CELEX: 31998R1382
Language: en
Date: 1998-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1382/98 of 30 June 1998 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

1. 7. 98              EN                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  L 187/13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1382/98
                                                       of 30 June 1998
                   fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         lishing the production refund; whereas Article 1 of Regu-
                                                                    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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    abovementioned method entails fixing the production
Community,
                                                                    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 (1), as last amended by Regula-         Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that
tion (EC) No 1599/96 (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
Whereas pursuant to Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No            products to the production refund; whereas a method of
1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on            calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid
the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a) and (f) and on the         down for establishing the production refund applicable to
syrups listed in Article 1 (1) (d) thereof which are in one         these products;
of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty
and which are used in the manufacture of certain prod-
ucts 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 Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1126/96 (4), establishes the framework within
which the production refunds may be determined and
lists the chemical products of which the manufacture                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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 38,231 for the quarter 1 July to 30
24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in           September 1998.
respect of the production refund for sugar used in the
chemical industry (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1730/97 (6), specifies the method to be used for estab-
(1) OJ L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 43.                                                             Article 2
(3) OJ L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9.
(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.                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
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         This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
         States.
         Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                    Franz FISCHLER
                                                               Member of the Commission