Commission Regulation (EC) No 1837/2002 of 15 October 2002 fixing the production levies and the coefficient for the additional levy in the sugar sector for the marketing year 2001/02
Date: 2002-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: isoglucose, marketing, production aid, sugar, sugar levy, sugar product

16.10.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 278/13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1837/2002

of 15 October 2002

fixing the production levies and the coefficient for the additional levy in the sugar sector for the
marketing year 2001/02

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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
680/2002 (2), and in particular the second and third indents of
Article 15(8) and Article 16(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002
of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the
application of the quota system in the sugar sector (3)
provides that the basic production levy and the B levy
together with, if required, the coefficient referred to in
Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 for
sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup shall be fixed before
15 October in respect of the preceding marketing year
and, secondly, that the Member States shall determine
levies
each undertaking
for
outstanding for payment.

the balance of

the

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1628/2001 of 9 August
2001 revising the maximum amount for the B produc-
tion levy and amending the minimum price for B beet in
the sugar sector for the marketing year 2001/02 (4)
increased,
the
maximum amount referred to in the first
indent of
Article 15(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 to
37,5 % of the intervention price for white sugar.

year 2001/02,

the marketing

for

For the marketing year 2001/02, the estimate of the
loss recorded in accordance with Article 15(1)
overall
and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 shall require,
in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 of that Article,
the adoption of the maximum amounts of 2 % for the
basic levy and 37,5 % for the B levy, fixed respectively in
the first indent of the second subparagraph of paragraph
3 of that Article and in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No
1628/2001.

Article 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
that an additional levy shall be charged where the overall
loss recorded in accordance with Article 15(1) and (2) is
not covered in its entirety by the receipts from the basic
production levy and the B levy. For the marketing year
loss amounts to
2001/02, as this uncovered overall

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 40.
(4) OJ L 216, 10.8.2001, p. 8.

(5)

(6)

(7)

EUR 63 899 203, the coefficient referred to in Article
16(2) of that Regulation should be fixed at an amount of
0,08319 which represents the ratio, less 1, between the
abovementioned loss and revenue.

Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
for the balance remaining from the compensation system
for storage costs applied during the marketing year
2000/01 to be charged or credited, as appropriate, under
the system referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of that
Regulation for the marketing year 2001/02.

The application of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1667/2001 of 17 August 2001 postponing the date by
which the sugar storage levy must be paid (5) and
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1878/2001 of 26
September 2001 laying down transitional measures in
connection with the compensation system for storage
sugar (6) produces a positive balance of
costs
EUR 31 276 971 for
the compensation system for
storage costs during the marketing year 2000/01.

for

Since this positive balance comes from the storage levies
paid by sugar-producing undertakings when disposing of
their A and B sugar, provision should therefore be made
for it to be reimbursed, on the basis of their production
of A and B sugar in the marketing year 2001/02, to the
undertakings in question which, in accordance with Arti-
cles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, bear
the costs of the levies for that marketing year.

(8)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The production levies in the sugar sector for the 2001/02
marketing year shall be as follows:

(a) EUR 12,638 per tonne as the basic production levy on A

sugar and B sugar;

(b) EUR 236,963 per tonne of white sugar as the B levy on B

sugar;

(c) EUR 5,330 per tonne of dry matter as the basic production

levy on A isoglucose and B isoglucose;

(5) OJ L 223, 18.8.2001, p. 9.
(6) OJ L 258, 27.9.2001, p. 9.

L 278/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.10.2002

(d) EUR 99,424 per tonne of dry matter as the B levy on B

isoglucose;

(e) EUR 12,638 per tonne of dry matter equivalent sugar/
isoglucose as the basic production levy on A inulin syrup
and B inulin syrup;

(f) EUR 236,963 per tonne of dry matter equivalent sugar/

isoglucose as the B levy on B inulin syrup.

Article 2

For the marketing year 2001/02, the coefficient provided for in
Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 shall be
0,08319.

An overall balance applicable to each sugar-producing
2.
undertaking shall be established by multiplying its definitive
production of A sugar and B sugar for the marketing year
2001/02 by the unit amount fixed in paragraph 1.

3.
The overall balance recorded for each sugar-producing
undertaking, in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be deducted
from the balance of the levies for the undertaking concerned
for the marketing year 2001/02, established by the Member
States in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 8(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002.

Article 3

Article 4

1.
For the marketing year 2001/02, the positive balance
obtained by applying Article 48 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001 shall be EUR 2,2111 per tonne of A sugar and B sugar.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2002.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission