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( 1 ) OJ NO L 134 , 28 . 5 . 1977 , P . 4 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 44 , 17 . 2 . 1981 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 190 , 28 . 7 . 1979 , P . 38 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 162 , 30 . 6 . 1979 , P . 106 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 324 , 24 . 11 . 1980 , P . 62 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 541/81

OF 27 FEBRUARY 1981

FIXING THE DEFINITIVE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY ON ISOGLUCOSE FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1111/77 OF 17 MAY 1977 LAYING DOWN COMMON PROVISIONS FOR ISOGLUCOSE ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 387/81 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 9 ( 10 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1630/79 OF 27 JULY 1979 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF QUOTAS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOGLUCOSE DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 , AND AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1470/77 ( 3 ), PROVIDES THAT THE DEFINITIVE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY SHALL BE FIXED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY , REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3330/74 ( 4 ), APPLICABLE FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR YEAR ; WHEREAS THIS FIXATION FOR ISOGLUCOSE HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE UP TO NOW BECAUSE OF THE DELAY NECESSARILY INVOLVED IN RE-ESTABLISHING THE REGULATIONS CONCERNED FOLLOWING THE JUDGMENTS OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DATED 29 OCTOBER 1980 IN CASES NO 138 AND NO 139/79 ;

WHEREAS , FOR THE PERIOD IN QUESTION , THE PROVISIONAL AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY ON ISOGLUCOSE WAS FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1338/79 ( 5 ) AT 4.99 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF DRY MATTER , TAKING ACCOUNT IN PARTICULAR OF AN ESTIMATED PRODUCTION LEVY ON SUGAR OF 12.33 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS AND OF A BURDEN ON BEET GROWERS OF 7.34 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR ; WHEREAS THE DEFINITIVE AMOUNT OF THIS LEVY FOR THE 1979/80 SUGAR YEAR HAS BEEN FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3103/80 ( 6 ) AT 12.03 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS ; WHEREAS THE RESULTANT BURDEN ON BEET GROWERS IS 7.17 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE AMOUNT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3103/80 ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , SINCE THE PART PAYABLE BY THE SUGAR MANUFACTURER IS REDUCED FROM 4.99 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS TO 4.86 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF WHITE SUGAR , THE LATTER AMOUNT SHOULD BE FIXED , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9 ( 8 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1111/77 , AS THE DEFINITIVE PRODUCTION LEVY ON ISOGLUCOSE PRODUCED DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR ISOGLUCOSE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE DEFINITIVE AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCTION LEVY ON ISOGLUCOSE , PRODUCED DURING THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1979 TO 30 JUNE 1980 , SHALL BE 4.86 ECU PER 100 KILOGRAMS OF DRY MATTER .

2 . BY WAY OF DEROGATION FROM ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1630/79 , THE BALANCE OWING BY THE MEMBER STATE SHALL BE PAID NOT LATER THAN 15 MARCH 1981 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 FEBRUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

POUL DALSAGER

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION