Commission Regulation (EC) No 1140/2003 of 27 June 2003 amending, in the sugar sector, Regulations (EC) Nos 779/96 laying down detailed rules of application as regards communications and 314/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system

• Published date: 28 June 2003
• Subject Matter: Sugar
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Union, L 160, 28 June 2003

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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1140/2003 of 27 June 2003 amending, in the sugar sector, Regulations (EC) Nos 779/96 laying down detailed rules of application as regards communications and 314/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system

Official Journal L 160 , 28/06/2003 P. 0033 - 0036

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1140/2003

of 27 June 2003

amending, in the sugar sector, Regulations (EC) Nos 779/96 laying down detailed rules of application as regards communications and 314/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002(2), and in particular Articles 13(3), 15(8) and the second subparagraph of Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002(3) Member States are to establish provisional sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup production figures. In the light of experience gained, the Member States' obligations under this provision should be clarified and provision should be made for these production figures to be notified to the Commission.

(2) Stock figures should be notified by the Member States in a specific way and external trade figures extracted from the Comext database of Eurostat. Provision should therefore be made for notification by Member States of stocks of the products in question based on a very precise definition of stocks that will ensure uniformity of application in the Member States. Provision should also be made for a breakdown by sugar type of the end-of-year stock in order to establish the balances by Member State.

(3) Since customs statistics do not distinguish the quantities of C sugar exported, these will have to be deducted from total exports of sugar in the natural state and, to this end, provision will have to be made for monthly notification by undertakings to Member States and by Member States to the Commission of the C sugar quantities exported.

(4) Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 specifies how the quantity of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup disposed of for consumption within the Community, referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, is to be determined. Experience shows a need to stipulate in that paragraph that the quantity in question is to be obtained by totalling the quantities produced and imported, subtracting those exported and adjusting for stock variations.

(5) To simplify administrative procedures, certain provisions of Commission Regulation (EC) No 779/96(4), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 995/2002(5), which the abovementioned modification of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 renders obsolete or which experience has shown to be of no utility in market management, should be alleviated or deleted.

(6) Regulations (EC) No 779/96 and (EC) No 314/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 779/96 is hereby amended as follows:

1. in the first subparagraph of Article 1, "each week in respect of the preceding week" is replaced by "when requested by it";

2. point 1 of Article 3 is deleted;

3. in point 1 of Article 5 "each week, in respect of the preceding week:" is replaced by "each month, in respect of the preceding month:";

4. Article 6 is amended as follows:

(a) in point 1, "each week, in respect of the preceding week:" is replaced by...