31975R0659

20 . 3 . 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 72/5

REGULATION (EEC) No 659/75 OF THE COUNCIL of 4 March 1975

fixing sugar prices and the standard quality of beet for the 1975/76 marketing year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas the minimum price for beet must take account of the intervention price and of the costs of processing and delivering the beet to factories and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the be based on an estimated Community yield of 130 kg European Economic Community, and in particular of white sugar per metric ton of beet with a 16% Article 43 thereof; sugar content ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) Whereas the above standard costs may be estimated No 3330/74 ( 1 ) of 19 December 1974 on the common at 12-95 units of account per 100 kg of white sugar; organization of the market in sugar, and in particular whereas that standard amount is made up of the sum Articles 2 (2), 3 (5 ) and 4 (3 ) thereof; of the processing margin, estimated at 11-71 units of account, and the costs of delivering the beet to Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; factories, estimated at 2-07 units of account, less a standard amount of 0-83 unit of account representing factories' receipts from the sale of molasses calculated Having regard to the Opinion of the European on the basis of a yield of 38-5 kg per metric ton of Parliament ; processed beet and an ex-factory price of 2-80 units of account per 100 kg of molasses ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ; Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should be a quality which takes account of production Whereas, when sugar prices are being fixed, account characteristics in the main beet producing areas of should be taken of the objectives of the common the Community, agricultural policy and of the contribution which the Community wishes to make towards the harmonious development of world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Community, to ensure that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ; Article 1 Whereas, to attain these objectives, the target price for sugar must be fixed at a level which, taking into account in particular the resultant level of the This Regulation shall apply for the 1975/76 sugar marketing year. intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane producers while at the same time respecting consumers' interests, and which is such as to maintain a balance between the prices of the Article 2 principal agricultural products ;

Whereas as a result of the characteristics of the 1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 32-05 sugar market the risks involved in this trade are units of account per 100 kg. relatively slight ; whereas, consequently, when the intervention price for sugar is being fixed, the 2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be difference between the target price and the 30-45 units of account per 100 kg. intervention price may be fixed at a relatively low level ; 3 . The area having the largest surplus consists of the following French departments : Aisne, Oise, Somme . (x) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 .

20 . 3 . 75 No L 72/6 Official Journal of the European Communities

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Standard quality beet shall present the following characteristics : ( a) it shall be sound, fair and of marketable quality ; The minimum price for beet for the area referred to in Article 2 (3 ) shall be 22-75 units of account per (b ) it shall have a sugar content of 16% at the time metric ton delivered at the collection centre. of its reception.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1975 .

For the Council

The President

M. A. CLINTON