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►B COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1713/93
of30June1993
establishingspecialdetailedrulesforapplyingtheagriculturalconversionrateinthesugarsector
(OJ L 159, 1.7.1993, p. 94)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2627/93 of 24 September 1993 L 240 19 25.9.1993
►M2Commission Regulation (EC) No 2926/94 of 30 November 1994 L 307 56 1.12.1994
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 59/97 of 16 January 1997 L 14 25 17.1.1997
►M4Commission Regulation (EC) No 1642/1999 of 27 July 1999 L 195 3 28.7.1999
►M5Commission Regulation (EC) No 624/1999 of 23 March 1999 L 78 9 24.3.1999
►M6Commission Regulation (EC) No 1509/2001 of 24 July 2001 L 200 19 25.7.2001
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONREGULATION(EEC)No1713/93
of30June1993
establishing special detailed rules for applying the agricultural
conversionrateinthesugarsector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June
1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector(
1),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1548/93(2), and in particular
Article 6 (3), 8 (5), 28 (8) and 28a (5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 of 16
December 1991 introducing specific measures in respect of certain
agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departe-ments(
3), and in particular Article 19 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92 of 15 June
1992 introducing specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relatingto certain agricultural products(
4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3714/92(5), and in particular Articles 10 and 25 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/92 of 15 June
1992 introducing specific measures for the Canary Islands with regard tocertain agricultural products(
6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3714/92, and in particular Article 3 (4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 of 28
December 1992 on the unit of account and the conversion rates to beapplied for the purposes of the common agricultural policy(
7), and in
particular Articles 3 (3), 6 (2) and 12 thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 of 30 April 1993
on detailed rules for determining and applying the agriculturalconversion rates(
8) lays down, in particular, rules concerning the term
‘operative events’; whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92,in cases where the operative event as defined by that latter Regulationmust be specified or cannot be taken into account for reasons peculiar to
the market organization, a specific operative event must be determined
taking account of special criteria;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 of 20 December
1978 laying down certain rules for applying conversion rates in the sugarand isoglucose sectors(
9), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3823/92(10), lays down all the operative events to be taken into account
for the representative rates to be applied to amounts fixed within the
framework of the common organization of the market in sugar; whereas
almost all of those operative events meet both the criteria fixed inArticle 6 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 and the specialrequirements of that market organization; whereas, therefore, most ofthose operative events should be kept and to that end provision shouldbe made for derogations to the corresponding Articles of Regulation(EEC) No 1068/93; whereas the provisions concerning operative eventsalready laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1487/92(
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(1) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 10.
(3) OJ No L 356, 24. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.
(6) OJ No L 173, 27. 6. 1992, p. 13.
(7) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(8) OJ No L 108, 1. 5. 1993, p. 106.
(9) OJ No L 359, 22. 12. 1978, p. 11.
(10) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 27.
(11) OJ No L 156, 10. 6. 1992, p. 7.
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(EEC) No 1488/92(1), (EEC) No 2177/92(2), as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 821/93(3), and (EEC) No 3491/92(4) should be incorporated
at the samte time; whereas the operative events for denaturing premiumsand production refunds should also be reviewed and a standard operativeevent should be fixed for refunds in order to take account of the many
uses of sugar involved;
Whereas the agricultural conversion rates are likely to vary more in the
future than they have in the past because of the new agrimonetary rules;whereas, therefore, because of the self-financing arrangements in thesugar sector, a single operative event for the whole Community shouldbe laid down for minimum prices for sugarbeet in order to protect beet
producers in particular; whereas in order to achieve this and because of
the close connection between minimum prices for sugarbeet and sugarprices under the aforementioned self-financing arrangements providedfor in Articles 28 and 29 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as well as thefact that all those prices concernin operations carried out throughout themarketing year, in the interests of consistency, pursuant to Article 3 (3)of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92, a definition of a specific agriculturalconversion rate should be used which is close to the economic reality
concerned and similar to the definition used in the past for the
production levy collected from sugar refiners; whereas comparablespecific requirements apply regarding the amount of the reimbursementof storage costs;
Whereas, since Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 has been amended many
times and the rules in this area have developed considerably, all the
provisions should be brought together within one single replacing
Regulation whereas the new Regulation should enter into force from thebeginning of hte 1993/94 marketing year, together with specialtransitional measures;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance
with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The minimum sugar beet prices referred to in Article 5 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and the production levy and additionallevy referred to, respectively, in Articles 28 and 28a of that Regulationshall be converted into national currency using a specific agricultural
conversion rate equal to the average, calculated pro rata temporis , of the
agricultural conversion rates applicable during the marketing year inquestion.
