Division 3 Sugar

Content of the notification:

1. (a)

   the weighted averages of the following sugar prices, expressed per tonne of sugar, as well as the total corresponding quantities and the weighted standard deviations:

   1. (i)

      for the previous month, the selling price;

   2. (ii)

      for the previous month, the selling price on invoices corresponding to short-term contracts. These prices shall be published by the Commission at the earliest 2 months after the end of the notification period established hereafter;

2. (b)

   the weighted average price of sugar beet during the previous marketing year, expressed per tonne of beet, as well as the total corresponding quantities.

Member States concerned:

1. (a)

   for sugar prices, all Member States where more than 10 000 tonnes of sugar is produced from sugar beet or from raw sugar;

2. (b)

   for sugar beet prices, Member States with a planted area of more than 1 000 ha of sugar beet in the marketing year in question.

Period of notification:

1. (a)

   for sugar prices, by the 25th of each month;

2. (b)

   for sugar beet prices, by 30 June each year.

Other: Prices shall be established in line with the methodology published by the Commission and shall relate to:

1. (a)

   bulk white sugar prices ex-factory for sugar of a standard quality as defined in point B II of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 collected from sugar undertakings and refiners;

2. (b)

   sugar beet price for sugar beet of a standard quality containing 16 % of sugar, paid by sugar undertakings to producers. The beet shall be attributed to the same marketing year as the sugar extracted from it.