Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/2001 of 31 August 2001 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry
Date: 2001-08-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, production refund, white sugar

1.9.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1737/2001

of 31 August 2001

fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 7(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001, production refunds may be granted on the prod-
ucts listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f) of that Regulation, on
syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof and on chemically
pure fructose covered by CN code 1702 50 00 as an
intermediate product, that are in one of the situations
referred to in Article 23(2) of the Treaty and are used in
the manufacture of certain products of the chemical
industry.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 of 27 June
2001 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 as regards
granting the production refund on certain sugar prod-
ucts used in the chemical industry (2) lays down the rules
for determining the production refunds and specifies the
chemical products the basic products used in the manu-
facture of which attract a production refund. Articles 5,
6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provide that
the production refund applying to raw sugar, sucrose
syrups and unprocessed isoglucose is to be derived from
the refund fixed for white sugar in accordance with a
method of calculation specific to each basic product.

Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 provides
that the production refund on white sugar is to be fixed
at monthly intervals commencing on the first day of
each month. It may be adjusted in the intervening period
where there is a significant change in the prices for sugar
on the Community and/or world markets. The applica-
tion of those provisions results in the production refund
fixed in Article 1 of
this Regulation for the period
shown.

As a result of the amendment to the definition of white
sugar and raw sugar in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of Regula-
tion (EC) No 1260/2001, flavoured or coloured sugars
or sugars containing any other added substances are no
longer deemed to meet those definitions and should thus
be regarded as ‘other sugar’. However,
in accordance
with Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001, they
the production refund as basic products. A
attract
method should accordingly be laid down for calculating
the production refund on these products by reference to
their sucrose content.

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 does not make provision
to continue the compensation system for storage costs
from 1 July 2001. However, Article 48 of that Regula-
tion provides for the collection of a storage levy on
sugar in storage on 30 June 2001, with the result that
sugars available in the Community in July, August and
September 2001 have actually borne the storage levy of
EUR 2/100 kg of white sugar. This levy should there-
fore be taken into account when fixing the refunds for
September 2001. The refund should accordingly be
reduced by EUR 2/100 kg where the basic product is
processed after 30 September 2001.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production refund on white sugar referred to in Article 4
to
of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be
EUR 34,890/100 kg net.

equal

Where the basic product qualifying for the production refund
fixed in the first paragraph is processed after 30 September
2001, the production refund in question shall be reduced by
EUR 2/100 kg net.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 63.

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 2001.

For the Commission

Viviane REDING

Member of the Commission