Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2002 of 26 March 2002 fixing the production refund on white sugar used in the chemical industry
Date: 2002-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, production refund, white sugar

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 543/2002

of 26 March 2002

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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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)

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.

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.

(4)

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
attract
the production refund as basic products. A
method should accordingly be laid down for calculating
the production refund on these products by reference to
their sucrose content.

(5)

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
of Regulation (EC) No 1265/2001 shall be
to
EUR 37,368/100 kg net.

equal

(3)

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

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 April 2002.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission