Commission Regulation (EC) No 1775/2004 of 14 October 2004 setting the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04 marketing year
Date: 2004-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, production, sugar, sugar levy

L 316/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.10.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1775/2004

of 14 October 2004

setting the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 first indent of Article
15(8) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 (2),
provides that the basic production levy and the B levy
if required, the coefficient referred to in
together with,
Article 16(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 for
sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup are to be set before
15 October in respect of the previous marketing year.

For the 2003/04 marketing year, the estimate of the
loss recorded in accordance with Article 15(1)
overall
and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 requires,
in
accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of that Article, the
adoption of 2 % for the basic levy and 27,050 % for the
B levy.

The overall loss recorded on the basis of known data and
in accordance with Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1260/2001 is covered in its entirety by the receipts from
the basic production levy and the B levy. As a result,
there is no need to set the coefficient referred to in
Article 16(2) of
the 2003/04
marketing year.

that Regulation for

Article 1

The production levies in the sugar sector for the 2003/04
marketing year shall be as follows:

(a) EUR 12,638 per

tonne of white sugar as

the basic

production levy on A sugar and B sugar;

(b) EUR 170,929 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;

(d) EUR 73,014 per tonne of dry matter as the B levy on B

isoglucose;

(e) EUR 12,638 per

tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose
equivalent as the basic production levy on A inulin syrup
and B inulin syrup;

(f) EUR 170,929 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose

equivalent as the B levy on B inulin syrup.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation 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, 14 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004,
p. 16).

(2) OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 40. Regulation as

last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 38/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 13).