CELEX: 31999R2073
Language: en
Date: 1999-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/1999 of 30 September 1999 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

L 256/28               EN                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1. 10. 1999
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2073/1999
                                                          of 30 September 1999
                           fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the produc-
                                                                                 tion refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                                 monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1
Community,
                                                                                 October, 1 January and 1 April; whereas the application
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13                      of the abovementioned method entails fixing the
September 1999 on the common organization of the markets                         production refund as stated in Article 1 for the period
in the sugar sector (1), and in particular Article 9(6) thereof,                 referred to therein;
(1)     Whereas pursuant to Article 9(3) of Regulation (EC) No            (4)    Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
        2038/1999 it may be decided to grant production                          and raw sugar referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b) of
        refunds on the products listed in Article 1(1)(a) and (f)                Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 has the consequence
        and on the syrups listed in Article 1(1)(d) thereof which                that flavoured sugars or sugars containing added
        are in one of the situations referred to in Article 9(2) of              colouring agents or other substances are no longer
        the Treaty and which are used in the manufacture of                      considered as falling within these definitions but are to
        certain products of the chemical industry;                               be considered as ‘other sugars’; whereas Article 1 of
(2)     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25                        Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provides for these sugars
        March 1986 laying down general rules for the produc-                     to be eligible as basic products to the production refund;
        tion refund on certain sugar products used in the chem-                  whereas a method of calculation based on their sucrose
        ical industry (2), as last amended by Commission Regula-                 content should be laid down for establishing the produc-
        tion (EC) No 1148/98 (3), establishes the framework                      tion refund applicable to these products;
        within which the production refunds may be determined             (5)    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
        and lists the chemical products of which the manufac-                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
        ture makes it possible to grant a production refund for                  Committee for Sugar,
        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                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
        sugar, sucrose syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shall
        be derived from the refund fixed for white sugar                                                Article 1
        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
(3)     Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of                 hereby fixed at EUR 45,916 for the quarter 1 October to 31
        24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application            December 1999.
        in respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
        chemical industry (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                                       Article 2
        No 1148/98, specifies the method to be used for estab-
        lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1999.
                      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
                      Done at Brussels, 30 September 1999.
                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                         Franz FISCHLER
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L  252, 25.9.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ L  94, 9.4.1986, p. 9.
(3) OJ L  159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(4) OJ L  201, 25.7.1978, p. 26.