Commission Regulation (EC) No 2183/1999 of 14 October 1999 fixing the production levies and the coefficient for calculating the additional levy in the sugar sector for the 1998/1999 marketing year
Date: 1999-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: isoglucose, marketing, production aid, sugar levy, syrup, white sugar

15. 10. 1999

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2183/1999

of 14 October 1999

fixing the production levies and the coefficient for calculating the additional levy in the sugar
sector for the 1998/1999 marketing year

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 organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 33(8) and 34(5)
thereof,

fixed at 0,16520 which represents for the Community
as a whole the ratio between the total loss recorded for
the 1998/1999 marketing year pursuant to Article 33(1)
and (2) of the said Regulation and the receipt from the
basic production levy and the B levy for that marketing
year, the ratio being reduced by 1.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for sugar,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 7(1) 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 (2), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/94 (3), provides
that the basic production levy and the B levy together
with,
if required, the coefficient referred to in Article
34(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 for sugar,
isoglucose and inulin syrup are to be fixed before 15
October in respect of the preceding marketing year.

the 1998/1999 marketing year,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1940/98 (4) increased,
for
the maximum
amount referred to in the first indent of Article 33(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 to 37,5 % of the inter-
vention price for white sugar.

The estimated total
loss recorded in accordance with
Article 33(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999
necessitates the retention, in respect of the amounts of
the production levies applicable for the 1998/1999
marketing year, of the maximum amounts referred to in
Article 33 of the said Regulation adjusted, where applic-
able, by Regulation (EC) No 1940/98.

Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides
that an additional levy is to be charged to manufacturers
when the total loss recorded pursuant to Article 33(1)
and (2) of the said Regulation is not fully covered by the
receipts from the production levies. The total uncovered
loss for the 1998/1999 marketing year amounts to
EUR 128 103 708. The coefficient referred to in Article
34(2) of the said Regulation should consequently be

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 158, 9.6.1982, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 53, 24.2.1994, p. 7.
(4) OJ L 252, 12.9.1998, p. 13.

Article 1

The production levies in the sugar sector for the 1998/1999
marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:

(a) EUR 1,2638 per 100 kilograms of white sugar as the basic

production levy on A sugar and B sugar;

(b) EUR 23,6963 per 100 kilograms of white sugar as the B

levy on B sugar;

(c) EUR 0,5330 per 100 kilograms of dry matter as the basic
production levy on A isoglucose and B isoglucose;

(d) EUR 9,9425 per 100 kilograms of dry matter as the B levy

on B isoglucose;

(e) EUR 1,2638 per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent
sugar/isoglucose of the basic production levy on A inulin
syrup and B inulin syrup;

(f) EUR 23,6963 per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent

sugar/isoglucose as the B levy on B inulin syrup.

Article 2

The coefficient provided for in Article 34(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 2038/1999 is hereby fixed for the 1998/1999 marketing
year at 0,16520.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 October 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission