28.6.2003 Official Journal of the European Union L 160/33 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1140/2003 of 27 June 2003 amending, in the sugar sector, Regulations (EC) Nos 779/96 laying down detailed rules of applica- tion as regards communications and 314/2002 laying down detailed rules for the application of the quota system THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  To simplify administrative procedures, certain provisions Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 680/2002 (3, and in particular Articles 13(3), 15(8) and the second subparagraph of Article 41 thereof, Whereas: (1) Under Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 314/ 2002 (®) Member States are to establish provisional sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup production figures. In the light of experience gained, the Member States' obli- gations under this provision should be clarified and provision should be made for these production figures to be notified to the Commission. (2)  Stock figures should be notified by the Member States in a specific way and external trade figures extracted from the Comext database of Eurostat. Provision should there- fore be made for notification by Member States of stocks of the products in question based on a very precise defi- nition of stocks that will ensure uniformity of applica- tion in the Member States. Provision should also be made for a breakdown by sugar type of the end-of-year stock in order to establish the balances by Member State. (3)  Since customs statistics do not distinguish the quantities of C sugar exported, these will have to be deducted from total exports of sugar in the natural state and, to this end, provision will have to be made for monthly notifi- cation by undertakings to Member States and by Member States to the Commission of the C sugar quanti- ties exported. (4)  Article 6(4) of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 specifies how the quantity of sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup disposed of for consumption within the Community, referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001, is to be determined. Experience shows a need to stipulate in that paragraph that the quantity in question is to be obtained by totalling the quantities produced and imported, subtracting those exported and adjusting for stock variations. OJ L 178, 30.6.2001, p. 1. () OJ L 104, 20.4.2002, p. 26. 0] L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 40. of Commission Regulation (EC) No 779/96 (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 995/2002 (°), which the abovementioned modification of Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 renders obsolete or which experience has shown to be of no utility in market management, should be alleviated or deleted. (6)  Regulations (EC) No 779/96 and (EC) No 314/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly. (7 The Management Committee for Sugar has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Atrticle 1 Regulation (EC) No 779/96 is hereby amended as follows: 1. in the first subparagraph of Article 1, ‘each week in respect of the preceding week’ is replaced by ‘when requested by it’; 2. point 1 of Article 3 is deleted; 3. in point 1 of Article 5 ‘each week, in respect of the preceding week:" is replaced by ‘each month, in respect of the preceding month:’; 4. Article 6 is amended as follows: (a) in point 1, ‘each week, in respect of the preceding week: is replaced by ‘each month, in respect of the preceding month?’ (b) point 2 is deleted; 5. Articles 9 and 10 are deleted; 6. Chapters V, VI and VII are deleted; 7. Annexes I, II, III, IV and V are deleted. Atticle 2 Regulation (EC) No 314/2002 is hereby amended as follows. 1. Article 4 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 4 1. For each marketing year a Community supply balance for sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup shall be drawn up and also a sugar supply balance for each Member State. The balances shall be consolidated at the end of the following marketing year. () OJ L 106, 30.4.1996, p. 9. () OJ L 152, 12.6.2002, p. 11.