31.12.94 NoL350/101 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No3348/94
of30December1994
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,establishingtheproductionrefund;whereasArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthatthepro­
ductionrefundforwhitesugarshallbefixedatthree­
monthlyintervalsfortheperiodsbeginning 1July,1
October,1Januaryand1April;whereastheapplication
aftheabovementioned methodentailsfixingthepro­
ductionrefundasstatedinArticle1fortheperiod
referredtotherein:HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No133/94(*),andinparticularArticle9(6)
thereof,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),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No464/91(4),establishestheframeworkwithin
whichtheproductionrefundsmaybedeterminedand
liststhechemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacture
makesitpossibletograntaproductionrefundforthe
basicproductsusedintheirmanufacture ;whereas
Articles5,6and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86
providethattheproductionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,
sucrosesyrupsandunprocessedisoglucoseshallbe
derivedfromtherefundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingto
amethodofcalculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasic
products;Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedatECU28,508forthequarter1Januaryto
31March1995.
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(5),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No464/91,specifiesthemethodtobeusedforArticle2
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL22,27.1.1994,p.7.
(3)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
OOJNoL54,28.2.1991,p.22.
j5)OJNoL201,25.7.1978,p.26.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1995.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission