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"B REGULATION (EEC) No 100/72 OF THE COMMISSION
of 14 January 1972
laying down detailed rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed
(OJ L 12, 15.1.1972, p. 15)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 Regulation (EEC) No 2351/72 of the Commission of 8 November 1972 L 253 11 9.11.1972
"M2 Regulation (EEC) No 2847/72 of the Commission of 29 December
1972 L 299 4 31.12.19721972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 1
REGULATION (EEC) No 100/72 OF THE COMMISSION
of 14 January 1972
laying down detailed rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/78/EEC (
1) of 18 December
1967 on the common organization of the market in sugar, as last amended byRegulation (EEC) 2727/71, (
2) and in particular Articles 9 (8) and 38 thereof;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2049/69 (3) of 17 October 1969 laying
down general rules on the denaturing of sugar for animal feed, as amended byRegulation (EEC) No 2863/71, (
4) contains no further provisions concerning
the field of application of the denaturing premium certificate; whereas the
relevant detailed rules were contained in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2061/69 (5) of 20 October 1969 laying down detailed rules on the denaturing
of sugar for animal feed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/71 (6);
whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2061/69 has already been amended several
times and other important amendments have become necessary; whereas, inthe interests of clarity, the detailed rules on the denaturing of sugar for animalfeed should therefore be consolidated in a new Regulation;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2049/69 provides for two methods of fixing
the denaturing premium, either a uniform manner for the entire Community,
or by means of a tendering procedure; whereas the detailed rules for thisprocedure may, for the most part, be modelled on the provisions contained in
Regulation (EEC) No 394/70 (
7) in respect of invitations to tender to
determine export refunds on sugar;
Whereas it is necessary to lay down the conditions under which a denaturing
premium certificate may be obtained and to specify certain administrativerules concerning this certificate;
Whereas, having regard in particular to the quantitative losses generally
sustained during a denaturing process, a margin of tolerance should beallowed between the quantity of sugar denatured and the quantity shown onthe denaturing premium certificate; whereas a similar margin may be used to
calculate the amount of the deposit to be forfeited where only part of the
quantity of sugar shown on the certificate has been denatured;
Whereas the proper working of a single market requires that the market
should be as flexible as possible; whereas, to this end, provision should be
made for the denaturing premium certificate to be transferred or exchanged
according to specified formalities; whereas, furthermore, the denaturingpremium certificate, which confers the right to payment of the premium andentails the obligation to denature the sugar in question, should be valid for a
period which will allow manufacturers of feedingstuffs to make long-term
arrangements;
Whereas only sugar intended for animal feed is eligible for a denaturing
premium; whereas the specific denaturing processes which must be used if a
denaturing premium is to be paid must therefore be determined; whereas
provision must also be made for strict supervision of the various operationsand in particular for prior approval of the places in which denaturing will beeffected;
Whereas since denatured sugar must be used only for animal feed, Member
States must take all necessary measures to ensure that it is used for thispurpose;!B
(1) OJ No L 308, 18.12.1967, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 282, 23.12.1971, p. 8.
(3) OJ No L 263, 21.10.1969, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 288, 31.12.1971, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 263, 21.10.1969, p. 19.
(6) OJ No L 85, 15.4.1971, p. 18.
(7) OJ No L 50, 4.3.1970, p. 1.1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 2
Whereas controls carried out on the denaturing agents defined in this
Regulation have shown that results for the same product may sometimes differfrom those set out in the definitions; whereas these results may not be strictlyaccurate; whereas a certain technical latitude should be allowed with regard to
the minimum contents specified;
Whereas the nutritive value of raw sugar depends principally on its sucrose
content; whereas, therefore, the premium for raw sugar of a quality other thanthe standard quality should be adjusted in the light of the yield of the sugar in
question;
Whereas it may be economically justified to make provision for adjustments
to the premiums where sugar prices change during a specified period;
Whereas, to ensure compliance with all the provisions on denaturing, the
premium should be paid only after denaturing has been effected in accordance
with these provisions; whereas, in order to avoid too much costly supervision,advances on the denaturing premium should not be allowed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with
the Opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
TITLE I
Tendering procedures
Article 1
The terms of the invitation to tender may provide for a maximum quantity.
