Commission Regulation (EC) No 1745/2002 of 30 September 2002 reducing, for the 2002/2003 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the preferential import arrangements
Date: 2002-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, import policy, marketing, production quota, sugar, sugar industry, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1745/2002

of 30 September 2002

reducing, for the 2002/2003 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas
scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under
the preferential import arrangements

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

on their territory and communicate the relevant data
should be fixed.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(6)

The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
680/2002 (2), and in particular Article 10(6) and Article 39(6)
thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 10(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
laying down that the guaranteed quantity under produc-
tion quotas should be reduced before 1 October each
marketing year if the forecasts for the year in question
show an exportable balance (attracting a refund) greater
than the maximum laid down by the Agriculture Agree-
ment concluded under Article 300(2) of the Treaty.

The forecasts for the 2002/2003 marketing year indicate
an exportable balance exceeding the maximum laid
down by the Agreement for that year. It is therefore
necessary to fix the difference by which this guaranteed
quantity is to be reduced and then to divide it up
between sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup on the one
hand and the production regions concerned on the
other, using the coefficients established for this purpose.

In accordance with Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001, each Member State must then allocate the
difference to which it is subject among the producer
undertakings established on its territory on the basis of
the existing ratio between their A and B quotas for the
product in question and the basic quantity A and the
basic quantity B for the Member State for this product.

1.
Pursuant to Article 10(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001, the guaranteed quantity under production quotas in the
sugar sector shall be reduced by 862 475 tonnes, in white sugar
equivalent, for the 2002/2003 marketing year.

The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated

2.
by product and by region in accordance with Annex I.

Once reduced, the basic quantities used to allocate the produc-
tion quotas to producer undertakings for
the 2002/2003
marketing year shall be those set out in Annex II.

The Member States shall establish before 1 November
3.
2002 the specific reduction for each producer undertaking to
which a production quota for the 2002/2003 marketing year
has been assigned, and also each undertaking's A and B quotas
adjusted in accordance with this reduction.

4.
The Member States shall inform the Commission of the
reductions and adjusted A and B quotas for each producer
undertaking established on their territory no later than 15
November 2002.

Article 2

Article 39(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 lays
down that a reduction in the guaranteed quantity also
necessitates a reduction in the presumed maximum raw
sugar needs of Community refineries for the marketing
year in question. It is therefore necessary to fix the corre-
sponding reduction for these presumed maximum needs
and to allocate it among the Member States concerned.

1.
Pursuant to Article 39(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001, the presumed maximum supply needs of Community
refineries shall be reduced by 12 588,2 tonnes, in white sugar
equivalent, for the 2002/2003 marketing year.

The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated

2.
among the Member States in accordance with Annex III.

(5)

The time limits by which the Member States must estab-
lish the reduction applying to each producer undertaking

Article 3

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication 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, 30 September 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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Allocation by product and region of the reduction in the guaranteed quantity

ANNEX I

Region

Reduction for A
sugar (1)

Reduction for A
isoglucose (2)

Reduction for A
inulin syrup (3)

1. Basic quantities A

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan) (4)

French overseas departments (4)

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

Sweden

United Kingdom

2. Basic quantities B

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France (metropolitan) (4)

French overseas departments (4)

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (mainland)

Autonomous region of the Azores

Finland

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

Sweden

United Kingdom

22 499,0

185 916,9

10 215,0

21 881,3

176 339,5

15 959,2

6 410,8

68 219,1

44 155,4

18 750,3

1 921,1

320,0

4 699,8

11 848,3

38 207,7

36 633,1

1 790,2

652,2

2 853,0

1 048,9

1 027,0

460,3

501,7

397,6

3 873,2

1 454,7

1 079,1

3 559,7

10 187,6

6 628,3

57 206,1

1 021,3

911,3

52 297,9

1 706,1

640,9

12 829,9

11 646,5

4 376,4

191,9

32,3

469,7

1 185,1

8 203,7

3 663,6

421,6

153,6

304,3

273,0

241,8

108,4

118,1

39,8

253,6

836,0

1 065,1

388,0

2 398,3

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Region

Reduction for B
sugar (1)

Reduction for B
isoglucose (2)

Reduction for B
inulin syrup (3)

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

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Basic quantities used to allocate the A and B production quotas after reduction of the guaranteed quantity

ANNEX II

1. Basic quantities A

Region

Basic quantity for A
sugar (1)

Basic quantity for A
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity for A
inulin syrup (3)

Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France (metropolitan) (4)
French overseas departments (4)
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal (mainland)
Autonomous region of the Azores
Finland
Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union
Sweden
United Kingdom

302 501,0
2 426 996,4
278 423,0
935 201,1
2 360 147,9
417 912,8
174 734,4
1 242 684,8
639 957,0
295 278,6
61 459,1
8 728,2
128 106,5
322 935,9
636 697,8
998 482,3

—
26 853,1
9 782,8
71 766,6
14 698,2
—
—
15 405,1
6 904,3
—
7 525,3
—
10 394,4
—
52 277,4
20 047,3

—
—
—
—
18 768,0
—
—
—
61 959,7
—
—
—
—
—

164 031,0

—

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

2. Basic quantities B

Region

Basic quantity for B
sugar (1)

Basic quantity for B
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity for B
inulin syrup (3)

Denmark
Germany
Greece
Spain
France (metropolitan) (4)
French overseas departments (4)
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Austria
Portugal (mainland)
Autonomous region of the Azores
Finland
Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union
Sweden
United Kingdom

89 117,2
746 776,1
27 842,5
38 967,2
699 961,6
44 666,4
17 473,6
233 709,4
168 800,6
68 921,1
6 146,1
872,5
12 810,7
32 292,9
136 702,4
99 847,9

—
6 323,9
2 303,9
7 655,1
3 825,6
—
—
3 628,0
1 626,1
—
1 772,2
—
1 039,9
—
14 375,9
5 347,3

—
—
—
—
4 420,6
—
—
—
14 594,5
—
—
—
—
—

38 629,9

—

(1) In tonnes of white sugar.
(2) In tonnes of dry matter.
(3) In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

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ANNEX III

Breakdown by Member State of the reduction in maximum presumed refinery supply needs, in tonnes of white
sugar

Maximum needs prior to application
of the reduction

Finland

Metropolitan France

Mainland Portugal

United Kingdom

Reduction

424,6

2 101,6

2 066,2

7 995,9

Maximum needs after application
of the reduction

59 500,4

294 525,4

289 566,8

1 120 585,1