31988R1879

1 . 7. 88 No L 168 /35 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1879/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (EEC) No 1053/88 (*), specifies the method to be used for establishing the production refund ; whereas Article 1 of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the pro­ Economic Community, duction refund for white sugar shall be fixed at three­ monthly intervals for the periods beginning 1 July, 1 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and October, 1 January and 1 April ; whereas the application Portugal, of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro­ duction refund as stated in Article 1 for the period Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 referred to therein ; of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regu­ Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices lation (EEC) No 1107/88 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences thereof, on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1912/88 Is) should Whereas under Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of 1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on the refunds in order to ensure that the export arrange­ the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (a) and (f) and on the ments continue to operate in the sector concerned ; syrups listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) thereof which are in one of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are and which are used in the manufacture of certain in accordance with the opinion of the Management products of the chemical industry ; Committee for Sugar,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : March 1986 laying down general rules for the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (3) establishes the framework within which the Article 1 production refunds may be determined and lists the chemical products of which the manufacture makes it The production refund per 100 kilograms of white sugar possible to grant a production refund for the basic referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 is products used in their manufacture ; whereas Articles 5, 6 hereby fixed at 32,397 ECU for three months from 1 July and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that the to 30 September 1988. production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrups and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from the Article 2 refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of calculation peculiar to each of these basic products ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of Communities. 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in respect of the production refund for sugar used in the It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1988. chemical industry (4), as last amended by Regulation

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. 0 OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9. (*) OJ . No L 103, 22. 4. 1988, p. 25. (4) OJ No L 356, 17. 12. 1986, p. 13. (') See page 115 of this Official Journal .