CELEX: 31997R1224
Language: en
Date: 1997-06-30
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1224/97 of 30 June 1997 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

1 . 7. 97             EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 173/7
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1224/97
                                                          of 30 June 1 991
                     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
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three-monthly
  Community,
                                                                      intervals for the  periods beginning 1 July, 1 October, 1
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/8 1              January and 1       April; whereas the application of the
  of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  abovementioned      method entails fixing the production
  markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         refund as stated   in Article 1 for the period referred to
  tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)          therein ;
  thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
 Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No            and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of
  1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on           Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
 the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (f) and on the        flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
 syrups listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) thereof which are in one       agents or other substances are no longer considered as
 of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty        falling within these definitions but are to be considered as
 and     which  are   used   in    the  manufacture   of certain     'other sugars'; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 products of the chemical industry;                                   1010/86 provides for these sugars to be eligible as basic
                                                                     products to the production refund; whereas a method of
 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25                   calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid
 March 1986 laying down general rules for the production             down for establishing the production refund applicable to
 refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical               these products;
 industry (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation
 (EC) No 11 26/96 (4), establishes the framework within              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 which the production refunds may be determined and                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                     Committee for Sugar,
 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          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 5, 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that
 the production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose                                           Article 1
 syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from
 the refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of           The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
 calculation peculiar to each of these basic products;               referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
                                                                     hereby fixed at ECU 34,071 for the quarter 1 July to 30
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of                   September 1997.
 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in
 respect of the production refund for sugar used in the                                         Article 2
 chemical industry {% as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 No 1126/96, specifies the method to be used for establi­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1997.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')   OJ  No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)   OJ  No L 206, 16. 8 . 1996, p. 43.
(3)   OJ  No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
(4)   OJ  No L 150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
(j OJ No L 201 , 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.