31.12.96 IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL345/71
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2522/96
of30December 1996
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(2),andinparticularArticle9(6)
thereof,
WhereaspursuanttoArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81itmaybedecidedtograntproductionrefundson
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(f)andonthe
syrupslistedinArticle1(1)(d)thereofwhichareinone
ofthesituationsreferredtoinArticle9(2)oftheTreaty
andwhichareusedinthemanufacture ofcertain
productsofthechemicalindustry;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1010/86of25
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundoncertainsugarproductsusedinthechemical
industry(3),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1126/96(4),establishestheframeworkwithin
whichtheproductionrefundsmaybedeterminedand
liststhechemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacture
makesitpossibletograntaproductionrefundforthe
basicproductsusedintheirmanufacture ;whereasArticles
5,6and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethat
theproductionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrose
syrupsandunprocessedisoglucoseshallbederivedfrom
therefundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingtoamethodof
calculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasicproducts;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)
No1126/96,specifiesthemethodtobeusedforestabli­shingtheproductionrefund;whereasArticle1ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1729/78providesthattheproduction
refundforwhitesugarshallbefixedatthree-monthly
intervalsfortheperiodsbeginning 1July,1October,1
Januaryand1April;whereastheapplicationofthe
abovementioned methodentailsfixingtheproduction
refundasstatedinArticle1fortheperiodreferredto
therein;
Whereastheamendmentofthedefinitionofwhitesugar
andrawsugarreferredtoinArticle1(2)(a)and(b)of
Regulation(EEC)No1785/81hastheconsequencethat
flavouredsugarsorsugarscontainingaddedcolouring
agentsorothersubstancesarenolongerconsideredas
fallingwithinthesedefinitionsbutaretobeconsideredas
'othersugars';whereasArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
1010/86providesforthesesugarstobeeligibleasbasic
productstotheproductionrefund;whereasamethodof
calculationbasedontheirsucrosecontentshouldbelaid
downforestablishingtheproductionrefundapplicableto
theseproducts;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedatECU37,624forthequarter1Januaryto
31March1997.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1997.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1996.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
0OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(4)OJNoL150,25.6.1996,p.3.
5)OJNoL201,25.7.1978,p.26.