(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 levies gives an amount which is more than 60 % of the maximum indicated in Article 15(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 in the case of the basic levy and an amount below 60 % of the maximum indicated in Article 15(5) in the case of the B levy. In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002, the advances on the basic levies should be fixed at 50 % of the maximum amount for sugar and inulin syrup, and the advances on the B levies should be fixed at 80 % of the amount of the B levy estimate for sugar and inulin syrup. The advance payment for isoglucose is fixed at 40 % of the unit amount of the basic production levy estimated for sugar, in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar,

(a)

EUR 6,32 per tonne of white sugar as the advance payment on the basic production levy for A sugar and B sugar;

(b)

EUR 42,83 per tonne of white sugar as the advance payment on the B levy for B sugar;

(c)

EUR 5,06 per tonne of dry matter as the advance payment on the basic production levy for A isoglucose and B isoglucose;

(d)

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

(e)

EUR 42,83 per tonne of dry matter sugar/isoglucose equivalent as the advance payment on the B levy for B inulin syrup.