CELEX: 31996R1202
Language: en
Date: 1996-06-28
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1202/96 of 28 June 1996 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

No L 161 /20        EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29. 6. 96
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1202/96
                                                       of 28 June 1996
                  fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       shing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the production
                                                                  refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-monthly
                                                                  intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1 October, 1
                                                                  January and 1 April; whereas the application of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            abovementioned method entails fixing the production
 Community,                                                       refund as stated in Article 1 for the period referred to
                                                                  therein;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by               Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 1 26/96 (2), and in parti­        flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
cular Article 9 (6) thereof,                                      agents or other substances are no longer considered as
                                                                  falling within these definitions but are to be considered as
                                                                  'other sugars'; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1010/86 provides for these sugars to be eligible as basic
                                                                  products to the production refund; whereas a method of
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No          calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid
 1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on         down for establishing the production refund applicable to
the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (f) and on the      these products;
syrups listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) thereof which are in one
of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty
and which are used in the manufacture of certain
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
products of the chemical industry;                                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Sugar,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25
March 1986 laying down general rules for the production
refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical
industry (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 1126/96, establishes the framework within which the
production refunds may be determined and lists the                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
chemical products of which the manufacture makes it
possible to grant a production refund for the basic
products used in their manufacture; whereas Articles 5, 6
and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that the
production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrups
                                                                                            Article 1
and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from the
refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of
calculation peculiar to each of these basic products;
                                                                  The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
                                                                  referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
                                                                  hereby fixed at ECU 32,198 for the quarter 1 July to 30
                                                                  September 1996.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of
24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
chemical industry (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1126/96, specifies the method to be used for establi­
                                                                                            Article 2
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
 2 OJ No L 150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
(3) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
h) OJ No L 201 , 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1996.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 28 June 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                              Member of the Commission