Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/2003 of 16 December 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
Date: 2003-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, sugar

17.12.2003

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2196/2003

of 16 December 2003

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the common organisation of the markets in
the sugar sector

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 the second subparagraph of Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The basic quantities of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup laid down in Article 11(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1260/2001 are amended by the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus,
Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, as from the
date of entry into force of that Act. In order to take into account those basic quantities, the table
setting out the coefficients in the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/
2001 should be adapted with effect from the same date.

(2)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Sugar
Management Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

The table in Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 is replaced by the following:

Article 1

‘Regions

BLEU (1)

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

Coefficient applicable to
sugar expressed as white
sugar

Coefficient applicable to
isoglucose in dry matter

Sugar A

Sugar B

Isoglucose A

Isoglucose B

Coefficient applicable to
inulin syrup as sugar/
isoglucose equivalent

Inulin syrup
A

Inulin syrup
B

0,042563

0,009139

0,159218

0,043784

0,556265

0,130955

0,010082

0,000312

0,025064

0,007384

—

—

—

—

0,207111

0,063728

0,073589

0,017331

—

—

—

—

0,011379

0,001138

0,026809

0,006314

0,024376

0,001015

0,117280

0,012510

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

France (metropolitan) (2)

0,196442

0,058260

0,043118

0,011223

0,058922

0,013847

France (overseas departments) (2)

0,017779

0,001901

0,007142

0,000714

—

—

—

—

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

0,075996

0,014293

0,042216

0,009941

—

—

0,001000

0,000002

0,001506

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0,006192

0,000019

0,169295

0,013265

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0,049189

0,012974

0,018921

0,004456

0,194365

0,045646

0,020888

0,004875

—

—

—

—

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the Act of Accession of 2003.

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Regions

Coefficient applicable to
sugar expressed as white
sugar

Coefficient applicable to
isoglucose in dry matter

Sugar A

Sugar B

Isoglucose A

Isoglucose B

Coefficient applicable to
inulin syrup as sugar/
isoglucose equivalent

Inulin syrup
A

Inulin syrup
B

Poland

0,046920

0,002730

0,032301

0,002425

Portugal (mainland)

0,002140

0,000214

0,020622

0,004857

Portugal (the autonomous
region of the Azores)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Finland

Sweden

0,000357

0,000036

—

—

0,007207

0,000671

0,067725

0,009070

0,001904

0,000190

—

—

0,005236

0,000523

0,016343

0,001635

0,013199

0,001320

—

—

United Kingdom

0,040809

0,004081

0,059801

0,015951

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(1) Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.
(2) Under the second subparagraph of Article 12(3).’

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 2004, subject to the entry into force of the Treaty of
Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 16 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission