Article 9Minimum beet price
1.The minimum price for quota beet provided for in Article 135 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 shall be EUR 26,29 per tonne until the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year for sugar on 30 September 2017.
2.The minimum price referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply to sugar beet of the standard quality defined in Part B of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.
3.Sugar undertakings buying quota beet suitable for processing into sugar and intended for processing into quota sugar shall be required to pay at least the minimum price, adjusted by price increases or reductions to allow for deviations from the standard quality. Such increases or reductions shall be determined by the Commission by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(2).
4.For the quantities of sugar beet corresponding to the quantities of industrial sugar or surplus sugar that are subject to the surplus levy provided for in Article 11, the sugar undertaking concerned shall adjust the purchase price so that it is at least equal to the minimum price for quota beet.