CELEX: 31986R1453
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1453/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing, for the 1986/87 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

No L 133 /6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                     21.5.86
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1453/86
                                                         of 13 May 1986
                  fixing, for the 1986/87 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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                            Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 fixed the basic
                                                                     price for beet at 40,89 ECU per tonne ; whereas Article
                                                                     5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                minimum price to be fixed for A beet shall be 98 % of
Economic Community,                                                  the basic price of the beet and the minimum price to be
                                                                     fixed for B beet shall in principle be 68 % of the said
                                                                     basic price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­
tugal, and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) and Article 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                         equal to the target price, plus costs, calculated at a flat
1785 / 81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization                 rate, of transport from the Community area having the
of the markets in the sugar sector (*), as last amended by           largest surplus to the most distant deficit consumption
Regulation (EEC) No 934/ 86 (2), and in particular                   area in the Community, plus a flat-rate amount which
Article 3 (5), Article 5 (5), Article 8 (4) and Article 14 (5)       takes into account the storage levy ; whereas , given the
thereof,                                                             state of supplies within the Community, account should
                                                                     be taken of transport charges between the departments
                                                                     of northern France and Palermo ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
                                                                     Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 of 13                   derived from the threshold price for white sugar by
May 1986 fixing, for the 1986/ 87 marketing year, cer­               reference to a processing margin and a standard yield ;
tain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet (4),
fixed the intervention price for white sugar at 54,18
ECU per 100 kilograms ;                                              Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be fixed
                                                                     in such a way that the receipts from sales of molasses
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81             may reach the level of receipts of undertakings taken
provides that derived intervention prices for white sugar            into account in the fixing of basic prices for beet ;
are to be fixed for each of the deficit areas ; whereas, for
such fixing, it is appropriate that account be taken of the
regional variations which, given a normal harvest and                Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1358 /77 (5)
free movement of sugar, might be expected to occur in                provides that the amount of repayment in the context of
the price of sugar under natural conditions of price for­            the compensation for storage costs shall be fixed per
mation on the market ;                                               month and per unit of weight, taking account of
                                                                     financing, insurance and specific storage costs ;
Whereas a deficit supply situation is to be foreseen in the
areas of production in Italy, Ireland and the United                 Whereas, when fixing the prices to be applied in Spain
Kingdom ;                                                            and Portugal, the prices fixed for those Member States
                                                                     for the period from 1 March to 30 June 1986 should be
                                                                     aligned with the common prices in accordance with
Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81               Articles 70 and 238 of the Act of Accession ;
provides that an intervention price for raw sugar shall be
fixed ; whereas such price should be established on the
basis of the intervention price for white sugar ;
                                                                     Whereas intervention prices for white sugar and beet
                                                                     prices in Spain and Portugal are fixed by specific
                                                                     provisions,
(») OJ No L 177, 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4 .
O OJ No L 87, 2 . 4 . 1986, p. 1 .
O OJ No C 85, 14 . 4. 1986, p. 10 .
(4) See page 4 of this Official Journal.                             (s) OJ No L 156, 25 . 6 . 1977 , p. 4 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                          — 34,90 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for
                                                                                  B beet, subject to the application of Article
                            Article 1                                             28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 ;
For the deficit areas of the Community other than Por­            Portugal :
tugal, the derived intervention price for white sugar shall       (a) the intervention price for white sugar shall be 50,12
be fixed, per 100 kilograms, at :                                      ECU per 100 kilograms ;
(a) 55,39 ECU for all the areas in the United Kingdom ;
                                                                  (b) the prices for beet shall be :
(b) 55,39 ECU for all the areas in Ireland ;
                                                                       — 43,72 ECU per tonne for the basic price,
(c) 56,12 ECU for all the areas in Italy.
                                                                       — 42,90 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for
                                                                                  A beet,
                            Article 2
                                                                       — 30,64 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for
The intervention price for 100 kilograms of raw sugar                             B beet, subject to the application of Article
shall be 44,92 ECU.                                                               28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 .
                            Article 3                             2. The beet prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
                                                                  for delivery at the collection centre and shall apply to
1 . The minimum price for A beet applicable in the                beet of standard quality as defined in Article 3 of Regu­
Community with the exception of Spain and Portugal                lation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 .
shall be 40,07 ECU per tonne.
                                                                                             Article 5
2 . Without prejudice to the application of Article 28
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/ 81 the minimum price for             The threshold price shall be :
B beet applicable in the Community with the exception             (a) 67,03 ECU per 100 kilograms of white sugar;
of Spain and Portugal shall be 27,81 ECU per tonne.               (b) 57,40 ECU per 100 kilograms of raw sugar ;
                            Article 4
                                                                  (c) 6,90 ECU per 100 kilograms of molasses .
                                                                                             Article 6
1 . The sugar prices to be applied in Spain and Por­
tugal shall be as follows :                                       The amount of the reimbursement referred to in Article
                                                                  8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 shall be 0,53 ECU
Spain :                                                           per month per 100 kilograms of white sugar.
(a) the intervention price for white sugar shall be 62,78
     ECU per 100 kilograms ;                                                                 Article 7
(b) the prices for beet shall be :                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
    — 47,98 ECU per tonne for the basic price,                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                  European Communities.
    — 47,16 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for
               A beet,                                            It shall apply for the 1986/ 87 marketing year.
                 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