Article 2
1. The tendering procedure for fixing premiums shall be organized by the
appropriate intervention agency.
2. The intervention agency shall draw up an invitation to tender.The invitation to tender shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities . The intervention agency may also publish the
invitation to tender or have it published elsewhere.
3. Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities shall
take place at least ten days before the period for the submission of tenders
expires.
4. The invitation to tender shall indicate the terms of the invitation to tender
and in particular, where appropriate, the maximum amount of the denaturingpremium, the minimum quantity per tender and the maximum quantity per
tenderer.
Article 3
1. If the situation on the sugar market in the Community so requires, a
standing invitation to tender may be issued.
During the period of validity of the standing invitation to tender, partial
invitations to tender shall be issued.
2. The standing invitation to tender shall be published only for the purpose
of issuing it. The invitation as published may be amended or replaced during
the period of validity of the standing invitation to tender. It shall be amendedor replaced if the terms of the invitation to tender are changed during that
period of validity.
3. The period for the submission of tenders for the first partial invitation to
tender shall:
(a) begin on the day on which the standing invitation to tender is published in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities and
(b) expire at 9.30 a.m. on the first Wednesday after the tenth day following
publication.!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 3
4. The periods for the submission of tenders in response to the second and
subsequent partial invitations to tender shall:
(a) begin on the first working day following the expiry of the previous period
and
(b) expire at 9.30 a.m. on the Wednesday of the following week.
5. In the event of a standing invitation to tender being issued, the provisions
of the following Articles in this Title shall apply to all partial invitations totender.
Article 4
1. Tenderers shall either deliver written tenders to the intervention agency
against a receipt or address tenders to the intervention agency by registeredletter, telex or telegram.
2. The tender shall indicate:
(a) the invitation to which the tender relates;
(b) the name and address of the tenderer;(c) the type and the total quantity of sugar to be denatured;(d) the amount of the denaturing premium proposed per 100 kilogrammes, in
the currency of the Member State in which the intervention agency to
which the tender is submitted is situated.
Intervention agencies may require additional information.3. A tender shall be valid only if:(a) proof is furnished before the period for the submission of tenders expires
that the tenderer has lodged the deposit required for the invitation to
tender;
(b) it includes a declaration by the tenderer that, if his tender for a denaturing
premium, hereinafter called the ‘premium’, is successful, he will applyfor a denaturing premium certificate, hereinafter called the ‘certificate’,
for the quantity of sugar to be denatured and will lodge the deposit
required in this connection.
4. A tender may stipulate that it may be treated as submitted only if the
award relates to all or a specified part of the quantity indicated in the tender.
5. A tender which is not submitted in accordance with the provisions of this
Article, or which contains terms other than those indicated in the invitation totender, shall not be taken into consideration.
6. Once a tender has been submitted it may not be withdrawn.
Article 5
1. The deposit required by the invitation to tender shall be 0.5units of
account per 100 kg of white or raw sugar.
2. The tenderer may lodge the deposit either in cash or in the form of a
guarantee by an establishment complying with criteria laid down by the
Member State in which the tender was submitted.
Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the types of establishment
authorized to give such a guarantee and of the criteria referred to in thepreceding subparagraph and the Commission shall in turn inform the other
Member States.
Article 6
1. Tenders shall be examined in private session by the intervention agency.
Persons present at the examination shall be sworn to secrecy.
2. The Commission shall be informed without delay of the tenders
submitted.!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 4
Article 7
1. Except where a decision is taken to make no award and without prejudice
to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, the award shall be made to anytenderer whose tender does not exceed the maximum amount of the premium.