2. The amount of reimbursement of storage costs referred to in
Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be converted intonational currency using a specific agricultural conversion rate equal to
the average, calculated pro rata temporis , of the agricultural conversion
rates applicable during the month of storage.
3. The specific agricultural conversion rate referred to in paragraph 1
shall be fixed by the Commission during the month following the end ofthe marketing year in question. The Commission shall fix theagricultural conversion rate referred to in paragraph 2 each month for
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(1) OJ No L 156, 10. 6. 1992, p. 10.
(2) OJ No L 217, 31. 7. 1992, p. 71.
(3) OJ No L 85, 6. 4. 1993, p. 16.
(4) OJ No L 353, 3. 12. 1992, p. 21.
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Article 1a
For the 1998/1999 marketing year and for participating Member States
within the meaning of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 2799/98,
1. the following rates are applicable for the conversion of the minimum
sugar beet prices referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No1785/81 and the production levies and additional levy referred to,respectively, in Articles 28 and 28a of that Regulation:
— the special agricultural conversion rate indicated in Annex II for
the period 1 July to 31 December 1998,
— the conversion rate fixed by Regulation (EC) No 2866/98 for the
period 1 January to 30 June 1999;
2. the following operative events shall be established for the application
of the rates referred to in point 1:
— for the amounts due as payment of the minimum sugar beet prices
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81: the firstday of the marketing year,
— for the amounts due as payment of the production levy and the
additional levy referred to, respectively, in Articles 28 and 28a of
that Regulation: the first day of the marketing year.
Article 1b
For the 2000/01 marketing year and for Greece,1. the following rates are applicable for the conversion of the minimum
sugarbeet prices referred to in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC)No 2038/1999(
1) and the production levies and additional levy
referred to, respectively, in Articles 33 and 34 of that Regulation:
— for the period 1 July to 31 December 2000 the special agricultural
conversion rate: EUR 1 = GRD 339,771,
— for the period 1 January to 30 June 2001 the conversion rate fixed
by Council Regulation (EC) No 2866/98(2);
2. the following operative events shall be established for the application
of the rates referred to in point (1):
— for the amounts due as payment of the minimum sugarbeet prices
referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999: the firstday of the marketing year,
— for the amounts due as payment of the production levy and the
additional levy referred to, respectively, in Articles 33 and 34 ofthat Regulation: the first day of the marketing year.
Article 2
Notwithstanding Articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
1068/93, as the case may be, and without prejudice to the possibilitiesand conditions for advance fixing provided for in Articles 13 to 17 ofthat Regulation, the operative events for applying the conversion ratewithin the framework of the common organization of the market insugar shall be as shown in the Annex.
Article 3
1. Regulation (EEC) No 3016/78 shall be repealed. However, it shall
continue to apply to current operations and procedures.
2. Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1487/92, Article 7 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1488/92, Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2177/92 and
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3491/92 are hereby deleted.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 4
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 359, 31.12.1998, p. 1.▼M6
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Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 5
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ANNEX I
Amount concerned Conversion rate to be applied
I.Buyingin
(a) Buying-in price of sugar provided for in
Article 9 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable on the day on which the offer of
sugar to intervention was accepted.
(b) Additional costs in respect of packing referred
to in Article 17 (3) of Commission Regulation(EEC) No 2103/77 (
1).Rate applicable on the day on which the
intervention agency required that the sugar bebagged.
(c) Increase or reduction referred to in Article 14
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77.Rate applicable on the day on which the offer of
sugar to intervention was accepted.
(d) Reductions referred to in Article 13 of the
Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77.Rate applicable on the day on which the offer of
sugar to intervention was accepted.
