Division Other

‘sugar production’ means the total quantity, expressed in tonnes of white sugar as follows, of:

1. (i)

   white sugar, disregarding differences in quality;

2. (ii)

   raw sugar, on the basis of yield determined in accordance with point B.III of Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013;

3. (iii)

   invert sugar, by its weight;

4. (iv)

   sucrose or invert sugar syrups which are at least 70 % pure and are produced from sugar beet, on the basis of extractable sugar content or on the basis of real yield;

5. (v)

   sucrose or invert sugar syrups which are at least 75 % pure and are produced from sugar cane, on the basis of sugar content;

sugar production shall not include white sugar obtained from any of the products referred to in point (a) or produced under inward processing arrangements;

the sugar extracted from beet sown in a particular marketing year shall be attributed to the following marketing year. However, Member States may decide to attribute the sugar extracted from beet sown in the autumn of a particular marketing year to the same marketing year, notifying the Commission of their decision at the latest on 1 October 2017;

the figures for sugar shall be broken down by month and, with regard to the current marketing year, shall correspond to provisional figures until the month of February and to estimates for the remaining months of the marketing year.

bioethanol production shall only include bioethanol obtained from any of the products referred to in point (a) and shall be expressed in hectolitres.