Judgment_paragraph 4 · C-308/91

4Article 13 of Regulation No 394/70 provides that:1. For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 766/68, and without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, the sucrose content including where appropriate other sugars expressed as sucrose, shall be the total sugar content resulting from the application of the Lane and Eynon method (copper reduction method) to the solution inverted according to Clerget-Herzfeld. The total sugar content determined in this manner shall be expressed as sucrose by multiplying by 0.95.2. In the case of syrups which are 85% or more but less than 94.5% pure, the sucrose content including where appropriate other sugars expressed as sucrose shall be fixed at a flat rate of 73% by weight in the dry state. The percentage purity of the syrups shall be calculated by dividing total sugar content by dry matter content and multiplying the result by one hundred. Total sugar content shall be determined in accordance with the method referred to in paragraph 1 and the dry matter content according to the areometric method.’...