30. 4. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 106/9 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 775/96 of 29 April 1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 as regards communications in the sugar sector THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 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 (EC) No 1101/95(), and in particular Article 39 thereof, Whereas Article 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 requires the Member States and the Commission to communicate to each other the information necessary for the implementation of that Regulation; whereas imple- menting rules were laid down by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 787/83 of 29 March 1983 on communications in the sugar sector (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3819/85 (*); whereas, as a result of developments since then in the organization of the markets in the sugar sector, and in particular the commitments entered into by the Community under the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, those rules should be reviewed and new ones added and hence Regulation (EEC) No 787/83 should be repealed with effect from the start of the 1996/97 marketing year; Whereas, if the situation with regard to sugar bought in or sold under the intervention measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 is to be correctly assessed, relevant information must be available and in particular information on changes in the quantities held by inter- vention agencies and on the distribution of such quanti- ties among warehouses approved pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 447/68 of 5 April 1968 laying down general rules for intervention buying of sugar (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1359/77 (5 whereas, if a close  watch is to be kept on the implementation of the intervention system, it is also essential that information should be regularly made avai- lable on the quantities of sugar rendered unfit for human consumption and on the quantities used for the manufac- ture of certain chemical products, with an indication of () OJ No L 177, 1. 7. 1981, p. 4. @) OJ No L 110, 17. 5. 1995, p. 1. () OJ No L 88, 6. 4. 1983, p. 6. () OJ No L 368, 31. 12. 1985, p. 25. 9 O] No L 91, 12. 4. 1968, p. 5. (9 OJ No L 156, 25. 6. 1977, p. 7. the quantities of sugar which have been either denatured in accordance with one of the processes set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 100/72 of 14 January 1972 laying down detailed rules for the denatu- ring of sugar for animal feed (*), as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 260/96 (%), or used in the manufacture of the chemical products listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1010/86 of 25 March 1986 laying down general rules for the production refund on certain sugar products used in the chemical industry (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1101/95, and those listed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1729/78 of 24 July 1978 laying down detailed rules of application in respect of the production refund for sugar used in the chemical industry (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 260/96; Whereas the accurate and regular monitoring of trade with third countries is the only way to monitor develop- ments closely in the light of the constraints arising from the Community’s commitments under the aforemen- tioned Agreement on Agriculture and to take, as appro- priate, the measures required, in particular for the applica- tion of Article 23 (4a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81, and those arising from the Community’s commitments under the International Sugar Agreement; whereas the Commission should therefore receive on a regular basis the relevant information not only on imports and exports of products for which levies or refunds have been fixed, in respect of which operations licences are issued in parti- cular under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 of 27 June 1995 on special detailed rules for application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector ('), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2136/95 (19, regard being had to the more general provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3719/88 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2137/95('%), and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3665/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1384/95 ('), but also on imports and exports of products exported without refund, with or without a licence, and in particular those covered () OJ No L 12, 15. 1. 1972, p. 15. () OJ No L 34, 13. 2. 1996, p. 16. () O] No L 94, 9. 4. 1986, p. 9. (" OJ No L 201, 25. 7. 1978, p. 26. (") O] No L 144, 28. 6. 1995, p. 14. (%) O] No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 19. (%) O No L 331, 2. 12. 1988, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 214, 8. 9. 1995, p. 21. (%) OJ No L 351, 14. 12. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 134, 20. 6. 1995, p. 14.