standard import price [ SIP | gate price | standard indicative price ]

activating price | activating threshold price for intervention | threshold activating price | threshold price activating the intervention system

aid activating price

low-threshold facility [ LTF ]

series of sills | array of sills

1. In order to preserve the structural balance of the market at a price level which is close to the reference price, taking into account the commitments of the Community resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the Commission may decide to withdraw from the market, for a given marketing year, those quantities of sugar or isoglucose produced under quotas which exceed the threshold calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

14. Stresses also that the mandatory bid rule enables minority shareholders, in case of change of control, to receive the premium paid for the controlling stake, and notes that the Directive only regulates the price for a mandatory bid (i.e. equitable price) but not for a voluntary bid; notes in particular that the Directive waives the obligation to launch a mandatory bid in cases where, after an initial voluntary bid, the controlling threshold has been reached with the result that the offeror can subsequently increase his participation in the target company via regular share acquisition (so-called creeping in); notes as well that, for ...[+++] such cases, some Member States have introduced an obligation for a second mandatory bid, according to which a second offer is necessary if a certain increase (e.g. 3 %) has taken place within a certain period of time (e.g. 12 months) between two specified thresholds (e.g. between 30 % and 50 %);

Some states, like France and Belgium, have been taken to court by the Commission for having introduced threshold or minimum sales prices.

1. In order to preserve the structural balance of the market at a price level which is close to the reference price, taking into account the commitments of the Community resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 300 of the Treaty, the Commission may decide to withdraw from the market, for a given marketing year, those quantities of sugar or isoglucose produced under quotas which exceed the threshold calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.