CELEX: 51992PC0573
Language: en
Date: 1993-01-29
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                            C0M(92) 573 final
                                            Brussels, 23 December 1992
                             Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
   amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the common organization
                  of the markets in the sugar sector
                     (presented by the Commission)
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                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    The production arrangements for sugar, the arrangements for the
    supply of Community refineries and the arrangements for Community
    and national aids
    After being extended in 1991 to cover the two marketing years
    1991/92 and 1992/93, the production quota system laid down in the
    basic sugar sector Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must again be
    examined with a view to establishing the rules to apply in this
    respect from 1 July 1993. This new examination takes place at a
     time when the Community's sugar sector has to face a number of
    challenges requiring a thorough examination of all of the
    management instruments. Within the Community in particular, the
    recent decisions taken with regard to the reform of the Common
    Agricultural Policy in several other sectors have lead to a
    reorientation of the policies for the "grandes cultures" arable
    crops such as cereals. Furthermore the single market is in the
    first stage of implementation and a new sweetener of agricultural
    origin has been launched on the Community's markets in direct
    competition with sugar and isoglucose. Finally the moment has
    arrived    for  carrying   out   the overall  examination   of  the
    arrangements for supplying the refining industry with raw sugar.
    At the world market level, the situation continues to remain
    volatile and subject to violent and unpredictable disturbances with
    a surplus of production over consumption and the existence of
    significant levels of stocks. The importance of these questions and
    their interdependence on the one hand, combined with the short time
    remaining until the new marketing year begins and the necessity to
    be fully aware of the first effects of the reform of the CAP in the
    other sectors such as cereals on the other hand, lead the
    Commission to propose to the Council the continuation of the
    existing production system in the sugar sector in its present form
    for the 1993/94 marketing year, together with the system for
    preferential   imports of raw sugar from third countries into
    Portugal that has been renewed until 30 June 1993, as well as the
    arrangements for Community refining aids and for national aids in
    Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.
11. The production of inul in syrup
    Haying been founded from the very beginning on a system of
     institutional prices and quotas, the common organization of the
    markets in the sugar sector had to include within its field of
    application, besides sugar and its derivatives and the basic
    agricultural products from which it is produced, likewise since
    1981 the high fructose syrup known as isoglucose. This processed
    agricultural product is obtained generally from starch transformed
    into glucose and is defined as "the product obtained from glucose
    or its polymers with a content by weight in the dry state of at
    least 10% fructose". The fructose content may be raised to 98% or
    more and attain the crystallization stage.
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As in the case of sugar, isoglucose is subject to the various rules
that are particular to the sugar sector such as the quota
arrangements limiting the quantities of production which may be
marketed within the Community and providing for the collection of
production levies to ensure the self-financing by producers of the
costs resulting from the marketing of Community surplusses of sugar
and isoglucose.
Until now, isoglucose has been the only high-fructose syrup to be
produced on a large scale within the Community and marketed. As a
result of technological developments in the production of natural
sweeteners, the production of a new high-fructose syrup has been
 launched at the industrial stage on the Community's sweetener
markets. This new product, which may be called inulin svrup
(fructose syrup) is obtained from chicory, as is generally the case
at    the  present   time,    or  from Jerusalem   artichokes.   The
manufacturing process consists of the extraction of inulin, an
oligo-polymer of fructose forming the principle constituent of the
roots of agricultural products such as chicory and Jerusalem
artichokes, which is not itself a sweetener but which by partial or
complete hydrolysis may be transformed into an inulin syrup the
fructose content of which can reach levels in excess of 80%. This
product, used either by itself or after mixing with glucose, is
entirely comparable with isogiucose but does not fall within the
 legal definition of that product laid down by the Community
 legislation and is in the position of being directly substitutable
for isoglucose and liquid sugar and therefore in direct competition
with the latter.
The uncontrolled production of this high-fructose syrup can lead
therefore to the substitution of isoglucose and liquid sugars on
the Comunity's surplus markets, posing the very real risk of market
disturbance with the inevitable displacement of quantities of
Community sugar for export to non-member countries with export
refund. As production is taking place entirely outside the sugar
sector rules, it does not take part in the payment of the
production levies designed to cover the cost of the export refunds
under the self-financing system particular to the sugar sector,
whilst benefitting indirectly from the market support measures.
If the production arrangements for sugar were to continue to be
based on a system of quotas and guaranteed prices, this privileged
economic situation that exists would serve as an incitement to the
development of production to an even greater degree and would
discriminate    against    the   sugar and    isoglucose   producing
undertakings which are not only placed in a position of unequal
treatment, but which must bear additional costs in a situation
where the new production benefits indirectly from the guarantees
granted for sugar without being responsible under the system's
rules.
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After taking these considerations into account, the Commission is
of the view that the necessary measures should be taken, in the
event that the system is renewed, with the aim of extending to the
production of inulin syrups the rules laid down by the common
organization of the sector's markets. The Commission considers,
however, that while the said measures should be taken on the
occasion of the establishment in question, that is to say after the
extension of the existing system for one further year, the
producers concerned must be informed of the Community's intentions
in this respect. It is for this reason therefore that the
Commission proposes to provide already for a suitable reference to
be inserted along these lines in the appropriate legal provisions.
Namely, that if a quota system was to be retained for sugar and
isoglucose from 1 July 1994, the quotas applicable to inuline syrup
would be established by reference to the production recorded during
the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 with a corrective factor
similar to that used for isoglucose (maximum quota not less than
65% and not exceeding 85% of the technical production capacity per
annum as at 1 October 1992).
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                                 Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the common organization
                     of the markets in the sugar sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having   regard   to   the   Treaty     establishing   the  European     Economic
Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,
Whereas   Article    23   of   Council     Regulation   (EEC)  No    1785/81   of
30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets             in the sugar
sectorC),    as  last   amended   by Regulation     (EEC) No 3484/92< 2 ),   lays
down, on the one hand, that the system of production quotas for sugar
is to apply for the marketing years 1991/92 and 1992/93 and, on the
other hand, that the Council       is to determine, in good time, the system
to be applied from 1 July 1993;
Whereas   the new orientation       of   the common   agricultural    policy,  in
particular   in the cereals sector has, among its essential objectives,
to  lead to a better market equilibrium and to a better              competitive
position for Community agriculture; whereas to achieve that objective a
lowering of Community      prices and guarantees over       a fixed period of
three marketing years commencing 1 July 1993 has been provided for;
(1) 0J NO L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) 0J No L 353, 3.12.1992, p. 8.
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 Whereas sugar beet constitutes a large-scale arable crop often grown by
 producers in association with cereals; whereas under these conditions a
 similar orientation as regards guaranteed prices should be adopted for
 sugar beet as for cereals but with account being taken of the elements
 that are specific to the common organization of the markets                   in the
 sugar sector, in particular the sugar production arrangements and the
 system for the full responsibiIity of the producers themselves for the
 costs of marketing the surpluses of Community production; whereas for
 this to be achieved it is necessary to wait until the real effects of
 the said orientation for the cereals sector are known in order to be
 able to apply it to the sugar sector as much for sugar beet, the sowing
 of  which  has  furthermore     already    begun   in respect    of   the    1993/94
 marketing year, as for sugar         itself; whereas the existing price and
 production   arrangements    should     consequently   be   continued     in   their
 present form for one further marketing year-,
Whereas Article 303 of        the Act of Accession of Spain and             Portugal
 provides for a preferential system for the adequate supply of raw sugar
 to  the  Portuguese   refineries      during  a seven-year      period    following
accession; whereas this involves the application of a reduced levy for
 imports of raw sugar from third countries for that purpose and the use
of available supplies of raw cane and beet              sugar   harvested     in the
Community    eligible    under    the   arrangements     laid   down    in   Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 of 15 July 1986 laying down measures for
the marketing of sugar produced in the French overseas departments and
for   equalization    of   the    price    conditions   with    preferential      raw
       3
sugar* ), together with available supplies of preferential                raw sugar
as referred to in Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas
the   abovementioned   transitional      period   ended   on  31   December     1992;
whereas the system for the supply of Portuguese refineries has been
extended until 30 June 1993 by Regulation (EEC) No 3484/92 pending the
establishment of the definitive          arrangements   for   the supply of       the
Community's refineries      in general; whereas the reasons pointing to a
continuation of the existing price and production arrangements in the
(3) OJ No L 194, 17.7.1986, p. 7.
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sugar sector are equally valid for a further extension until 30 June
1994 of the existing system for the supply of Portuguese refineries in
view of the fact that     the definitive system to be determined for the
refining industry is closely linked to that remaining to be determined
for the production of sugar;
Whereas technical progress and recent         industrial developments    in the
production of natural sweeteners obtained from agricultural products in
the Community   have  led to a new generation of product, hereinafter
referred to as "inulin syrup", the characteristics and uses of which
are closely comparable with those of isoglucose and liquid sugar which
are governed by the common organization of the markets            in the sugar
sector provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81; whereas, although
 inulin syrup is a product which is very close in nature to isoglucose
 in particular, it is not covered by the definition of the latter in
Regulation   (EEC) No   1785/81, because       it  is neither    obtained   from
glucose   nor   made   by    isomer izat ion   of   glucose  but    instead   by
hydrolysis   of  inuiin,   a   compound    composed   of  chains   of  fructose
molecules; whereas    production of      inulin   syrup   is consequently    not
subject to the constraints deriving from the quota and self-financing
arrangements applying under the common organization of the markets in
the sugar sector although      it benefits indirectly from the guarantees
provided by the market organization for the products covered by it;
Whereas inulin syrup is a direct substitute for isoglucose and liquid
sugar and as such is in direct competition with those products under
conditions of unequal treatment to the detriment of the latter; whereas
for this reason and     in view of the surplus situation for Community
sugar, ail production of inulin syrup necessarily displaces a quantity
of sugar for export at the charge of sugar and isoglucose producers,
accompanied by the risk of serious market disturbance; whereas under
these conditions it is necessary for the production of inuiin syrup to
be incorporated as rapidly as possible within the common organization
of the sugar markets;
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Whereas, on the one hand, the continuation in its present form of the
system   for  the production     of   sugar  and   isoglucose   for   the   1993/94
marketing year alone and, on the other hand, the nearness of the said
marketing year, render      it preferable to defer the application of the
rules laid down by the common organization of the markets in the sugar
sector to this new production; whereas it is nevertheless necessary to
give notice     to the producers and the        intending producers of       inulin
syrup that, in the event of the application of a specific production
system   to sugar and isoglucose from the 1994/95 marketing year, such a
system will be extended       to  include, with effect     from that marketing
year, the production of inulin syrup under similar conditions;
Whereas    this   Regulation   must    be  applied   under   the  best    possible
conditions; whereas, to that end, certain            transitional   measures may
prove necessary; whereas provision should be made for such measures to
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 41 of
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                    Art icle 1
Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is hereby amended as follows:
1.  The   fourth    subparagraph   of   Article  9(4) and    Article    9(4a) are
    deleted.
2.   In Article 9(4b), the words "From the 1991/92 to 1992/93 marketing
    year", are replaced by the words "Throughout the 1993/94 marketing
    year", and     in the third subparagraph of that same paragraph             the
    words    "Throughout    the  marketing    years   specified    in   the   first
    subparagraph" are replaced by the words "Throughout the marketing
    year specified in the first subparagraph.".
3.  In Article 9(4c), the words "From 1 January 1993 to 30 June 1993",
    are replaced by the words "Throughout the 1993/94 marketing year".
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4. Article 16a(1) is replaced by the following:
   "1. Throughout the 1993/94 marketing year, a reduced levy shall be
       charged on raw sugar cane originating in Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi,
       Zimbabwe    and    Swaziland    which    is    imported   into    mainland
       Portugal, up to a maximum quantity of 75 000 tonnes of white
       sugar equivalent."
5. Article 23 is replaced by the following:
                                  "Article 23
   1.  Articles   24   to   32  shall    apply   in   respect  of   the   1993/94
       market ing year.
   2.  For the period referred to in paragraph 1 and notwithstanding
       Articles 24(2) and 25, the A and B quotas of sugar-producing
       undertakings    and    isoglucose-producing      undertakings    shall  be
       those which obtained in the 1992/93 marketing year.
   3.  For the period referred to in paragraph 1, the basic A and B
       production quantities for sugar and isoglucose serving for the
       allocation of quotas shall be those fixed, as the case may be,
        in Articles 24(2) and 24a(2).
   4.  The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down
        in  Article   43(2)    of   the   Treaty,    shall   determine,    before
       1 January 1994, the system to be applied from 1 July 1994 to
       the production of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup. For this
       purpose,   inulin syrup shall be considered          to be the product
       covered by the CN code ex 1702 60 90 10 or ex 1702 90 90 10
       which is obtained as soon as the hydrolysis of inulin or oligo
       fructose has terminated, with a content            in the dry state by
       weight of at least 10% fructose in the free form or in the form
       of sucrose.    In the event      that a production system        based on
       quotas   is   adopted    for   sugar    and    isoglucose,    the   quotas
       applicable    to    inulin   syrup   will    be   determined    for   each
       undertaking with reference, in particular, to production during
       the period 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993 and to the technical
       production capacity per annum as at 1 October 1992."
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6.   In Article     24(1)   and   (3), the     date   "1990/91"     is  replaced  by
     "1992/93".
7.   In Article     28(2),   the    introductory    words  are    replaced    by the
     fol lowing:
     "2. Before    the end of     the   1993/94 marketing     year, a cumulative
          recording   shall   be made of the 1991/92, 1992/93 and            1993/94
          market ing years:".
8.   In Article     46(1),   (3)(b),    (5) and    (6), the     references    to the
     marketing   years "1991/92 and        1992/93", and    in Article 46(7) the
     reference to the marketing years "1990/91, 1991/92 and 1992/93" are
     replaced by "the 1993/94 marketing year."
9.   In Article 48, the date "30 June 1992"             is replaced by      "30 June
     1994."
                                      Art icle 2
This Regulation shall enter          into force on the seventh day following
that   of   its  publication     in   the   Official   Journal    of   the  European
Commun i t i es.
It shall apply from 1 July 1993.
This   Regulation     shall   be    binding    in   its  entirety      and  directly
applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                            For  the  Counci|
                                                              The Preside»
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     FINANCIAL                      STATEMENT
                                                                     DATE:
1. BUDGET HEADING: Expenditure 11                                    APPROPRIATIONS: (DB93): ECU 2.031 million
                    Revenue 1000 and 1100                                         ECU 1.263,7 and 716,1 mi 11 ion
2. TITLE:
   Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 on the cannon organization
   of the markets in the sugar sector.
3. LEGAL BASIS: Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty
4. AIMS OF PROJECT:
   Prolongation of the cannon organization of the sugar markets for the 1993/94 marketing year.
                                   Period of 12 months   Current Financial Year    Following Financial Year
5. FINANCIAL IM^ICATIONS             (ECU mi 11 ion)       (1993)(ECUmillion)        (1994)(ECU mi 11 ion)
5.0 EXPENDITURE
    - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
    - (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)           2 095.7                   p.m.                         1 990.9
5.1 REVENUE
    - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC          1 501.1                                                1 501.1
       (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
    - NATIONAL
                                        1995                1996                1997                 1993
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE             104.8
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE                  p.m.
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:
     (see attached tables for details of calculation)
    Expenditure is al located 95% to the 1994 budget and 5% to the 1995 budget.
    Revenue is foreseen to be 100% for the 1994 budgetar year.
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?"
                                                                                                         YES
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                         YES
6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?
                                                                                                          NO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
                                                                                                         YES
OBSERVATIONS:
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                                                                    Annex 1
                         EXPENDITURE IN THE SUGAR SECTOR
1. Refunds:                       2 792 000 tonnes x 420 ECU/t      - 1 172.6
2.  Reimbursement of storage
    costs                         88.0 million t/month x 5.2 ECU/t      457.6
3.  Expenditure of intervention
    agencies for purchase and
    disposal operations           (forfeit)                               1.0
4.  Refunds for use in the
    chemical industry             200 000 x (420-70) ECU/t               70.0
5.  Aid for the marketing"of      D0M-EUR 11: 290 000 t X ECU 63/t       18.3
    raw sugar                     (cane)
                                  PORTUGAL: 90 000 t x ECU 63/t           5.7
                                  (beet)
6.  Subsidies for the import of sugar                                     p.m,
7.  Stock depreciation:                                                   p.m
8.  Adaptation aid for the Portuguese
    industry                                                              p.m
9.  Community aid for raw sugar:  1 720 000 t x ECU 15.80/t              27.2
10. Community share of the
    nat ional UK aid              1 130 000 t x ECU 4.5/t x 25%           1.3
                                              TOTAL
                                                                      1 753.7
EFFECT OF THE DOUBLE RATE 1 753.7 x 1 195 - ECU 2 095.7 million (B)
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SUGAR LEVIES AND HYPOTHESES PER UEfcBER STATE
    INT SUGAR PRICE                                                                    UEBL             OK          D               GR          ESP      FR    metrop dom    IRL      IT      NL     PORT      UK        EUR 12
                          530.1
  DOUBLE RATE                                                                          1.195          1.195       1.195           1.195        1.195    1.195               1.195    1.195   1.195   1.195    1.195
  QUOTAS A                             OOOT                                                680           328       2638               290        960     2996    2530   466    182   1.320     690    54.5    1.040     11178.5
  QUOTAS B                             OOOT                                                146          96.6      811.3                 29         40   805.8   759.2  46.6   18.2   248.3     182     5.4       104     2486.6
  QUOTAS AtB                           OOOT                                                826        424.6      3449.3               319       1000   3801.8  3289.2 512.6 200.2   1568.3     872    59.9     1144     13665.1
  SUGAR                                                                                                        CALCULATION CF THE SUGAR PRODUCT ON LEVIES
  PRODUCTION A                         OOOT                                                680           328       2638               290        960     2660    2560   300    182    1320     690        2    1040       10990
  PRODUCT ION B                        OOOT                                                146          96.6      811.3                 29         40   759.2   759.2         18.2   248.3     182               104     2434.6
  TOTAL A t e                          OOOT                                                826        424.6      3449.3               319       1000   3619.2  3319.2   300 200.2   1568.3     872        2    1144     13424.6
                                                                         ECUA
  BASIC LEVY                                          2%               10.602              8.8           4.5       36.6               3.4       10.6     38.4                  2.1    16.6     9.2     0.0     12.1       142.3
  B LEVY                                          37.96               196.788           29.0            19.2      161.3               5.8        8.0    150.9                  3.6    49.4    36.2     0.0     20.7       484.1
  TOTAL                                ECU mi 11 ion (A)                                37.8            23.7      197.9               9.2       18.6    189.3                  5.7    66.0    45.4     0.0     32.8       626.4
                                       ECU mi 11 ion (B)                                45.2            28.3      236.5              11.0       22.2    226.2.                 6.8    78.9    54.3     0.0     39.2       748.6
   ISOGLUCOSE                                                                                                CALCULATION OF THE ISOGLUCOSE PRCOUCTION LEVIES
  PRODUCTION A                                                                         56.67                      28.88             0.75           75   15.89                        16.57    5.69    0.32    21.69       221.5
  PRODUCTION B                                                                         15.58                        6.8                             8     3.6                          3.5                     5.79         43.3
  TOTAL A t e                                                                          72.25                      35.68             0.75           83   19.49                        20.07    5.69    0.32    27.48       264.7
                                                                         ECUA
  BASIC LEVY                                                            4.448              0.3                      0.2               0.0        0.4      0.1                          0.1     0.0     0.0      0.1          1.2
  B LEVY                                                               83.403              1.3                      0.6               0.0        0.7      0.3                          0.3     0.0     0.0      0.5          3.7
  TOTAL                                ECU mi 11 ion (A)                                   1.6                      0.8               0.0        1.1      0.4                          0.4     0.0     0.0      0.6          4.9
                                       ECU mi 11 ion (B)                                   1.9                       1.0              0.0        1.3      0.5                          0.5     0.0     0.0      0.7          5.9
  ADDITIONAL LEVY                                                                               01M.CULATION (T THE AD0I1[lONAL LEVY
                                       SUB-TOTAL OF LEVIf S                                39.4          23.7      198.7                9.2      19.7   189.7                   5.7    66.4    45.4     0.0     33.4        631.3
                                       OOEFF: ( L / R H                                 0.162           0.162      0.162            0.162       0.162   0.162                0.162    0.162   0.162   0.162    0.162
                                       LOSSL                             733.3
                                       REVENUE R                         631.3
                                       ECU mi 11 ion                                        6.4           3.8        32.1               1.5        3.2   30.7                   0.9     10.7    7.3     0.0       5.4       102.0
                                       ECU mi 11 ion  i                                     7.6           4.5        38.4                1.8       3.8   36.7                   1.1     12.8    8.7     0.0       6.5       121.9
  STORAGE LEVY                                                           ECUA                      CALCULATIC  <0F THE ST*AGE LEVY
                                       TAX                                  25
  QUANTITY MARKETED                    OOOT                                                 880           424        3392               234       1021   3763                   200     1570    942         2    1172       13600
                                       ECU mi 11 ion (A)                                   22.0          10.6       84.8                5.9      25.5    94.1                   5.0    39.3    23.6     0.1     29.3        340.2
                                       ECU mi II ion (B)                                   26.3          12.7      101.3                7.1      30.5   112.4                   6.0    47.0    28.2     0.1     35.0        406.6
  SLMMRY
  - S U G A R PRODUCTION                                     ECU mi 11 ion (B)             45.2          28.3      236.5               11.0      22.2   226.2                   6.8    78.9    54.3     0.0     39.2        748.6
  - ISOGLUCOSE PRODUCTION                                    ECU mi 11 ion (B)               1.9          0.0          1.0              0.0        1.3    0.5                   0.0      0.5    0.0     0.0       0.7         5.9
  -STORAGE                                                   ECU mi 11 ion (B)             26.3          12.7      101.3                7.1      30.5   112.4                   6.0    47.0    28.2     0.1     35.0        406.6
  -ADDITIONAL                                                ECU mi 11 ion (B)               7.6          4.5        38.4               1.8        3.8   36.7                   1.1     12.8     8.7    0.0       6.5       121.9
     TOTAL                                                   ECU mi 11 ion (B)             81.0          45.5      377.2               19.9      57.8   375.8                  13.9   139.2    91.2     0.1     81.4       1283.0
LEVIES
EUR 11                                                   300000 T .      ECU 4 0 5 . 0 A - X      1.195    -  ECU  1 4 5 . 2 mi 11 i o n ( B )
PORTUGAL                                                 200000 T .      ECU 3 0 5 . 0 A - X      1.195    -  ECU    7 2 . 9 mi 11 i o n ( B )
               TOTAL                                                                                          ECU  2 1 8 . 1 mi 11 i o n ( B )
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