Commission Regulation (EC) No 1993/2001 of 11 October 2001 fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/01 marketing year
Date: 2001-10-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: marketing year, sugar levy

12.10.2001

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1993/2001

of 11 October 2001

fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/01 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

levy in accordance with Article 33(4) and (5) of the
same Regulation.

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), as last amended by Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 906/2001 (2), and in particular Article 33(8) and
Article 34(5) thereof,

(4)

The total loss recorded on the basis of the information
available and in application of Article 33(1) and (2) of
Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 is covered in its entirety
by the receipts from the basic production levy and the B
levy. The coefficient referred to in Article 34(2) of the
said Regulation should not as a consequence be fixed for
the 2000/01 marketing year.

(5)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 (3), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/94 (4), 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.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1930/2000 of 12
September 2000 revising the maximum amount for the
B production levy and amending the minimum price for
B beet in the sugar sector for the 2000/01 marketing
year (5) increased, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the
indent of
maximum amount referred to in the first
Article 33(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 to
37,5 % of the intervention price for white sugar.

The estimated total
loss recorded in accordance with
Article 33(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999
necessitates, in respect of the 2000/01 marketing year,
the retention of the maximum amounts referred to in
Article 33(3) of the said Regulation in so far as the basic
production levy is concerned and the taking into
account of an amount equal to 20,7308 % of the inter-
vention price for white sugar for the calculation of the B

(1) OJ L 252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 28.
(3) OJ L 158, 9.6.1982, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 53, 24.2.1994, p. 7.
(5) OJ L 231, 13.9.2000, p. 6.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/01
marketing year shall be 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 13,0998 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 5,4980 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 as the basic production levy on A inulin
syrup and B inulin syrup;

(f) EUR 13,0998 per 100 kilograms of dry matter equivalent

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

Article 2

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, 11 October 2001.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission