Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2787/90 of 27 September 1990 revising the maximum amount for the B production levy and amending minimum price for B beet in the sugar sector for the 1990/91 marketing year

• Published date: 28 September 1990
• Subject Matter: Sugar,Agriculture and Fisheries
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 265, 28 September 1990

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2787/90 of 27 September 1990 revising the maximum amount for the B production levy and amending minimum price for B beet in the sugar sector for the 1990/91 marketing year

Official Journal L 265 , 28/09/1990 P. 0016 - 0017

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2787/90

of 27 September 1990

revising the maximum amount for the B production levy and amending minimum price for B beet in the sugar sector for the 1990/91 marketing year

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 181 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1069/89 (2), and in particular the second and third indents of Article 28 (8) thereof,

Whereas Article 28 (3) and (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that the losses resulting from the obligation to export surpluses of Community sugar are to be covered by production levies on the production of A and B sugar and of A and B isoglucose, within certain limits;

Whereas Article 28 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that, where the receipts exptected from the basic production levy and the B levy, which must not exceed 2 % and 30 % respectively of the intervention price for white sugar for that marketing year, may well fail to cover the foreseeable total loss for the current marketing year, the maximum percentage of the B levy is to be adjusted to the extent necessary to cover the said total loss but without exceeding 37,5 %;

Whereas the foreseeable receipts, prior to adjustment, of the levies to be collected in respect of the 1990/91 marketing year are below the equivalent of the average loss multiplied by the exportable surplus; whereas accordingly, in the light of the data at present available, the maximum amount of the B levy for 1990/91 should be raised to 37,5 % of the intervention price for the white sugar concerned;

Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides that, subject to Article 28 of that Regulation, the minimum price for B beet is 68 % of the basic price for beet; whereas Article 28 (5) of the said Regulation provides that the revised maximum percentage for the B levy should be fixed for the current marketing year before 15...