / 8 7 marketing year, certain sugar prices and the
                                                     standard quality of beet
                                                        COM(86) 20 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986)
                                                           (86/C 85/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated
                                                                      Community yield of 130 kilograms of white sugar per tonne
                                                                     of beet with a 16 % sugar content;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
                                                                     Whereas the intervention prices for white sugar and the beet
thereof,
                                                                      prices applicable in the acceding States are fixed by specific
                                                                      provisions,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of
30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in
the sugar sector 0) as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
No        , and in particular Articles 2 (3), 3 (4) and 4 (3)
                                                                                                 Article 1
thereof,
                                                                      1.    The target price for white sugar shall be 57,03 ECU per
                                                                      100 kilograms.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      2.    The intervention price for white sugar shall be 54,18
                                                                      ECU per 100 kilograms for the non-deficit areas of the
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,              Community other than Spain.
Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should be
taken of the objectives of the common agricultural policy and
of the contribution which the Community intends to make to                                       Article 2
the harmonious development of world trade; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular        The basic price for beet applicable in the Community except
to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural              for Spain and Portugal shall be 40,89 ECU per tonne
community, to ensure that supplies are available and that             delivered at the collection centre.
they reach consumers at reasonable prices;
Whereas, in order to attain these objectives, the target price                                   Article 3
for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into account,
in particular, the resultant level of the intervention price,         Standard quality beet shall:
ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane                   (a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality;
producers while at the same time respecting consumers
interest, and which is likely to maintain the balance between         (b) have a sugar content of 16 % at the reception point.
the prices of the principal agricultural products;
Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar                                         Article 4
market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight;
whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
is fixed, the difference between the target price and the             following its publication in the Official Journal of the
intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level;            European Communities.
                                                                      It shall apply for the 1986/87 marketing year.
Whereas the basic price for beet must take account of the
intervention price and of the costs of processing and
                                                                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
(») OJNoL 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.                                      applicable in all Member States.