(e) Amount of reimbursement referred to in
Article 8 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2103/77.Rate applicable on the day on which the offer of
sugar to intervention was accepted.
II.Saleofinterventionsugar
(a) Selling price by tender pursuant to Article 3
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 447/68 (
2).Rate applicable on the day of payment. In the
case of advance fixing in accordance withArticle 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92,the rate applicable shall be that in force on thelast day for submission of tenders for thetendering procedure in question.
(b) Selling price, other than by tender, fixed in
accordance with Article 3 of Regulation(EEC) No 447/68.Rate applicable on the day of payment.
III.Productionlevies
Advance payments provided for in Article 5 and 6
of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 (
3).Rate applicable on 1 April of the marketing year
in question.
IV.Non-quotaproduction
(a) Levy referred to in Article 26 (3) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1785/81 for C sugar and Cisoglucose for which no proof of export hasbeen furnished within the prescribed period.Rate applicable on the day on which the highest
import levy in the case of sugar or variableelement of the levy in the case of isoglucosewas applicable during the period referred to inArticle 3 (1) of Commission Regulation (EEC)No 2670/81 (
4). If that amount was applicable
on two or more days, whether or not consecu-tive during that period, then the conversion rateshall be the rate applicable on the most recent ofthose days.
(b) Amount provided for in Article 2 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2670/81 in the event ofsubstitution of C sugar or C isoglucose.Rate applicable on the day on which the export
declaration for the sugar or isoglucose exportedin substitution was accepted.
(c) Amounts provided for in Article 5 (1) of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 65/82 (
5)
for the quantity of sugar carried forward inrespect of which the undertaking has not metthe storage obligation.Rate applicable on the day on which the
quantity in question was disposed of withinthe meaning of Article 12 of CommissionRegulation (EEC) No 1998/78 (
6).
V.Compensationsystemforstoragecosts
Storage levy provided for in Article 8 of Regulation
(EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable on the first day of the month
following the month in which the quantity inquestion was disposed of, within the meaning ofArticle 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 6
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VI.Systemofminimumstocks
(a) Reimbursement provided for in Article 3 (b)
of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 (7).Rate applicable on the day on which the request
for release was received by the competentauthority concerned.
(b) Amounts provided for in the Article 6 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1789/81 levied on sugarfrom the minimum stock marketed other thanin accordance with the rules laid down.Rate applicable on the day on which the
quantity in question was disposed of withinthe meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EEC)No 1998/78.
VII.Denaturingpremium
Denaturing premium provided for in Article 9 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable on the day of denaturing. In the
case of advance fixing in accordance withArticle 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92,the applicable rate shall be that in force on theday on which the application for a denaturingpremium certificate was received by thecompetent authority.
VIII.Productionrefundsforproductsusedbythechemical industry
Production refunds provided for in Article 9 (3) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable one month after the day on
which the application for a refund certificatewas received by the competent authority, withinthe meaning of Article 5 of Regulation (EEC)No 1729/78.
IX.AidforthemarketingofsugarproducedintheFrenchoverseasdepartments
(a) Transport aid referred to in Article 2 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 (
8).Rate applicable on the date of completion of the
bill of lading for the transported sugar.
(b) Aid referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2225/86.Rate applicable on the day on which the
quantity in question was refined.
X.Adjustmentaidtotherefiningindustry
Aid provided for in Article 9(4b) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable on the first day of the month
following the month in which the amount of rawsugar in question was refined, and to theMember State in which the refining was carriedout.
XI.AidfortheadaptionoftherefiningindustryinPortugal
Aid provided for in the Article 9 (4c) of Regulation
(EEC) No 1785/81.Rate applicable on the day on which the amount
of raw sugar in question was refined.
XII.Nationalaidsreferred toinArticle46ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
(a) Aid provided for in the Article 46 (1) to (4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (Italy).Rate applicable on 1 January of the marketing
year during which the sugar beet and sugar wereproduced.
(b) Aid provided for in the Article 46 (6) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (UnitedKingdom).Rate applicable on the date on which the
amount of preferential raw sugar in questionwas refined, and for the Member State in whichthe refining was carried out.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 7
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XIII.AidprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No3814/92(Spain)
(a) Aid to beet and cane producers referred to in
Article 2 (1) and (2) of Council Regulation(EEC) No 3814/92 (
9).Rate applicable on the day on which the beet
and cane in question were processed into sugar.
(b) Aid for stocks at 31 December 1992 referred
to in Article 2 (3) of Council Regulation(EEC) No 3814/92.Rate applicable on the day on which the
quantity in question was disposed of withinthe meaning of Article 12 of Regulation (EEC)No 1998/78.
XIV.Tradewiththirdcountries
All import and export levies and export refunds
provided for pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No1785/81:
(a) with advance fixing of the agricultural
conversion rate;Rate applicable on the day on which the
application for advance fixing was lodged.
(b) with advance fixing of the agricultural
conversion rate or after expiry of theadvance-fixing period referred to in Article6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92.Rate applicable on the day on which the
customs declaration was accepted.
XV.Securities
All securities provided for pursuant to Regulation
(EEC) No 1785/81.Rate application on the day on which the
security was lodged.
XVI.Aidtotheremotestregions
(a) Flat-rate aid per hectare for the cultivation of
sugar cane in the French overseas departmentsprovided for in Article 17 of Regulation(EEC) No 3763/91.Rate applicable on 1 July of the marketing year
during which the cane was planted and/or theland impovement operation was completed.
(b) Aid granted pursuant to Article 18 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3763/91 for directprocessing of sugar cane in the Frenchoverseas departments into:
— sucrose syrup: rate applicable on the day the cane was
processed into sucrose syrup,
— agricultural rum: rate applicable on the day the cane juice is
distilled.
(c) Aid for the specific supply of sugar to the
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pursuant to Article 3 of Regulations (EEC) No1600/92 and (EEC) No 1601/92.Rate applicable on the day on which the aid
certificate was endorsed by the competentauthorities of the place of destination.
In the case of advance fixing in accordance with
Article 6 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92,the applicable rate shall be that in force on theday on which the application for an aidcertificate was lodged.
(d) Flat-rate aid per hectare for sugar beet
production in the Azores provided for inArticle 25 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92.Rate applicable on 1 July of the marketing year
in which the beet was produced.
(e) Special aid for the processing of sugar beet
harvested in the Azores into white sugarprovided for in Article 25 (2) of Regulation(EEC) No 1600/92.Rate applicable on the day on which the sugar
beet was processed into white sugar.
(f) Flate-rate aid per hectare for the cultivation of
sugar cane in Madeira as provided for inArticle 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 1600/92.Rate applicable on 1 July of the marketing year
in which the cane was planted or replanted orthe irrigation work was completed.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 8
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(g) Aid for direct processing of sugar cane into
sucrose syrup or agricultural rum in Madeiraas provided for in Article 18 of Regulation(EEC) No 1600/92.Rate applicable on the day on which the sugar
cane in question was processed into syrup or theday on which the cane juice in question wasdistilled, as the case may be.
(1) OJ No L 246, 27. 9. 1977, p. 12.
(2) OJ No L 91, 12. 4. 1968, p. 5.
(3) OJ No L 158, 16. 9. 1982, p. 17.
(4) OJ No L 262, 16. 9. 1981, p. 14.
(5) OJ No L 9, 14. 1. 1982, p. 14.
(6) OJ No L 231, 23. 8. 1978, p. 5.
(7) OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 39.
(8) OJ No L 194, 17. 7. 1986, p. 7.
(9) OJ No L 387, 31. 12. 1992, p. 7.1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 9
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ANNEX II
Special agrimonetary conversion rate to be applied in the Member States adopting
the euro to the amounts due as minimum sugar beet prices and production andadditional levies in the sugar sector during the period 1 July to 31 December 1998
1 EUR = 40,6384 Belgian or Luxembourg francs
1,96999 German marks
167,369 Spanish pesetas
6,62416 French francs0,792079 Irish pounds
1955,25 Italian lire
2,21995 Dutch guilders
13,8598 Austrian schillings
201,844 Portuguese escudos
5,98726 Finnish markkaa1993R1713 — EN — 01.07.2000 — 005.001 — 10