1.10.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL271/53
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3020/88
of30September1988
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,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
1010/86providesforthe:sesugarstobeeligibleasbasic
productstotheproductionrefund;whereasamethodof
calculationbasedontheirsucrosecontentshouldbelaid
downforestablishingtheproductionrefundapplicableto
theseproducts;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2306/88(2),andinparticularArticle9(6)
thereof,
WhereasunderArticle9(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)establishestheframeworkwithinwhichthe
productionrefundsmaybedeterminedandliststhe
chemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacturemakesit
possibletograntaproductionrefundforthebasic
productsusedintheirmanufacture ;whereasArticles5,6
and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethatthe
productionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrosesyrups
andunprocessedisoglucoseshallbederivedfromthe
refundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingtoamethodof
calculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasicproducts;Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedat31,844ECUforthreemonthsfrom1
Octoberto31December1988.Forflavouredsugarsor
sugarscontainingaddedcolouringagentsorcontaining
othersubstancesobtainedfromwhitesugarorrawsugar
theproductionrefundshallbeestablishedbymultiplying
thisamountbythesucrosecontentofthesugarinques­
tiondeterminedinaccordancewiththepolarimetric
methodasapercentageofthedrymatterweight.
Article2WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1053/88(*),specifiesthemethodtobeusedfor
establishingtheproductionrefund;whereasArticle1of
Regulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthatthepro­ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities .
Itshallapplywitheffectfrom1October1988.(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.65.
(3)OJNoL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(4)OJNoL356,17.12.1986,p.13.0OJNoL103,22.4.1988,p.25.

NoL271/54 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.88
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,'30September1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President