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an overall production levy on B-sugar of D 24.9601per 100 kilos of white sugar, the maximum productionlevy of 39.5 % of the net intervention price wasreached. Furthermore, a supplementary levy of 8.3 %was agreed. For Germany, this ranges betweenD 0.55 and D 0.58 per 100 kilos of white sugar. Byoffsetting the positive balance from the storagecost offset fund, the part to be borne by the sugarindustry fell by D 0.22 per 100 kilos.EU member candidatesFollowing resolution of the dispute between Polandand the EU commission on interpretation of theagreements on agricultural subsidies in the membershiptreaty, the governments of all EU candidate countrieshave agreed the membership treaties. This means thatthe expansion of the EU by a further 10 countries onMay 1, 2004 can be completed as planned. Withrespect to sugar, the EU has made considerableconcessions to its negotiation terms on sugarproduction quotas for the applicant countries. Thisparticularly affects quotas for Latvia (+ 27 %) andLithuania (+ 7 %), as well as Hungary (+ 6 %). Thelargest quota holder is Poland, with a maximumquota of 1.674 million tonnes of sugar, followed bythe Czech Republic and Hungary with 0.454 milliontonnes and 0.402 million tonnes of sugar respectively.EU sugar production up by 11 %Sugar production in the EU reached 16.92 milliontonnes (14.94 million tonnes), back to almost thesame level as in 2000. The main reason for the growthin 2002 was a rise of 2.7 % in the area undercultivation for sugar beet in the EU, to 1.835 millionhectares (1.788 million hectares) and in sugarproduction to 9.06 tonnes per hectare (8.11 tonnesper hectare). Almost 400,000 tonnes (385,000 tonnes)of C-sugar was transferred to the 2003/04 sugar year.EU sugar market 2002CountriesGermanyFranceItalyThe NetherlandsBelgium/LuxembourgDenmarkIrelandGreat BritainGreeceSpainPortugalAustriaFinlandSwedenEU-15Area underbeet cultivationSugar yield 1) Basis quota 2) Sugar production 1) Sugar consumption 1)1,000 ha t/haWhite sugar value 1,000 t457 8.76 2,427 4,017 2,773399 3) 11.60 3) 2,778 4) 4,973 3) 2,096240 5.90 1,243 1,417 1,432109 9.38 640 1,023 66998 10.20 637 1,003 54555 9.55 303 525 25131 6.58 175 204 169148 8.78 998 1,300 6) 2,15941 7.23 278 300 314117 9.79 938 1,153 1,24110 7.70 70 5) 77 33145 9.71 295 458 29532 4.84 128 155 20853 7.83 323 415 3851,835 9.06 11,230 17,020 12,8681)Directorate-General for Agriculture, Brussels. 2) Ex-declassification quotas. 3) Excluding overseas departments.4)Including overseas departments. 5) Including the Azores. 6) Sugar beet, including approx. 1.5 million tonnes ofACP preferential sugar, overall production amounted to 2.8 million tonnes, or 130 % of consumption.F-61