CELEX: 31992R3871
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3871/92 of 30 December 1992 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

No L 390 / 114                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 12. 92
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3871 /92
                                                     of 30 December 1992
                    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
Economic 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 (EEC) No 61 /92 (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 35,651 for the quarter 1 January to
                                                                    31 March 1993 .
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 (5), as last amended by Regulation                                          Article 2
(EEC) No 464/91 , specifies the method to be used for
(') OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No  L 6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.
(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 January 1993.
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 December 1992.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission