Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2001 of 11 October 2001 fixing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum amount of the B levy and the amount of that levy to be charged

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1994/2001
of 11 October 2001
fixing, for the 2000/01 marketing year, the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers in respect of the difference between the maximum amount of the B levy and the amount of that levy to be charged
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 906/2001(2), and in particular Article 36(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 36(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 provides in particular that when the amount of the B levy is less than the maximum amount referred to in Article 33(4) of the said Regulation, revised, where necessary, in accordance with paragraph 5 of that same Article, sugar manufacturers shall be required to pay beet sellers 60 % of the difference between the maximum amount of the levy in question and the amount of the levy to be charged. Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1443/82 of 8 June 1982 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 392/94(4), provides that the amount referred to in Article 36(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 shall be fixed at the same time as the production levies and in accordance with the same procedure.
(2) For the 2000/01 marketing year, the maximum amount of the B levy has been fixed for sugar at 37,5 % of the intervention price for white sugar. It has transpired that the amount of the B levy for sugar to be charged for the said marketing year is only 20,7308 % of the intervention price for white sugar. This difference requires, in accordance with Article 36(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, that the amount to be paid by sugar manufacturers to beet sellers should be fixed per tonne of beet of the standard quality and at the rate of 60 % of the said difference.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,