27. 3. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 80/11 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 735/91 of 19 March 1991 determining for the period 1 March to 30 June 1991 the quantities of raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments benefiting from the refining aid ; referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 and amended Regulation / (EEC) No 1835/90 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 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 305/91 (3, and in particular Article 9 (6) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 of 15 July 1986 laying down measures for the marketing of sugar produced in the French overseas departments and for the equalization of the price conditions with preferential raw sugar(®), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 3 (2) thereof, Whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 provides for the granting of an aid for raw sugar produced in the French overseas departments and refined in a refinery situated in the European regions of the Commu- nity within the limits of the quantities to be determined according to the regions of destination in question and separately according to origin ; whereas those quantities must be determined on the basis of a Community supply balance sheet for raw sugar ; whereas in a first stage quan- tities were fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1835/90 (*) on the basis of a forward estimate covering the period 1 July 1990 to 28 February 1991 ; Whereas the final production of the French overseas department of Réunion and the quantities available for refining are now known; whereas the latter quantities which may qualify for this refining aid are accordingly to be determined for the remainder of the 1990/91 market- ing year; whereas the production of raw sugar in the French overseas departments and the quantities available for refining have been significantly reduced ; whereas, in order to rectify the supplies to the various Community refineries, the quantities determined for the period July 1990 to February 1991 by Regulation (EEC) No 1835/90 should consequently be revised ; whereas problems asso- ciated with the scheduling of vessel loading have resulted in an additional quantity of 1 000 tonnes being refined in French refineries over and above the quantity initially foreseen ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Sugar, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The quantities of sugar referred to in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2225/86 shall be fixed for the period 1 March to 30 June 1991 in accordance with Annex I hereto. ' Article 2 The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1835/90 shall be replaced by the Annex II hereto. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 March 1991 with the exception of Article 2 which shall apply with effect from 1 July 1990. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 March 1991. () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. () O] No L 37, 9. 2. 1991, p. 1. () O] No L 194, 17. 7. 1986, p. 7. () OJ No L 168, 30. 6. 1990, p. 1 For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission