Commission Regulation (EC) No 1776/2004 of 14 October 2004 fixing, for the 2003/04 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: 2004-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: common organisation of markets, minimum price, sugar, sugar beet, sugar levy

15.10.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 316/65

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1776/2004

of 14 October 2004

fixing, for the 2003/04 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,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 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 Article, sugar manufacturers must
the difference between the
pay beet sellers 60 % of
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 (2) provides
that the amount to be paid should be fixed at the same
time as the production levies and in accordance with the
same procedure.

(2)

For the 2003/04 marketing year, Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1430/2004 (3) sets the maximum amount of the

B levy at 37,5 % of the intervention price for white sugar
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1775/2004 (4) fixes
the amount of the B levy for sugar to be charged for the
said marketing year at 27,050 % 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 Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered
an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

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 2003/04 marketing
year at EUR 5,151 per tonne of beet of standard quality.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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 Regu-

lation (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 Regu-

lation (EC) No 38/2004 (OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 13).

(3) OJ L 203, 12.8.2003, p. 15.

(4) See p. 64 of this Official Journal.