EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.4.2000 L81/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 682/2000
of 31 March 2000
fixingthe production refund for white sug ar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September1999onthecommonorganizationofthemarketsin the sugar sector(
1), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)Pursuant to Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/
1999itmaybedecidedtograntproductionrefundsonthe products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) and on thesyrupslistedinArticle1(1)(d)thereofwhichareinoneofthesituationsreferredtoinArticle9(2)oftheTreatyandwhichareusedinthemanufactureofcertainprod-ucts of the chemical industry.
(2)Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March1986 laying down general rules for the productionrefund on certain sugar products used in the chemicalindustry(
2),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC) No 1148/98(3), establishes the framework within
which the production refunds may be determined andlists the chemical products of which the manufacturemakes it possible to grant a production refund for thebasic products used in their manufacture. Articles 5, 6and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethattheproductionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrosesyrupsand unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from therefund fixed for white sugar according to a method ofcalculation peculiar to each of these basic products.
(3)Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of 24 July1978 laying down detailed rules of application inrespect of the production refund for sugar used in thechemicalindustry(
4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1148/98,specifiesthemethodtobeusedforestab-lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 ofRegulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthattheproduc-
tion refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1October, 1 January and 1 April. The application of theabovementioned method entails fixing the productionrefund as stated in Article 1 for the period referred totherein.
(4)TheamendmentofthedefinitionofwhitesugarandrawsugarreferredtoinArticle1(2)(a)and(b)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999hastheconsequencethatflavouredsugars or sugars containing added colouring agents orother substances are no longer considered as fallingwithin these definitions but are to be considered as‘othersugars’.Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providesforthesesugarstobeeligibleasbasicproductstotheproductionrefund.Amethodofcalculationbasedontheirsucrosecontentshouldbelaiddownforestab-lishing the production refund applicable to these prod-ucts.
(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 isherebyfixedatEUR 45,823forthequarter1Aprilto30June2000.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 31 March 2000.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 201, 25.7.1978, p. 26.