30.12.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL382/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4011/89
of29December 1989
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,establishingtheproductionrefund;whereasArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthatthepro­
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,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1069/89(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;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1010/86of25
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundoncertainsugarproductsusedinthechemical
industry(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2306/88,establishestheframeworkwithinwhichthe
productionrefundsmaybedeterminedandliststhe
chemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacturemakesit
possibletograntaproductionrefundforthebasic
productsvisedintheirmanufacture ;whereasArticles5,6
and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethatthe
productionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrosesyrups
andunprocessedisoglucoseshallbederivedfromthe
refundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingtoamethodof
calculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasicproducts;Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedatECU22,457forthreemonthsfrom1
Januaryto31March1990.Forflavouredsugarsorsugars
containingaddedcolouringagentsorcontainingother
substancesobtainedfromwhitesugarorrawsugarthe
productionrefundshallbeestablishedbymultiplyingthis
amountbythesucrosecontentofthesugarinquestion
determinedinaccordancewiththepolarimetricmethod
asapercentageofthedrymatterweight. WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No748/89(*),specifiesthemethodtobeusedfor Article2
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.0OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(4)OJNoL201,25.7.1978,p.26.0OJNoL80,23.3.1989,p.51.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1990.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29December1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission