31968R0188

16 Official Journal of the European Communities

No L 43 /6 Official Journal of the European Communities 17 . 2 . 68

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 188/68

of 15 February 1968 on the price increases and reductions applicable to the price of beet

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of less than 14-5% are however quite common in COMMUNITIES, Italy ;

Whereas Article 45 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC Having regard to the Treaty establishing the makes express provision for the adoption of European Economic Community, transitional measures as to the method of payment for beet in Italy ; whereas, given its special difficulties, Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ Italy should be authorized to maintain its current EEC of 18 December 1967 on the common method of payment for beet for the next two organization of the market in sugar (*), and in marketing years ; particular Articles 5 (2) and 45 thereof, Whereas the scale fixed by this Regulation should be Whereas Article 5 of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC reviewed as soon as sufficient experience has been requires sugar manufacturers buying beet for acquired ; processing into sugar to pay at least the minimum price for sugar beet, adjusted by price increases or Whereas the Management Committee for Sugar has reductions to allow for deviations from the standard not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by quality; its Chairman,

Whereas the quality, and hence the value, of sugar HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: beet largely depends on sugar content;

Article 1 Whereas the most appropriate method of establishing the value of beet of a quality differing from the standard quality is to establish a scale of price 1 . The minimum price for beet referred to in the increases and reductions expressed as a percentage of first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/ the minimum price of beet ; 67/EEC shall, for each 0-10% sucrose content:

— be increased by not less than : Whereas, for extreme polarizations, certain factors linked to climatic and harvesting conditions may — 0-9% for contents exceeding 16% but not hinder the extraction of sugar; whereas, in the exceeding 17% , absence of sufficiently precise information on — 0-8% for contents exceeding 17% but not extraction rates, the Community scale of price exceeding 18% ; increases and reductions should be limited, for the time being, to sugar contents which may be considered as normal in the northern countries of — be reduced by not more than : the Community, that is to say between 14-5 and — 0-9% for contents falling below 16% but not 18% ; below 15-5% , Whereas on the whole beet with a sugar content of — 1-0% for contents falling below 15-5% but not below 14-5% . less than 14-5% is not grown in the northern countries of the Community ; whereas sugar contents The price for beet with a sucrose content in excess of 18% shall be the minimum price adjusted for beet f1 ) OJ No 308, 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 . with an 18% sucrose content.

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2. Contracts, and agreements within the trade 1967/68 marketing year, taking into account the within the meaning of Article 6 of Regulation No minimum price for beet referred to in the first indent 1009/67/EEC, may provide for larger increases and of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC. smaller reductions than those specified in paragraph 1 ; they may provide for further increases for sucrose contents in excess of 18% and further reductions for sucrose contents below 14-5% . Article 3 Article 2

The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to apply This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July the method of payment for beet in force during the 1968 . It shall apply until 30 June 1970.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 February 1968 .

For the Commission The President Jean REY