Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/2003 of 16 December 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2196/2003
of 16 December 2003
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 10(4) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The basic quantities of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup laid down in Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 are amended by the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union, as from the date of entry into force of that Act. In order to take into account those basic quantities, the table setting out the coefficients in the first subparagraph of Article 10(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 should be adapted with effect from the same date.
(2) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Sugar Management Committee,