Commission Regulation (EC) No 832/2005 of 31 May 2005 on the determination of surplus quantities of sugar, isoglucose and fructose for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia
Date: 2005-05-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Malta, Slovakia, accession to the European Union, common organisation of markets, surplus stock

1.6.2005

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 832/2005

of 31 May 2005

on the determination of surplus quantities of sugar, isoglucose and fructose for the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia,

(4)

(5)

In general, surplus quantities of sugar are considered to
result from the development of production plus import
minus export
for the period from 1 May 2003 to
30 April 2004, compared to the average of the same
quantities for the same period of
the three previous
years. Specific circumstances of stock-piling were also
taken into consideration as provided for
in Article
6(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 60/2004, especially the
decrease in the level of stocks during that period.

On the basis of the communications of the new Member
States, sugar surplus quantities should be determined
only for Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia in
accordance with that method.

For the determination of surplus quantities of isoglucose
and fructose, the same method was applied. As a result,
no surplus quantities of fructose and isoglucose need to
be determined.

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 of
14 January 2004 laying down transitional measures in the sugar
sector by reason of
the Czech Republic,
the accession of
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland,
Slovenia and Slovakia (1), and in particular the first subpar-
agraph of Article 6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

sector

In order to avoid a disruption on the markets in the
the Czech
following the accession of
sugar
Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary,
Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (new Member
States) to the European Union on 1 May 2004, Article
6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 provides that quan-
tities of
in processed products,
isoglucose and fructose exceeding the quantity considered
as being normal carry-over stock at 1 May 2004 have to
be eliminated from the market in the form of sugar as
such or isoglucose at the expense of the new Member
State concerned.

sugar as

such or

In order to determine those surplus quantities, Article
8(2) of Regulation (EC) No 60/2004 provides that new
Member States shall communicate to the Commission
relevant
information on quantities of production,
consumption, stocks, export and import, as well as infor-
mation on the system established for the identification of
surplus quantities.

(6)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

in the form of sugar as such or in
The quantities of sugar,
processed products,
exceeding the quantity considered as
being normal carry-over stock at 1 May 2004 and which
have
in
accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 60/2004
are the following:

eliminated from the Community market

to be

— Estonia: 91 464 tonnes,

— Cyprus: 40 213 tonnes,

— Latvia: 10 589 tonnes,

— Malta: 2 452 tonnes,

(1) OJ L 9, 15.1.2004, p. 8. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 651/2005 (OJ L 108, 29.4.2005, p. 3).

— Slovakia: 10 225 tonnes.

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

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels, 31 May 2005.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission