# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 516/2005

of 31 March 2005

fixing the unit amounts in respect of the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2004/05 marketing year

## Preamble

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] , and in particular Article 15(8) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector [^2] provides for the fixing before 1 April of the unit amounts to be paid by sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup producers as advance payments of the production levies for the current marketing year.

**(2)** The estimate of the basic levy and the B levy gives amounts which are more than 60 % of the maximum amounts indicated in Article 15(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001. In accordance with Article 7(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002, the advance payments on the basic levy and the B levy for sugar and inulin syrup should therefore be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amounts concerned. In accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation, the advance payment of the basic levy for isoglucose should be fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The unit amounts referred to in Article 6(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 in respect of the 2004/05 marketing year are hereby fixed as follows:

(a) the advance payment on the basic production levy for A sugar and B sugar shall be EUR 6,32 per tonne of white sugar;

(b) the advance payment on the B levy for B sugar shall be EUR 118,48 per tonne of white sugar;

(c) the advance payment on the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose shall be EUR 5,06 per tonne of dry matter;

(d) the advance payment on the basic production levy for A inulin syrup and B inulin syrup shall be EUR 6,32 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent;

(e) the advance payment on the B levy for B inulin syrup shall be EUR 118,48 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent.

## **Article 2**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 March 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2001_178_R_TOC) .Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 ( [OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 16](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_006_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 40](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2002_050_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 38/2004 ( [OJ L 6, 10.1.2004, p. 13](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_006_R_TOC) ).

[^1]: .Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 39/2004 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 38/2004 ().