31986R1453

No L 133 / 6 21.5.86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1453/86 of 13 May 1986

fixing, for the 1986/87 marketing year, the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum prices for A and B beet, the threshold prices, the amount of compensation for storage costs and the prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 fixed the basic price for beet at 40,89 ECU per tonne ; whereas Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 provides that the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European minimum price to be fixed for A beet shall be 98 % of Economic Community, the basic price of the beet and the minimum price to be fixed for B beet shall in principle be 68 % of the said basic price ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Por­ tugal, and in particular Article 89 ( 1 ) and Article 234 (2) thereof, Whereas Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 provides that the threshold price for white sugar shall be equal to the target price, plus costs, calculated at a flat Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization rate, of transport from the Community area having the of the markets in the sugar sector (*), as last amended by largest surplus to the most distant deficit consumption Regulation (EEC) No 934/ 86 (2), and in particular area in the Community, plus a flat-rate amount which Article 3 (5), Article 5 (5), Article 8 (4) and Article 14 (5) takes into account the storage levy ; whereas , given the thereof, state of supplies within the Community, account should be taken of transport charges between the departments of northern France and Palermo ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),

Whereas the threshold price for raw sugar is to be Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 of 13 derived from the threshold price for white sugar by May 1986 fixing, for the 1986/ 87 marketing year, cer­ reference to a processing margin and a standard yield ; tain sugar prices and the standard quality of beet (4), fixed the intervention price for white sugar at 54,18 ECU per 100 kilograms ; Whereas the threshold price for molasses should be fixed in such a way that the receipts from sales of molasses may reach the level of receipts of undertakings taken Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 into account in the fixing of basic prices for beet ; provides that derived intervention prices for white sugar are to be fixed for each of the deficit areas ; whereas , for such fixing, it is appropriate that account be taken of the regional variations which, given a normal harvest and Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1358 /77 (5) free movement of sugar, might be expected to occur in provides that the amount of repayment in the context of the price of sugar under natural conditions of price for­ the compensation for storage costs shall be fixed per mation on the market ; month and per unit of weight, taking account of financing, insurance and specific storage costs ;

Whereas a deficit supply situation is to be foreseen in the areas of production in Italy, Ireland and the United Whereas, when fixing the prices to be applied in Spain Kingdom ; and Portugal, the prices fixed for those Member States for the period from 1 March to 30 June 1986 should be aligned with the common prices in accordance with Whereas Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 Articles 70 and 238 of the Act of Accession ; provides that an intervention price for raw sugar shall be fixed ; whereas such price should be established on the basis of the intervention price for white sugar ; Whereas intervention prices for white sugar and beet prices in Spain and Portugal are fixed by specific provisions, (») OJ No L 177, 1 . 7 . 1981 , p. 4 . O OJ No L 87, 2 . 4 . 1986, p. 1 . O OJ No C 85 , 14 . 4 . 1986, p. 10 . (4) See page 4 of this Official Journal. (s) OJ No L 156, 25 . 6 . 1977 , p. 4 .

21.5.86 No L 133 / 7 Official Journal of the European Communities

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — 34,90 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for B beet, subject to the application of Article Article 1 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 ;

For the deficit areas of the Community other than Por­ Portugal : tugal, the derived intervention price for white sugar shall (a) the intervention price for white sugar shall be 50,12 be fixed, per 100 kilograms, at : ECU per 100 kilograms ; (a) 55,39 ECU for all the areas in the United Kingdom ; (b) the prices for beet shall be : (b) 55,39 ECU for all the areas in Ireland ; — 43,72 ECU per tonne for the basic price, (c) 56,12 ECU for all the areas in Italy. — 42,90 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for A beet, Article 2 — 30,64 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for The intervention price for 100 kilograms of raw sugar B beet, subject to the application of Article shall be 44,92 ECU. 28 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 .

2 . The beet prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be Article 3 for delivery at the collection centre and shall apply to 1 . The minimum price for A beet applicable in the beet of standard quality as defined in Article 3 of Regu­ Community with the exception of Spain and Portugal lation (EEC) No 1452/ 86 . shall be 40,07 ECU per tonne. Article 5 2 . Without prejudice to the application of Article 28 The threshold price shall be : of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/ 81 the minimum price for B beet applicable in the Community with the exception (a) 67,03 ECU per 100 kilograms of white sugar; of Spain and Portugal shall be 27,81 ECU per tonne. (b) 57,40 ECU per 100 kilograms of raw sugar ; (c) 6,90 ECU per 100 kilograms of molasses . Article 4 Article 6 1 . The sugar prices to be applied in Spain and Por­ tugal shall be as follows : The amount of the reimbursement referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785 / 81 shall be 0,53 ECU Spain : per month per 100 kilograms of white sugar. (a) the intervention price for white sugar shall be 62,78 Article 7 ECU per 100 kilograms ; (b) the prices for beet shall be : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the — 47,98 ECU per tonne for the basic price, European Communities. — 47,16 ECU per tonne for the minimum price for A beet, It shall apply for the 1986/ 87 marketing year.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986 .

For the Council

The President

W. F. van EEKELEN