2. Where a maximum quantity has been fixed for the invitation to tender,
the award shall be made to the tenderer who proposes the lowest amount ofthe premium. If the maximum quantity is not completely accounted for by thattender, awards shall be made to the tenderers whose tenders contain the next
lowest proposed amount of the premium.
3. However, where the procedure provided for in paragraph 2 would, by
taking a certain tender into consideration, cause the maximum quantity to be
exceeded, only the remaining amount of the maximum quantity shall be
awarded to the tenderer in question.
Tenders which propose the same premium and which, if the total quantity
which they represent were accepted, would cause the maximum quantity to be
exceeded shall be considered in proportion to the quantity referred to in each
tender.
Article 8
1. An award shall:
(a) confer the right to the issue, in respect of the quantity for which the
premium is awarded, of a certificate showing inter alia the premium
specified in the tender;
(b) entail the obligation to apply for such a certificate, in respect of that
quantity, to the intervention agency to which the tender was submitted.
2. The right and the obligation arising from awards shall not be transferable.
That right shall be exercised and that obligation shall be fulfilled withineighteen days after the period for the submission of tenders has expired.
Article 9
1. The intervention agency shall immediately notify all tenderers of the
outcome of their participation in the tendering procedure. The agency shall
also send statements of award to the successful tenderers.
2. Statements of award shall indicate at least:
(a) the invitation to which the tender relates;
(b) the quantity in respect of which the premium is awarded;(c) the premium to be paid for the quantity referred to under (b).
Article 10
1. Except in cases of force majeure , the deposit required for the invitation to
tender shall only be released in respect of the quantity.
(a) for which the tenderer:
— has not withdrawn his tender;
and
— has, within the time limit specified and following compliance with
the terms stipulated, applied for a certificate;
or
(b) in respect of which no award is made.2. The deposit shall be released immediately.
3. In cases of force majeure , the intervention agency shall determine the
measures necessary in view of the circumstances invoked.!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 5
TITLE II
Denaturing premium certificates
Article 11
1. Certificates may be obtained only by application to be made before
denaturing takes place.
2. On receipt of such application, the competent authorities of the Member
States shall issue a certificate only if:
(a) when the application is made:
— a premium fixed uniformly throughout the Community is applicable;
or
— the applicant has tendered successfully for a premium;
and
(b) proof is furnished that the applicant has lodged a denaturing deposit to
guarantee that denaturing will be effected during the period of validity ofthe certificate.
Article 12
1. Applications for the issue of certificates shall be made in writing.
2. Applications shall indicate:
(a) the name and address of the applicant;(b) the type and the total quantity of sugar to be denatured;
(c) where appropriate, the statement of award to which the application
relates.
The competent authorities of the Member States may require additional
information.
Article 13
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation, the competent
authorities of the Member States shall have the certificate printed in their
respective countries.
2. The certificate shall indicate in particular:
(a) the name and address of the titular holder;(b) the day on which the application was lodged;
(c) the type and the total quantity of sugar to be denatured;
(d) the minimum quantity of sugar to be denatured per day in a given place;(e) whichever is appropriate, and in the currency of the Member State issuing
the certificate:
— the premium fixed uniformly throughout the Community for the
quality of sugar in question and applicable on the day on which theapplication is lodged;
— the premium fixed as the result of an invitation to tender;
(f) the last day of validity of the certificate.
3. The certificate shall be drawn up in at least in duplicate, one copy for the
titular holder, the other for the competent authority of the Member State in
which it is drawn up.
Article 14
1. The issue of the certificate shall:
(a) confer the right to payment of the premium shown on the certificate for
the quantity in question after denaturing;!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 6
(b) entail the obligation to denature the sugar under the conditions laid down
in the certificate.
2. Where the quantity of sugar denatured exceeds the quantity shown on the
certificate by not more than 2%, it shall be considered as having been
denatured in accordance with that document.
