Commission Regulation (EC) No 1763/2003 of 7 October 2003 fixing, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum amount of the B levy and the amount of that levy to be charged
Date: 2003-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: sale, sugar beet, sugar levy

8.10.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 254/5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1763/2003

of 7 October 2003

fixing, for the 2002/03 marketing year, the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet
sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum amount of the B levy and the amount of
that levy to be charged

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 Article 18(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 provides
that when the amount of the B levy is less than the
maximum amount referred to in Article 15(4) of that
Regulation, revised, where necessary, in accordance with
paragraph 5 of that same Article, sugar manufacturers
must pay beet sellers 60 % of the difference between the
maximum amount of
the levy in question and the
amount of
the levy to be charged. Article 9(1) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20
February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the quota system in the sugar sector (3), as
amended by Regulation (EC) 1140/2003 (4), provides
that the amount to be paid shall be fixed at the same
time as the production levies and in accordance with the
same procedure.

For the 2002/03 marketing year, Commission Regula-
tion (EC) No 1440/2002 (5) sets the maximum amount
of the B levy at 37,5 % of the intervention price for
white sugar and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/
2003 (6) fixes the amount of the B levy for sugar to be
charged for the said marketing year at 19,962 % of the
intervention price for white sugar. This difference
requires, in accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001, that the amount to be paid by
sugar manufacturers to beet sellers should be fixed per
tonne of beet of standard quality.

(3)

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 amount referred to in Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001 to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in
respect of the B levy shall be fixed for the 2002/03 marketing
year at EUR 8,644 per tonne of beet of the standard quality.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 October 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(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 160, 28.6.2003, p. 33.

(5) OJ L 212, 8.8.2002, p. 3.
(6) See page 4 of this Official Journal.