Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2000 of 29 September 2000 reducing, for the 2000/2001 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the preferential import arrangements

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2000
of 29 September 2000
reducing, for the 2000/2001 marketing year, the guaranteed quantity under the production quotas scheme for the sugar sector and the presumed maximum supply needs of sugar refineries under the preferential import arrangements
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 2038/1999 of 13 September 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector(1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1527/2000(2), and in particular Articles 26(5) and 44(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) The first two subparagraphs of Article 26(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 lay down that the guaranteed quantity under production quotas should be reduced before 1 October each marketing year if the forecasts for the year in question show an exportable balance attracting a refund greater than the maximum laid down by the Agriculture Agreement concluded under Article 300(2) of the Treaty.
(2) The forecasts for the 2000/2001 marketing year indicate an exportable balance exceeding the maximum laid down by the Agreement for that year. It is therefore necessary to fix the difference by which this guaranteed quantity is to be reduced and then to divide it up between sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup on the one hand and the production regions concerned on the other, using the coefficients established for this purpose.
(3) In accordance with the third subparagraph of Article 26(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999, each Member State must then allocate the difference to which it is subject among the producer undertakings established on its territory on the basis of the existing ratio between their A and B quotas for the product in question and the basic quantity A and the basic quantity B for the Member State or, as appropriate, the sum of the A quotas and the sum of the B quotas for this product assigned to the producer undertakings.
(4) Article 44(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 lays down that a reduction in the guaranteed quantity also necessitates a reduction in the presumed maximum raw sugar needs of Community refineries for the marketing year in question. It is therefore necessary to fix the corresponding reduction for these presumed maximum needs and to allocate it among the Member States concerned.
(5) The time limits by which the Member States must establish the reduction applying to each producer undertaking on their torritory and communicate the relevant data should be fixed.
(6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,