3. Where the quantity of sugar denatured is not more than 2% lower than the
quantity shown on the certificate, the obligation to denature shall be
considered as having been fulfilled.
Article 15
1. The obligation arising from the certificate shall not be transferable.
The right arising from the certificate may be transferred by the titular holder
during the period of validity of the certificate.
2. In respect of any one certificate a transfer may only be made:
(a) in favour of a single transferee;
and
(b) in respect of the total quantity shown on the certificate.3. The transfer shall take effect from the date on which the competent
authority of the Member State which issued the certificate enters on that
certificate the name and address of the transferee and the date on which theywere entered, authenticated by that authority’s stamp.
The details shall be entered on application by the titular holder. The transferee
may not transfer his right nor transfer it back to the titular bolder.
Article 16
1. The certificate shall be valid from the date on which it is issued until the
end of the eleventh month following that during which it was issued. Thecertificate shall be considered as having been issued on the day on which the
application was lodged with the competent authority of the Member State in
question.
2. Applications for certificates received by the authority either on one of its
non-working days or after 4.00 p.m. on one of its working days, shall be
considered as having been lodged on the first working day following the dayon which they were received.
3. The time limit laid down in paragraph 2 shall be extended by one hour in
Italy during the period when Summer Time is in force in that Member State.
4. The time limit laid down in paragraph 2 shall be one hour earlier in
Ireland and in the United Kingdom during the period when those Member
States do not apply Summer Time.
Article 17
1. The amount of the denaturing deposit shall be one unit of account per 100
kg of sugar.
2. The applicant may lodge the deposit either in cash or in the form of a
guarantee by an establishment complying with criteria laid down by theMember State in which the certificate is applied for.
The provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2) shall apply.
Article 18
1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 2, where the obligation to denature
has not been fulfilled, the deposit shall be forfeited. The amount of the depositto be forfeited shall be equal to the difference between:
(a) 98 % of the quantity of sugar shown on the certificate;
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(b) the quantity of sugar actually denatured.
However, where the quantity of sugar denatured is less than 2% of the
quantity shown on the certificate, the whole of the deposit shall be forfeited.
2. Where denaturing cannot be carried out under the conditions laid down in
the certificate as a result of circumstances considered to constitute a case offorce majeure and where a request has been made for these circumstances to
be taken into account, the Member State concerned shall determine the
measures necessary in view of the circumstances invoked.
3. The deposit shall be released immediately where the sugar has been
denatured under the conditions laid down in the certificate.
TITLE III
Denaturing
Article 19
1. The Member States shall appoint competent agencies to supervise
denaturing and to ensure that the denatured sugar is only used for animal feed.
2. Denaturing shall be effected in establishments approved by the Member
State in which the denaturing is carried out.
Member States shall only give approval to factories manufacturing sugar or
compound feedingstuffs or to warehouses in which denaturing can beeffectively supervised.
3. The minimum quantity to be denatured per day in any one place shall be
20 metric tons.
Member States may however fix another minimum quantity.4. The person concerned shall, in sufficient time to allow for supervision,
notify the agency referred to in paragraph 1 of the following details in
writing:
(a) his name and address;(b) the type and quantity of sugar to be denatured;(c) the place in which denaturing will be effected;(d) the time estimated for the denaturing.The Member States may require additional information.
Article 20
1. Where the titular holder or the transferee of a certificate intends to
denature sugar in a Member State other than that which issued the certificate:
(a) he shall return the certificate to the competent authority of the Member
State which issued it, hereinafter called the ‘issuing authority’, and shallinform that authority in writing of his intention;
(b) he shall apply to the competent authority of the Member State in which
the denaturing will be effected, hereinafter called the ‘paying authority’,
for a certificate to replace the first one.
