No L 177/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.7.81 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas the basic provisions concerning the common organization of the markets in sugar and isoglucose have been amended many times since their adoption; whereas these provisions must again be thoroughly amended to take account, in particular, of the forthcoming expiry of the quota provisions for sugar and isoglucose; whereas, therefore, it is essential to redraft the basic provisions concerning these two sectors; Whereas the operation and development of the common market in agricultural products must be accompanied by the establishment of a common agricultural policy to include, in particular, a common organization of the agricultural markets which may take various forms depending on the product concerned; whereas isoglucose is a direct substitute for liquid sugar obtained from sugar beet or sugar cane ; whereas, therefore, the markets in sugar and isoglucose are closely linked; whereas the situation in the Community in respect of sweeteners is characterized by structural surpluses and any Community decision relating to one of these products inevitably has repercussions on the other; whereas it is therefore necessary to have an organization common to the sugar and isoglucose sectors which takes appropriate account of production features specific to one or the other sector; (1) OJ No C 271, 18. 10. 1980, p. 2. (2) OJ No C 90, 21. 4. 1981, p. 88. () O] No C 348, 31. 12. 1980, p. 14. Whereas, to ensure that the necessary guarantees in respect of employment and standards of living are maintained for Community growers of sugar beet and sugar cane, provision should be made for measures to stabilize the market in sugar and for this purpose there should be fixed annually a target price for white sugar and, for the areas having no deficit, an intervention price for white sugar, as well as an intervention price for raw sugar, and, for each of the deficit areas, a derived intervention price for white sugar and, should the case arise, for raw sugar; whereas the above objective could be attained by making provision for buying-in by intervention agencies at the intervention prices; whereas, moreover, a compensation system for storage costs for sugar produced both from raw materials of Community origin, including molasses, and preferential sugar could serve the same purpose; whereas these price guarantees given for sugar also benefit sugar syrups and isoglucose, the prices of which are based on those of sugar; Whereas it is necessary that these regulatory measures should provide guarantees which are fair both to manufacturers and to producers of the basic product; whereas it is therefore appropriate to fix for beet, in addition to a basic price, minimum prices for A beet intended for processing into A sugar and a minimum price for B beet intended for processing into B sugar which must be observed when sugar manufacturers buy beet; whereas it is also appropriate to provide, in the interests of ensuring a fair balance of rights and duties between agricultural manufacturers and -producers, the instruments necessary to this end and, in particular, to establish Community outline provisions governing the contractual relations between buyers and sellers of beet and to provide for adequate measures to achieve this object in respect of sugar cane; Whereas the creation of a Community market for sugar - as for isoglucose implies the introduction of a common trading system -at the external frontiers of the Community; whereas a trading system including import levies and export refunds tends to stabilize the Community market in preventing, in particular, price fluctuations on the world market from affecting prices for these two products ruling within the Community; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for the