CELEX: 31997R1903
Language: en
Date: 1997-09-30
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/97 of 30 September 1997 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

L 268 /6            I EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                1 . 10 . 97
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1903/97
                                                     of 30 September 1997
                   fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        No 1730/97 (6), specifies the method to be used for es­
                                                                   tablishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the pro­
Community,                                                         duction refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three­
                                                                   monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               October, 1 January and 1 April; whereas the application
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro­
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        duction refund as stated in Article 1 for the period
tion (EC) No 1 599/96 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6)         referred to 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             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
(EC) No 1 126/96 (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
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                            Article 1
syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from             The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar
the refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of           referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is
calculation peculiar to each of these basic products;               hereby fixed at ECU 31,985 for the quarter 1 October to
                                                                    31 December 1997 .
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of
 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in                                      Article 2
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
 chemical industry f), as last amended by Regulation (EC)           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1997.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 September 1997.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
 (') OJ L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p . 4.
 I1) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.
 (3) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
 (4) OJ L 150 , 25. 6. 1996, p. 3.
 (s) OJ L 201 , 25. 7. 1978, p. 26.                                  (<•) OJ L 243, 5. 9. 1997, p. 5.