29.12.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL367/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3851/90
of28December 1990
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No3577/90(2),andinparticularArticle9(6)
thereof,ductionrefundforwhitesugarshallbefixedatthree-
monthlyintervalsfortheperiodsbeginning 1July,1
October,1Januaryand1April;whereastheapplication
oftheabovementioned methodentailsfixingthepro­
ductionrefundasstatedinArticle1fortheperiod
referredtotherein;
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,WhereaspursuanttoArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81itmaybedecidedtograntproductionrefundson
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)(a)and(f)andonthe
syrupslistedinArticle1(1)(d)thereofwhichareinone
ofthesituationsreferredtoinArticle9(2)oftheTreaty
andwhichareusedinthemanufacture ofcertain
productsofthechemicalindustry;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1010/86of25
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundoncertainsugarproductsusedinthechemical
industry(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1771/90(4),establishestheframeworkwithinwhichthe
productionrefundsmaybedeterminedandliststhe
chemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacturemakesit
possibletograntaproductionrefundforthebasic
productsusedintheirmanufacture ;whereasArticles5,6
and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethatthe
productionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrosesyrups
andunprocessedisoglucoseshallbederivedfromthe
refundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingtoamethodof
calculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasicproducts;Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedatECU33,556forthreemonthsfrom1
Januaryto31March1991.Forflavouredsugarsorsugars
containingaddedcolouringagentsorcontainingother
substancesobtainedfromwhitesugarorrawsugarthe
productionrefundshallbeestablishedbymultiplyingthis
amountbythesucrosecontentofthesugarinquestion
determinedinaccordancewiththepolarimetricmethod
asapercentageofthedrymatterweight.WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2029/90(*),specifiesthemethodtobeusedfor
establishingtheproductionrefund;whereasArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthattheproArticle2
(>)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL353,17.12.1990,p.23.
(3)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(*)OJNoL163,29.6.1990,p.1.
(*)OJNoL201,25.7.1978,p.26.
I6)OJNoL186,18.7.1990,p.5.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1991.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission