CELEX: 31994R0731
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 731/94 of 30 March 1994 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

31 . 3 . 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 87/33
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 731/94
                                                       of 30 March 1994
                    fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        establishing 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
                                                                    monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1
                                                                    October, 1 January and 1 April ; whereas the application
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro­
Community,                                                          duction 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 Regu­           Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
lation (EC) No 1 33/94 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)         flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
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 (EEC) No
464/91 (4), establishes the framework within which the              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
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 5, 6
and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that the                                         Article 1
production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrups
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 30,435 for the quarter 1 April to 30
                                                                    June 1994.
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 (*), as last amended by Regulation                                         Article 2
(EEC) No 464/91 , specifies the method to be used for
 0  OJ   No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
0   OJ   No L  22, 27. 1 . 1994, p. 7.
(3) OJ   No L  94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
(4) OJ   No L  54, 28. 2. 1991 , p. 22.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
0   OJ   No L  201 , 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 30 March 1994.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Rene STEICHEN
                                                              Member of the Commission