EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1.7.2000 L 161/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1413/2000
of 30 June 2000
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,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13
September 1999 on the common organization of the marketsin the sugar sector (
1), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Pursuant to Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/
1999 it may be decided to grant production refunds onthe products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) and on thesyrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof which are in oneof the situations referred to in Article 9(2) of the Treatyand which are used in the manufacture of certain prod-ucts of the chemical industry.
(2) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March1986 laying down general rules for the productionrefund on certain sugar products used in the chemicalindustry (
2), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98 (3), establishes the framework within
which the production refunds may be determined andlists the chemical products of which the manufacturemakes it possible to grant a production refund for thebasic products used in their manufacture. Articles 5, 6and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that theproduction refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrupsand unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from therefund fixed for white sugar according to a method ofcalculation peculiar to each of these basic products.
(3) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of 24 July1978 laying down detailed rules of application inrespect of the production refund for sugar used in thechemical industry (
4), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1148/98, specifies the method to be used for estab-lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 ofRegulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the produc-
tion refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1October, 1 January and 1 April. The application of theabovementioned method entails fixing the productionrefund as stated in Article 1 for the period referred totherein.
(4) The amendment of the definition of white sugar and rawsugar referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of Regulation(EC) No 2038/1999 has the consequence that flavouredsugars or sugars containing added colouring agents orother substances are no longer considered as fallingwithin these definitions but are to be considered as‘other sugars’. Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86provides for these sugars to be eligible as basic productsto the production refund. A method of calculation basedon their sucrose content should be laid down for estab-lishing the production refund applicable to these prod-ucts.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are inaccordance 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 42,206 for the quarter 1 July to 30September 2000.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 2000.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 30 June 2000.
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.