CELEX: 31996R0559
Language: en
Date: 1996-03-29 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/96 of 29 March 1996 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

No L 80/28          l~EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30 . 3 . 96
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 559/96
                                                         of 29 March 1 996
                      fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 1 101 /95 (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
 products of the chemical industry,                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                     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 (EC) No
 1101 /95, establishes the framework within which the
 production refunds may be determined and lists the
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 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                                        Article 1
 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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of                   hereby fixed at ECU 36,135 for the quarter 1 April to 30
 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in          June 1996.
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
chemical industry (4), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 464/91 (*), specifies the method to be used for
establishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of
                                                                                              Article 2
(') OJ  No  L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No  L  110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L  201 , 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.
 5  OJ  No  L  54, 28. 2. 1991 , p. 22.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1996.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 29 March 1996.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                     Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission