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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1113 / 77 of 17 May 1977 fixing, for the 1977/78 sugar year, the derived intervention prices, the interven­ tion price for raw beet sugar, the minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices, the maximum amount of the production levy and the amount of the repayment to offset storage costs

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN being taken , on the one hand, of the intervention COMMUNITIES, price applicable in the north of France , plus the marketing costs for deliveries to Italy and, on the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European other, of the marketing costs of the Italian sugar Economic Community, industry ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ Whereas, given a normal harvest, the sugar production zation of the market in sugar ( ! ), as last amended by in Ireland and the United Kingdom covers roughly 90 Regulation (EEC) No 11 10/77 (2), and in particular and 40 % respectively of the needs of their respective Articles 3 (6), 4 (4), 8 (2), 9 (5), 13 (5) and 28 thereof, home markets ; whereas these needs must in part be met by sugar available in Community surplus areas ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1112/77 of 17 Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market May 1977 fixing, for the 1977/78 sugar year, the sugar prices in both Ireland and the United Kingdom will prices, the standard quality of beet and the coefficient be determined largely by the offer prices of sugar for calculating the maximum quota (3), fixed the inter­ from these areas ; whereas a single derived interven­ vention price for white sugar at 32-83 units of account tion price for white sugar, which may be fixed at per 100 kilograms for the Community area having the 33-83 units of account per 100 kilograms, should largest surplus ; therefore be adopted for all regions of Ireland and the United Kingdom, account being taken on the one Whereas Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 hand of the intervention price applicable in the provides that derived intervention prices for white Community area having the largest surplus plus the sugar shall be fixed for other areas, account being marketing costs of delivery to Ireland and the United taken of the regional variations which, given a normal Kingdom and, on the other, of the disposal costs of harvest and free movement of sugar, might be the sugar industry of these Member States ; expected to occur in the price of sugar under natural conditions of price formation ; Whereas there is a considerable surplus production of Whereas in view of the quotas fixed in the production raw sugar in the French overseas departments ; areas of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France and the whereas the most favourable potential outlets for this Netherlands, a balance or surplus situation can be anti­ sugar within the Community are in the south of cipated ; whereas, with the exception of the French France and in Italy, where the sugar, after being overseas departments, the ex-factory prices in the refined, may be sold directly ; whereas, on the basis of areas mentioned will , to a large extent, be equal to the the foreseeable market prices in the deficit areas of prices in the Community area having the largest Italy, which will probably be 2-43 units of account per surplus ; 100 kilograms above the derived intervention price in Italy, and taking account of transport costs between Whereas sugar production in Italy, with relatively the French overseas departments and these areas, the high production costs, will probably not appreciably derived intervention prices for those departments exceed the basic quantity fixed ; whereas a deficit of about 300 000 tonnes should be allowed for, which should be fixed at 32-63 units of account per 100 kilo­ grams of white sugar ; will therefore have to be covered by production from Community surplus areas ; Whereas Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 Whereas, in these circumstances, the level of market provides that an intervention price for raw sugar shall prices in Italy will be determined by the offer prices be fixed for those departments, such price to be of sugar from Community surplus areas ; whereas the derived from the intervention price for white sugar derived intervention price for Italy may be fixed at fixed for those departments account being taken of a 35-36 units of account per 100 kilograms, account uniform processing margin and a standard yield ; whereas, on the basis of available information , the (') OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal . refining costs may be estimated at 2-70 units of (J) See page 9 of this Official Journal . account per 100 kilograms of refined sugar ; whereas,

