EN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.1999 L340/94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2815/1999
of 30 December 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
September1999onthecommonorganizationofthemarketsin the sugar sector(
1), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
(1)WhereaspursuanttoArticle9(3)ofRegulation(EC)No2038/1999 it may be decided to grant productionrefunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f)andonthesyrupslistedinArticle1(1)(d)thereofwhichareinoneofthesituationsreferredtoinArticle9(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-turemakesitpossibletograntaproductionrefundforthe 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)
No1148/98,specifiesthemethodtobeusedforestab-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)No1010/86providesforthesesugarstobeeligibleasbasicproductstotheproductionrefund;whereasamethodofcalculationbasedontheirsucrosecontentshouldbelaiddownforestablishingtheproduc-tion refund applicable to these products;
(5)Whereas the measures provided for in this RegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee 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 45,716 for the quarter 1 January to 31March 2000.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2000.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 30 December 1999.
For the Commission
Margot WALLSTRÖM
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.