EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.10.1999 L256/28
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/1999
of 30 September 1999
fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EC)No2038/1999of13
September 1999 on the common organization of the marketsin the sugar sector(
1), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
(1)Whereas pursuant to Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No2038/1999 it may be decided to grant productionrefunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f)and on the syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof whichareinoneofthesituationsreferredtoinArticle9(2)ofthe Treaty and which are used in the manufacture ofcertain products of the chemical industry;
(2)Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25March 1986 laying down general rules for the produc-tionrefundoncertainsugarproductsusedinthechem-icalindustry(
2),aslastamendedbyCommissionRegula-
tion (EC) No 1148/98(3), establishes the framework
withinwhichtheproductionrefundsmaybedeterminedand lists the chemical products of which the manufac-ture makes it possible to grant a production refund forthe basic products used in their manufacture; whereasArticles 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86provide that the production refund granted for rawsugar, sucrose syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shallbe derived from the refund fixed for white sugaraccordingtoamethodofcalculationpeculiartoeachofthese basic products;
(3)Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of applicationinrespectoftheproductionrefundforsugarusedinthechemicalindustry(
4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No 1148/98, specifies the method to be used for estab-lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 ofRegulation(EEC)No1729/78providesthattheproduc-
tion refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1October,1Januaryand1April;whereastheapplicationof the abovementioned method entails fixing theproduction refund as stated in Article 1 for the periodreferred to therein;
(4)Whereastheamendmentofthedefinitionofwhitesugarand raw sugar referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) ofRegulation (EC) No 2038/1999 has the consequencethat flavoured sugars or sugars containing addedcolouring agents or other substances are no longerconsidered as falling within these definitions but are tobe considered as ‘other sugars’; whereas Article 1 ofRegulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provides for these sugarstobeeligibleasbasicproductstotheproductionrefund;whereas a method of calculation based on their sucrosecontentshouldbelaiddownforestablishingtheproduc-tion refund applicable to these products;
(5)Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulationare in accordance with the opinion of the ManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 ishereby fixed at EUR 45,916 for the quarter 1 October to 31December 1999.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 September 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 201, 25.7.1978, p. 26.