CELEX: 31998R0728
Language: en
Date: 1998-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 728/98 of 31 March 1998 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

L 100/50             ¬ EN ¬             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  1. 4. 98
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 728/98
                                                      of 31 March 1998
                    fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       chemical industry (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                  No 1730/97 (6), specifies the method to be used for es-
                                                                  tablishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the pro-
                                                                  duction 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
                                                                  of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro-
                                                                  duction refund as stated in Article 1 for the period
                                                                  referred to therein;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-       and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)         Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
thereof,                                                          flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
                                                                  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 Commission Regulation            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(EC) No 1126/96 (4), establishes the framework within
which the production refunds may be determined and
lists the chemical products of which the manufacture
makes it possible to grant a production refund for the
basic products used in their manufacture; whereas Articles                                  Article 1
5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that
the production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose
syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from           The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
the refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of         referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
calculation peculiar to each of these basic products;             hereby fixed at ECU 34,988 for the quarter 1 April to 30
                                                                  June 1998.
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of
24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in                                   Article 2
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1998.
(1) OJ L  177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L  206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
(3) OJ L  94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                                   (5) OJ L 201, 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.
(4) OJ L  150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.                                 (6) OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997, p. 5.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 31 March 1998.
                                                               For the Commission
                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                            Member of the Commission