L356/56 IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.97
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2653/97
of30December 1997
fixingtheproductionrefundforwhitesugarusedinthechemicalindustry
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No1599/96(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;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1010/86of25
March1986layingdowngeneralrulesfortheproduction
refundoncertainsugarproductsusedinthechemical
industry(3),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegulation
(EC)No1126/96(4),establishestheframeworkwithin
whichtheproductionrefundsmaybedeterminedand
liststhechemicalproductsofwhichthemanufacture
makesitpossibletograntaproductionrefundforthe
basicproductsusedintheirmanufacture ;whereasArticles
5,6and7ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86providethat
theproductionrefundgrantedforrawsugar,sucrose
syrupsandunprocessedisoglucoseshallbederivedfrom
therefundfixedforwhitesugaraccordingtoamethodof
calculationpeculiartoeachofthesebasicproducts;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1729/78of
24July1978layingdowndetailedrulesofapplicationin
respectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthe
chemicalindustry(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1730/97(6),specifiesthemethodtobeusedfores­
tablishingtheproductionrefund;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,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theproductionrefundper100kilogramsofwhitesugar
referredtoinArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No1010/86is
herebyfixedatECU34,686forthequarter1Januaryto
31March1998.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1998.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1997.
FortheCommission
HansVANDENBROEK
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJL206,16.8.1996,p.43.
3OJL94,9.4.1986,p.9.
(4)OJL150,25.6.1996,p.3.
Is)OJL201,25.7.1978,p.26. (6)OJL243,5.9.1997,p.5.