Commission Regulation (EC) No 1739/2003 of 30 September 2003 reducing, for the 2003/2004 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under preferential imports
Date: 2003-09-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU production, import policy, production quota, sugar, sugar industry, supply

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1739/2003

of 30 September 2003

reducing, for the 2003/2004 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas
for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under preferen-
tial imports

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(5)

(6)

The time limits by which the Member States must estab-
lish the reductions applying to each undertaking on their
territory should be set.

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 Articles 10(6) and 39(6)
thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 10(3) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001
lay down that the guaranteed quantity under production
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 2003/2004 marketing year indicate
an exportable balance exceeding the maximum laid
down by the Agriculture Agreement.
is therefore
necessary to set the overall reduction of the guaranteed
quantity and divide it up between sugar, isoglucose and
inulin syrup on the one hand and the production regions
concerned on the other, using the coefficients provided
for in Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

It

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.

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

1.
Pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001, the guaranteed quantity under production quotas for the
2003/2004 marketing year shall be reduced by 215 513 tonnes
in white sugar equivalent.

The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allo-

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

The basic quantities, after reduction, used to allocate the
production quotas to producer undertakings for the 2003/
2004 marketing year shall be as set out in Annex II.

3.
The Member States shall establish before 1 November
2003 the specific reduction for each producer undertaking to
which a production quota for the 2003/2004 marketing year
has been assigned, and its A and B quotas adjusted in accor-
dance with this reduction.

Article 2

Pursuant to Article 39(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
1.
2001, the presumed maximum supply needs of Community
refineries for the 2003/2004 marketing year shall be reduced
by 2 691,5 tonnes in white sugar equivalent.

The reduction referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allo-

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

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 day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 September 2003.

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

Regions

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

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

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

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

5 622,0

46 456,4

2 552,5

5 467,6

44 063,3

3 987,8

1 601,9

17 046,4

11 033,4

4 685,3

480,0

80,0

1 174,4

2 960,6

9 547,2

9 153,8

447,3

163,0

712,9

262,1

256,6

115,0

125,4

99,3

967,8

363,5

269,6

889,5

2 545,7

1 656,3

14 294,5

255,2

227,7

13 068,1

426,3

160,2

3 205,9

2 910,2

1 093,6

47,9

8,1

117,4

296,1

2 049,9

915,4

105,3

38,4

76,0

68,2

60,4

27,1

29,5

9,9

266,1

97,0

63,4

208,9

599,3

In tonnes of white sugar.
In tonnes of dry matter.
In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Regions

Reduction for B
sugar (1)

Reduction for B
isoglucose (2)

Reduction for B
inulin syrup (3)

In tonnes of white sugar.
In tonnes of dry matter.
In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(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

Regions

Basic quantity for A
sugar (1)

Basic quantity for A
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity 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

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

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

Sweden

Belgium/Luxembourg Economic Union

United Kingdom

319 378,0

2 566 456,9

286 085,5

951 614,8

2 492 424,1

429 884,2

179 543,3

1 293 857,5

673 079,0

309 343,6

62 900,2

8 968,2

131 631,9

331 823,6

665 358,3

1 025 961,6

—

28 196,0

10 272,0

73 906,7

15 485,0

—

—

16 175,5

7 249,6

—

7 901,6

—

10 692,7

—

55 182,8

21 138,5

—

—

—

—

19 577,5

—

—

—

64 629,9

—

—

—

—

—

171 672,9

—

94 089,2

789 687,7

28 608,6

39 650,8

739 191,4

45 946,2

17 954,3

243 333,4

177 536,9

72 203,9

6 290,1

896,7

13 163,0

33 181,9

142 856,2

102 596,1

—

6 640,2

2 419,1

7 883,4

4 030,4

—

—

3 809,4

1 707,4

—

1 860,8

—

1 069,8

—

—

—

—

—

4 610,8

—

—

—

15 221,6

—

—

—

—

—

15 174,9

5 638,3

40 428,9

—

In tonnes of white sugar.
In tonnes of dry matter.
In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) Account has been taken of the second subparagraph of Article 12(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.

Regions

Basic quantity for B
sugar (1)

Basic quantity for B
isoglucose (2)

Basic quantity for B
inulin syrup (3)

In tonnes of white sugar.
In tonnes of dry matter.
In tonnes of dry matter expressed as white sugar/isoglucose equivalent.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(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

90,8

449,3

441,8

1 709,6

Maximum needs after application of the
reduction

59 834,2

296 177,7

291 191,2

1 126 871,4