Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/98 of 30 March 1998 fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 1997/98 marketing year
Date: 1998-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: isoglucose, marketing, production quota, sugar levy, syrup, white sugar

31. 3. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 98/33

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 710/98

of 30 March 1998

fixing advance payments in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector
for the 1997/98 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the Management
in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Sugar,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organisation of the
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 28(8)
thereof,

Whereas Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/94 (4), provides
for the fixing before 1 April and the collection before the
following 1 June, of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar
producers,
isoglucose producers and inulin syrup pro-
ducers as advance payments of the production levies for
the current marketing year; whereas the estimate of the
basic production levy and of the B levy, referred to in
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82, gives an
amount which is more than 60 % of
the maximum
amounts indicated in Article 28(3), (4) and (5) of Regula-
in accordance with
tion (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas,
Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82,
the unit
amounts for sugar and inulin syrup should therefore be
fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned and
for isoglucose the unit amount of the advance payment
should therefore be fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of
the basic production levy estimated for sugar;

Article 1

The unit amounts referred to in Article 5(1)(b) of Regula-
tion (EEC) No 1443/82 in respect of the 1997/98 mar-
keting year are hereby fixed as follows:

(a) the advance payment of the basic production levy for
A sugar and B sugar shall be ECU 0,632 per 100 kilo-
grams of white sugar;

(b) the advance payment of the B levy for B sugar shall
be ECU 11,848 per 100 kilograms of white sugar;

(c) the advance payment of the basic production levy for
A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be ECU 0,506 per
100 kilograms of dry matter;

(d) the advance payment of the basic production levy for
A inulin syrup and B inulin syrup shall be ECU 0,632
per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent sugar/
isoglucose;

(e) the advance payment of the B levy for B inulin syrup
shall be ECU 11,848 per 100 kilograms of dry matter
equivalent sugar/isoglucose.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L 158, 9. 6. 1982, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 53, 24. 2. 1994, p. 7.