Commission Regulation (EC) No 1667/2001 of 17 August 2001 postponing the date by which the sugar storage levy must be paid
Date: 2001-08-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing, storage cost, sugar, sugar levy

18.8.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 223/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1667/2001

of 17 August 2001

postponing the date by which the sugar storage levy must be paid

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19
June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the
sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

The second subparagraph of Article 48 of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 states that, in the case of sugar in
storage on 30 June 2001 under the compensation
system for storage costs provided for in Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the
the markets in the sugar
common organisation of
sector (2), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 906/2001 (3),
for the
purposes of collecting the storage levy is 30 June 2001.

the date of disposal

Because of the large size of the storage levy due for the
sugar stored on 30 June 2001, the conditions under
which interested parties make payment should be eased
by introducing a derogation to Article 15 of Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1998/78 of 18 August 1978
laying down detailed rules for the offsetting of storage
costs for sugar (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 1758/93 (5).

The rules applying to the sugar carried forward by the
producer undertakings from the 2000/01 marketing
year to the 2001/02 marketing year under Article 32 of
Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 will be established at a
later date.

These measures should be applied with effect from the
date of application of the new common organisation of
the markets in the sugar sector.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

take into account

The Member States shall not
the sugar
carried forward by the producer undertakings from the 2000/
01 marketing year to the 2001/02 marketing year under
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 when establishing
the sugar in storage on 30 June 2001 under the second para-
graph of Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Article 2

1.
Notwithstanding Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No
1998/78, the Member States shall establish, by 20 October
2001 at the latest, the amount owing by each person subject to
the storage levy referred to in the second paragraph of Article
48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

The amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid by

2.
20 November 2001 at the latest.

Article 3

The Regulation does not prejudice the provisions applicable to
sugar carried forward as referred to in Article 1. The applicable
provisions shall be laid down at a later date.

Article 4

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

It shall apply from 1 July 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 17 August 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 231, 23.8.1978, p. 5.
(5) OJ L 161, 2.7.1993, p. 58.