2. Where paragraph 1 applies:(a) the issuing authority, after checking the authenticity of the certificate,
shall send it without delay to the paying authority;
(b) the paying authority shall issue a new certificate containing at least the
information appearing on the certificate issued by the issuing authority,and in particular the date on which the application was lodged. However,
the information provided for in Article 13 (2) (d) shall be amended as
necessary by the paying authority and the premium shall be expressed inthe currency of the Member State in which the paying authority is
situated;
(c) the paying authority shall, as soon as the quantity of sugar in question has
been denatured under the conditions laid down in the certificate, informthe issuing authority so that the provisions of Article 18 can be applied.!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 8
Article 21
1. The premium shall be paid by the Member State in which denaturing was
effected.
2. The premium shall only be paid if:
(a) the sugar has been denatured under supervision in an approved
establishment by one of the processes listed in the Annex;
(b) the quantity of sugar denatured per day in any one place was:
— not less than 20 metric tons or
— not less than the minimum quantity fixed by the Member State
specified in paragraph 1.
Article 22
1. The premium for raw sugar of a quality other than the standard quality
shall be multiplied by a coefficient.
2. This coefficient shall be equal to the yield of the raw sugar in question
divided by 92. The yield shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions
of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 431/68 (1) of 9 April 1968
determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Communityfrontier crossing point for calculating c.i.f. prices for sugar.
Article 23
If, between:
— the lodging of an application for the premium, where the premium is
fixed uniformly; or
— the expiry of the period for the submission of tenders, where the premium
is fixed by means of a tendering procedure;
and denaturing, there is any alteration in the prices fixed pursuant to
Regulation No 1009/67/EEC, provision may be made for adjusting thepremiums.
Article 24
1. The premium shall be paid:
(a) at the earliest, after proof is furnished that the sugar has been denatured
under the conditions laid down in the certificate;
(b) at the latest, at the end of the month following that in which the proof
specified under (a) is furnished.
2. Advances on the premiums shall not be allowed.
TITLE IV
General Provisions
Article 25
1. Where denatured sugar is sent from one Member State to another
Member State, proof that it is sugar denatured by one of the processes
specified in the Annex can only be furnished by submitting to the MemberState of destination either a T2 document as provided for in Article 39 ofRegulation (EEC) No 542/69 (
2) or a T2L document as provided for in Article
1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2313/69 (3) Section 31 of which contains, in
addition to the description of goods, one of the following endorsements:
‘Denatureret sukker’
‘Denaturierter Zucker’!B
(1) OJ No L 89, 10.4.1968, p. 3.
(2) OJ No L 77, 29.3.1969, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 295, 24.11.1969, p. 8.!M2
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‘Denatured sugar’
‘Sucre dénaturé’
‘Zucchero denaturato’‘Gedenatureerde suiker’
‘(Denatured sugar)’
2. The endorsement provided for in paragraph 1 shall only be entered by the
competent authority of the exporting Member State if the sugar in question
has been denatured by one of the processes specified in paragraph 1. Theendorsement must also indicate the type and the quantity of product used todenature 100 kilogrammes of sugar.
Article 26
The information on quantities required by this Regulation shall, in respect of
raw sugar, be taken to refer to weight tel quel.
Article 27
Regulation (EEC) No 2061/69 is hereby repealed.
It shall, however, continue to apply in respect of operations for which a
certificate was issued during the period of validity of that Regulation.
Article 28
This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 January 1972.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States.!B1972R0100 — EN — 01.02.1973 — 002.001 — 10
ANNEX
I. General Conditions
Where, as the result of an official check of products used in denaturing and
defined under III, a difference is found between the result of the check and theminimum content specified for substances making up such products, thefollowing tolerances (technical latitudes) shall be allowed:
(a) for crude protein: 2 units;(b) for total fat content: 10% of the minimum content laid down;(c) for water, calcium and calcium carbonate content: 1 unit.