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moreover, in accordance with the definition of the ings taken into account in the fixing of minimum standard quality for raw sugar laid down by Regula­ prices for beet ; tion (EEC) No 431 /68 ('), a yield of 92% should be taken into account ; Whereas Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 provides for the fixing of the maximum amount of the production levy, for the fixing of the minimum Whereas Article 9 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 prices for beet outside the basic quota for the sugar­ provides for the fixing of intervention prices for raw beet producing areas for which an intervention price beet sugar ; whereas this fixing is not, however, neces­ is fixed and for fixing the percentage determining the sary for the Community regions in which this produc­ amount of the supplementary payment which manu­ tion is not actually marketed ; whereas these prices facturers must, where appropriate, make to beet should be derived from the intervention price for sellers ; whereas, by Article 27 (3) of Regulation (EEC) white sugar, account being taken of the factors already No 3330/74, the production levy may not exceed mentioned for fixing the intervention price for raw 30 % of the intervention price ; whereas for the area sugar in the French overseas departments and of the with the largest surplus the minimum price for beet forwarding costs for supplying raw sugar, these being outside the basic quota should be fixed at 70 % of the estimated at a standard rate of 0-51 unit of account minimum price for beet ; whereas the percentage per 100 kilograms ; taken for determining the abovementioned supple­ mentary payment may be fixed at 60 % , account being taken of the value of beet in relation to the intervention price for sugar ; whereas the same percen­ Whereas the minimum prices for sugar beet, as tage should be taken to determine the payment which referred to in the first indent of Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regula­ sugar manufacturers may require of cane sellers ; tion (EEC) No 3330/74, must be determined for the areas other than that having the largest surplus on the Whereas Article 5 of Council Regulation (EEC) No basis of the intervention prices for white sugar appli­ 750/68 of 18 June 1968 laying down general rules for cable in those areas, account being taken in particular offsetting storage costs for sugar (2), as last amended by of the amounts used when fixing the minimum price Regulation (EEC) No 152/71 (3), provides that the for beet for the area having the largest surplus, the amount of repayment shall be fixed per month and processing margin , the yield, the receipts from per unit of weight taking account of financing, insur­ molasses and the delivery costs of the beet ; ance and specific storage costs,

Whereas Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 provides that the threshold price for white HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sugar should be the same as the target price for the Community area having the largest surplus plus trans­ port charges, calculated at a flat rate, from that area to the most distant deficit area in the Community, plus a Article 1 flat-rate amount taking account of the storage levy, which for 1977/ 78 can be estimated at 1-77 units of This Regulation shall apply for the 1977/78 sugar account per 100 kilograms of white sugar ; whereas, year . given the state of supplies within the Community, account should be taken of transport charges between the departments of northern France and Palermo, the Article 2 main port of importation in Sicily ;

For the regions other than the Community area having the largest surplus the derived intervention Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be prices for 100 kilograms of white sugar shall be : derived from the threshold price for white sugar by reference to a standard processing margin and a (a) 35-36 units of account for all regions of Italy ; standard yield ; whereas the same criteria as are used (b) 32-63 units of account for the French overseas in the derivation of the intervention price for raw departments ; sugar should therefore be applied ; (c) 33-83 units of account for all regions of Ireland and of the United Kingdom ; Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be (d) 32-83 units of account for the other regions of the fixed in such a way that the receipts from sales of Community . molasses may reach the level of receipts of undertak­ (2 ) OJ No L 137, 21 . 6 . 1968 , p . 4. (') OJ No L 89 , 10 . 4 . 1968 , p . 3 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 22, 28 . 1 . 1971 , p . 1 .

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Article 3 (b) 21 09 units of account for the regions referred to in Article 2 (a) ; 1 . The intervention price for 100 kilograms of raw (c) 1910 units of account for the regions referred to beet sugar shall be 27-25 units of account. in Article 2 (c). This intervention price shall be valid for raw sugar of standard quality, unpacked, ex-factory, loaded on to Article 5 the means of transport chosen by the buyer. The threshold price shall be : 2. The derived intervention price for the French (a) 39-72 units of account per 100 kilograms of white overseas departments for raw sugar referred to in sugar ; Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 27-53 units of account per 100 kilograms, account (b) 34 06 units of account per 100 kilograms of raw being taken of the second subparagraph of Article 3 sugar ; (6) of the said Regulation . (c) 3-20 units of account per 100 kilograms of molasses . Article 4 Article 6 1 . The minimum price for beet shall be, per tonne : (a) 28-72 units of account for the regions referred to 1 . The maximum amount of the production levy in Article 2 (a) ; referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 9-85 units of account per 100 kilo­ (b) 26-73 units of account for the regions referred to grams of white sugar. in Article 2 (c) ; (c) 25-43 units of account for the regions referred to 2. The percentages referred to in Article 27 (4) and in Article 2 (d). (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 60 % .

2. The minimum price for beet outside the basic Article 7 quotas shall be, per tonne : (a) 17-80 units of account for the Community area The amount of repayment referred to in Article 8 of having the largest surplus and for the regions Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 0-30 unit of referred to in Article 2 (d) ; account per month per 100 kilograms of white sugar.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 May 1977 .

For the Council

The President

J. SILKIN