Commission Regulation (EC) No 1944/1999 of 10 September 1999 revising the maximum amount for the B production levy and amending the minimum price for B beet in the sugar sector for the 1999/2000 marketing year
Date: 1999-09-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, minimum price, sugar, sugar beet, sugar levy

11. 9. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 241/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1944/1999

of 10 September 1999

revising the maximum amount for the B production levy and amending the minimum price for B
beet in the sugar sector for the 1999/2000 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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 Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular the second and third
indents of Article 28(8) thereof,

(1) Whereas Article 28(3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
the losses resulting from the
1785/81 provides that
obligation to export surpluses of Community sugar are
to be covered by production levies on the production of
A and B sugar, of A and B isoglucose and of inulin
syrup A and B within certain limits;

(2) Whereas Article 28(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
provides that, where the receipts expected from the basic
production levy and the B levy, which must not exceed
2 % and 30 % respectively of the intervention price for
white sugar for that marketing year, may well fail to
cover the foreseeable total loss for the current marketing
year, the maximum percentage of the B levy is to be
adjusted to the extent necessary to cover the said total
loss but without exceeding 37,5 %;

(3) Whereas the foreseeable receipts, prior to adjustment, of
the levies to be collected in respect of the 1999/2000
marketing year are below the equivalent of the average
loss multiplied by the exportable surplus; whereas
accordingly, in the light of the data at present available,
the maximum amount of the B levy for 1999/2000
should be raised to 37,5 % of the intervention price for
the white sugar concerned;

beet is 68 % of the basic price for beet; whereas Article
28(5) of the said Regulation provides that the revised
maximum percentage for the B levy should be fixed for
the current marketing year before 15 September of the
marketing year, together with the corresponding adjust-
ment of
for the
the minimum price for B beet set
1999/2000 marketing year by way of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 1404/1999 (3);

(5) Whereas the measured provides for in the Regulation are
the Management

in accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Sugar,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For

the 1999/2000 marketing year

the maximum
1.
amount referred to in the first
indent of Article 28(4) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be increased to 37,5 % of
the intervention price for white sugar for that marketing year.

2.
For the 1999/2000 marketing year, the minimum price
for B beet referred to in the second subparagraph of Article
5(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be 60,5 % of the
basic price for beet for the marketing year.

Article 2

For the 1999/2000 marketing year the minimum price for B
beet shall, pursuant to Article 28(5) of Regulation (EEC) No
1785/81, be amended to EUR 28,84 per tonne.

Article 3

(4) Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that, subject to
Article 28 of that Regulation, the minimum price for B

into force on the third day
This Regulation shall enter
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, 10 September 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.

(3) OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 15.