II. Denaturing Processes
1. Where the sugar is intended for live-stock feed, it shall be denatured by
the homogeneous admixture with each 100 kilogrammes of sugar of atleast:
either (a) 2.5kg of fish meal or animal meal and 1 kg of high
viscosity swelling starch;
or (b) 4 kg of chalk and 1 kg of fenugreek flour.
Where fish meal is used, the kilogramme of high viscosity swelling
starch may be replaced by 1 kg of salt, whether or not denatured.
2. Where the sugar is intended for inclusion in milk substitute compound
feedingstuffs and a physical check is carried out during the manufacture
of the feedingstuff concerned, the Member State in question may, onapplication by the person concerned, allow the sugar to be denatured bythe homogeneous admixture of at least 3.5kg of salt, whether or not
denatured, with each 100 kg of sugar, if the sugar denatured in this wayis dissolved with at least 25 kg of swelling starch and then dried by
rolling.
3. Where the sugar is intended for feeding bees, it shall be denatured by
the homogeneous admixture with each 100 kg of sugar of:
either (a) 0.050kg of octo-acetylsucrose;
or (b) 0.125 kg of garlic powder with 0.050 kg of powdered
vegetable charcoal added;
or (c) 0.250kg of ferric oxide; in this case the mixture must show
a definite coloration ranging from dark red to brown.
4. Where the sugar is intended for ensiling green forage, it shall be
denatured:
either (a) in accordance with paragraph 1 (a);or (b) in accordance with paragraph 1 (b); in this case, the 4 kg of
chalk may be replaced by 2 kg of high viscosity swellingstarch;
or (c) by the homogeneous admixture with each 100 kg of sugar of
25 kg of salt, whether or not denatured, and 1.9kg of ferrous
sulphate and 0.01—0.03kg of patent blue V (EEC No
E131).
III. Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation:
1. ‘fish meal’ means a product:
(a) obtained by drying and grinding various kinds of whole fish or pieces
of fish;
(b) with a crude protein content of not less than 55% in respect of goods
with a water content of 12%;
(c) with a total fat content of not less than 6% calculated on the basis of
the dry matter;
(d) with a characteristic smell;!
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2. ‘animal meal’ means a product:
(a) obtained by drying and grinding carcases and parts of carcases of
warm blooded land animals which have undergone high-pressure
s t e a mt r e a t m e n ta n dw h i c hm a yt h e nh a v eb e e nd e f a t t e db yextraction;
(b) virtually without hair, bristels, feather, horns, hooves, skin or the
contents of the stomach and intestines;
(c) with a crude protein content of not less than 50% in respect of goods
with a water content of 12%;
(d) with a total fat content of not less than 6% calculated on the basis of
the dry matter;
3. ‘chalk’ means a product:
(a) containing not less than 90% of calcium carbonate (CaCO
3);
(b) analysis of which shows 35% or more of calcium (Ca);
4. ‘fenugreek’, trigonella phoenum graecum, means a product:
(a) with a characteristic smell;(b) containing trigonelline;
(c) analysis of which shows a crude protein content of not less than 25%
and a total fat content of not less than 5%;
5. ‘high viscosity swelling starch’ means:
starch, whether or not modified, showing certain minimum properties of
resistance to filtration, which must be verified by the following test:
Prepare in a beaker:
99 gr of crystallized white sugar;
1 gr of the sample of product to be tested.Add 200 ml of water.
Shake or stir the mixture for three hours at a temperature of 25 °C.
Proceed with the filtering test as follows:
Pour 20 ml of the mixture into a 45 mm diameter Büchner funnel covered
with a Schleicher and Schüll ashless filter paper (Prolabo black band) andinserted in a flask under 10 cm mercury vacuum.
The volume filtered in two minutes must not exceed 6 ml.
6. ‘salt’ means sodium chloride (NaCl);
7. ‘ferric oxide’ means a product containing not less than 50% af Fe
2O3, from
dark red to brown in colour, and powdered to a degree of fineness whichwill allow 90% to pass through a sieve with 0.10mm mesh.!
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