31978R1398

No L 170/4 27 . 6 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1398/78 of 20 June 1978 fixing, for the 1978/79 sugar year, the sugar prices, the standard quality of beet and the coefficient for calculating the maximum quota

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN grams of white sugar per tonne of beet with a 16 % COMMUNITIES, sugar content ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the abovementioned standard costs may be Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 estimated at 13.54 units of account per 100 kilograms thereof, of white sugar ; whereas that standard amount is made up of the sum of the real processing margin, ignoring Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No sugar storage costs, estimated at 11.90 units of 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organi­ account, the costs of delivering the beet to factories, zation of the market in sugar (!), as last amended by estimated at 2-37 units of account, and the cost Regulation (EEC) No 1 396/78 (2), and in particular relating to the minimum stock not covered by the Articles 2 (2), 3 (5) and 4 (3) and the second subpara­ offsetting of storage costs, estimated at a flat-rate graph of Article 25 (2) thereof, amount of 0.10 unit of account, less a flat-rate amount of 0.83 unit of account representing factories' receipts Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, from the sale of molasses calculated on the basis of a Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­ yield of 38.5 kilograms per tonne of beet processed ment (3), and an ex-factory price for molasses of 2.80 units of account per 100 kilograms of molasses ; Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4), Whereas the standard quality chosen for beet should be a quality which takes account of production charac­ Whereas, when sugar prices are fixed, account should teristics in the main beet-producing areas of the be taken of the objectives of the common agricultural Community ; policy and of the contribution which the Community intends to make to the harmonious development of Whereas in the light of production trends resulting world trade ; whereas the objectives of the common from specialization on the one hand and of the agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair Community's sugar requirements and possible outlets standard of living for the agricultural community, to on the other, the coefficient for the maximum quotas ensure that supplies are available and that they reach laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EEC) No consumers at reasonable prices ; 3330/74 should be fixed at 1.275, Whereas, in order 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : intervention price, ensures a fair remuneration for beet and sugar cane producers while at the same time respecting consumers' interests, and which is likely to Article 1 maintain the balance between the prices of the prin­ cipal agricultural products ; 1 . The target price for white sugar shall be 35-25 Whereas, as a result of the characteristics of the sugar units of account per 100 kilograms. market, the risks involved in this trade are relatively slight ; whereas, consequently, when the intervention 2. The intervention price for white sugar shall be price for sugar is being fixed, the difference between 33.49 units of account per 100 kilograms. the target price and the 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, Whereas the minimum price for beet must take Somme . account of the intervention price and of the costs of processing and delivering the beet to factories and be based on an estimated Community yield of 130 kilo Article 2

(*) OJ No L 359, 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . The minimum price for beet for the area referred to (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (}) OJ No C 85, 10. 4. 1978, p. 31 . in Article 1 (3) shall be 25-94 units of account per (<) OJ No C 101 , 26. 4. 1978, p. 10. tonne delivered at the collection centre.

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Standard quality beet shall : (a) be of sound, genuine and merchantable quality ; (b) have a sugar content of 1 6 % at the reception This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its point. publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. Article 4

The coefficient referred to in Article 25 ( 1 ) of Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be 1.275. It shall apply for the 1978/79 sugar year.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 20 June 1978 .

For the Council

The President

P. DALSAGER