CELEX: 31998R2775
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2775/98 of 21 December 1998 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

L 346/42              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 22. 12. 98
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2775/98
                                                    of 21 December 1998
                   fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         abovementioned method entails fixing the production
                                                                    refund as stated in Article 1 for the period referred to
                                                                    therein;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                          Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
                                                                    and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   agents or other substances are no longer considered as
markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regula-         falling within these definitions but are to be considered as
tion (EC) No 1148/98 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)           ‘other sugars'; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
thereof,                                                            1010/86 provides for these sugars to be eligible as basic
                                                                    products to the production refund; whereas a method of
                                                                    calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid
                                                                    down for establishing the production refund applicable to
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No            these products;
1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on
the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a) and (f) and on the
syrups listed in Article 1 (1) (d) thereof which are in one         Whereas Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1103/
of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty        97 of 17 June 1997 on certain provisions relating to the
and which are used in the manufacture of certain prod-              introduction of the euro (7) provides that, as from 1
ucts of the chemical industry;                                      January 1999, all references to the ecu in legal instru-
                                                                    ments are to be replaced by references to the euro at the
                                                                    rate of EUR 1 to ECU 1; whereas, for the sake of clarity,
                                                                    the denomination ‘euro' should be used in this Regula-
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25                   tion since it is to apply from 1 January 1999;
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              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
(EC) No 1126/96 (4), establishes the framework within               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
which the production refunds may be determined and                  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
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 refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
calculation peculiar to each of these basic products;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of                                              Article 1
24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the              The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
chemical industry (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
No 1730/97 (6), specifies the method to be used for estab-          hereby fixed at EUR 44,164 for the quarter 1 January to
lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of Regu-           31 March 1999.
lation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the production
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 of the
                                                                                               Article 2
(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3. 6. 1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.
(4) OJ L 150, 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
(5) OJ L 201, 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997, p. 5.                                     (7) OJ L 162, 19. 6. 1997, p. 1.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 21 December 1998.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                      Franz FISCHLER
                                                                 Member of the Commission