CELEX: 31992R2871
Language: en
Date: 1992-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2871/92 of 30 September 1992 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

1 . 10. 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 286/61
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2871/92
                                                     of 30 September 1992
                   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
                                                                    of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               duction refund as stated in Article 1 for the period
Economic Community,
                                                                    referred to therein ;
                                                                    Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regu­           flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring
lation (EEC) No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)         agents or other substances are no longer considered as
thereof,                                                            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
                                                                    calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No            down for establishing the production refund applicable to
 1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on           these products ;
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
of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
and which are used in the manufacture of certain                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
products of the chemical industry ;                                 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               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
industry (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
464/91 (4), establishes the framework within which the
production refunds may be determined and lists the
chemical products of which the manufacture makes it                                           Article 1
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               The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrups             referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from the                hereby fixed at ECU 36,270 for the period 1 October to
refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of               31 December 1992. For flavoured sugars or sugars contai­
calculation peculiar to each of these basic products ;              ning added colouring agents or containing other
                                                                    substances obtained from white sugar or raw sugar the
                                                                    production refund shall be established by multiplying this
                                                                    amount by the sucrose content of the sugar in question
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of                   determined in accordance with the polarimetric method
24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in           as a percentage of the dry matter weight.
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
chemical industry f5), 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 6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.
0   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 October 1992.
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 September 1992.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission