31972R0794

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No L 94/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.4.72

REGULATION (EEC) No 794/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 1972

fixing the sugar prices, the standard quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating the maximum quota for the 1972/73 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , slight; whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar is being fixed the difference' between the target price and the intervention price may be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the fixed at a relatively low level ; European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof; Whereas the minimum price for beet must be established taking account of the intervention price Having regard to Council Regulation No and of standard amounts for the costs of processing 1009/ 67/EEC 1 of 18 December 1967 on the common and of the delivery of beet to factories and taking as organization of the market in sugar, as last amended a basis a Community yield which may be evaluated by Regulation (EEC) No 607/722 and in particular at 130 kilogrammes of white sugar per ton of beet Articles 2 (2 ), 3 (5 ) and 4 (3 ) and the second with a 16% sugar content; subparagraph of Article 24 (2) thereof; Whereas the costs referred to above may be evaluated Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; at a standard rate of 9-74 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of white sugar ; whereas that amount is Having regard to the Opinion of the European made up of the sum of the processing margin , Parliament ; evaluated at 8-84 units of account, and the costs of delivery of the beet to factories, evaluated at 1-73 Whereas, when sugar prices are being fixed, account units of account, less a standard amount of 0-83 units should be taken of the objectives of the common of account representing factories' receipts from the agricultural policy and of the contribution which the sale of molasses calculated on the basis of a yield of Community desires to make to the harmonious 38-5 kilogrammes per metric ton of beet processed development of world trade ; whereas the objectives and an ex-factory price for molasses of 2-80 units of of the common agricultural policy are in particular to account per 100 kilogrammes ; ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to guarantee the availability of supplies Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at be a quality which takes account of production reasonable prices ; characteristics in the main beet producing areas of the Community ; Whereas, to attain these objectives, the target price for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into Whereas account being taken of the trend of account in particular the resultant level of the production from the point of view of specialization intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for and marketing opportunities, the maximum quotas beet and cane producers while at the same time referred to in Article 24 of Regulation No respecting consumers' interests and which is likely to 1009/67/EEC should be fixed at 135% of the basic maintain the balance between the prices of the quotas ; principal agricultural products ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas as a result of the characteristics of the sugar market the risks involved in this trade are relatively Article 1

1 OJ No 308 , 18.12.1967, p. 1 . The provisions of this Regulation shall apply for the 2 OJ No L 75 , 28.3.1972, p . 4. 1972/73 marketing year.

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1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 24-55 Standard quality beet shall present the following characteristics : units of account per 100 kilogrammes. ( a) sound, fair and marketable quality, 2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be (b) sugar content of 16% at the reception point. 23-34 units of account per 100 kilogrammes. 1

3 . The area having the largest surplus comprises Article 5 the following French departments : Aisne, Somme, Oise . The coefficient referred to in Article 24 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC shall be 1-35 .

Article 3 Article 6 The minimum price for beet for the area referred to in Article 2 (3 ) shall be 17-68 units of account per This Regulation shall enter into force on the third metric ton at the stage of delivery to the collection day following its publication in the Official Journal centre . of the European Communities .

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

Done at Brussels, 17 April 1972 .

For the Council

The President

J. P. BUCHLER