31988R3020

1 . 10 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 271 /53

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3020/88 of 30 September 1988 fixing the production refund for white sugar used in the chemical industry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, duction 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 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of the abovementioned method entails fixing the pro­ Economic Community, duction refund as stated in Article 1 for the period referred to therein ;

Whereas the amendment of the definition of white sugar Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and raw sugar referred to in Article 1 (2) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 has the consequence that flavoured sugars or sugars containing added colouring agents or other substances are no longer considered as Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 falling within these definitions but are to be considered as of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the 'other sugars'; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regu­ 1010/86 provides for the:se sugars to be eligible as basic lation (EEC) No 2306/88 (2), and in particular Article 9 (6) products to the production refund ; whereas a method of thereof, calculation based on their sucrose content should be laid down for establishing the production refund applicable to these products ; Whereas under Article 9 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 it may be decided to grant production refunds on Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are the products listed in Article 1(1 ) (a) and (f) and on the in accordance with the opinion of the Management syrups listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) thereof which are in one Committee for Sugar, of the situations referred to in Article 9 (2) of the Treaty and which are used in the manufacture of certain products of the chemical industry ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 Article 1 industry (3) establishes the framework within which the 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 31,844 ECU for three months from 1 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 provide that the October to 31 December 1988. For flavoured sugars or production refund granted for raw sugar, sucrose syrups sugars containing added colouring agents or containing and unprocessed isoglucose shall be derived from the other substances obtained from white sugar or raw sugar refund fixed for white sugar according to a method of the production refund shall be established by multiplying calculation peculiar to each of these basic products ; this amount by the sucrose content of the sugar in ques­ tion determined in accordance with the polarimetric method as a percentage of the dry matter weight. Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in respect of the production refund for sugar used in the Article 2 chemical industry (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1053/88 (*), specifies the method to be used for establishing the production refund ; whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 provides that the pro­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. Communities. 0 OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1988, p. 65. (3) OJ No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9. (4) OJ No L 356, 17. 12. 1986, p. 13. It shall apply with effect from 1 October 1988 . 0 OJ No L 103, 22. 4. 1988 , p. 25.

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

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