Court of Justice 15 May 2001, C-101/99 (The Queen v Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce, ex parte British Sugar plc.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The purpose of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (the basic regulation) is to attain certain objectives pursued by the common agricultural policy, in particular to guarantee producers a fair standard of living and to guarantee supplies to consumers at