NoL24/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No159/95
of31January1995
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffersby
atleastECU0,73fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No133/94(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication ;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68;WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81mustbecalculated,
whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasisofthe
sucrosecontent(includingothersugarsexpressedas
sucrose)oftheproductconcernedandofthelevyon
whitesugar;whereas,however,theleviesonmaplesugar
andmaplesyruparelimitedtotheamountresultingfrom
applicationoftherateofdutyboundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofleviesonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthebasicamountof
thelevyfor100kilogramsofproductmustbefixedper
percentagepointofsucrosecontent;WhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81comprises,
underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,avariableelement
andafixedelement,withthelatter,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,beingequaltoone-tenthofthefixedelement
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle11(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92{"),aslastamended
byRegulation(EC)No1866/94(6),forthefixingofthe
importlevyontheproductsfallingwithinCNcodes
17023091,17023099,17024090and17029050,and
thevariableelement,per100kilogramsofdrymatter,
beingequalto100timesthebasicimportlevyapplicable
asfromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeachmonth;Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleastECU0,73from
thataverage; whereasasaconsequenceoftheamendmentofArticle1
(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81andbyvirtueof
Article16thereof,alevyischargeableonimportsof
inulinesyrup;whereasthelevyisdefinedinparagraph6
(a)ofthesaidArticle16asequal,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,tothelevyfixedinaccordancewithparagraph
6ofthatArticlemultipliedbyacoefficientof1,9;Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
OOJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL22,27.1.1994,p.7.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.(5)OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(«)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.1.

1.1.95 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL2417
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shall
beasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity('),noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/950,areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/950;
Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(2)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(3)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(<)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
C)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal .

NoL24/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.95
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1995fixingthebasicamountoftheimport
levyonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestion(')Amountoflevyper100kg
ofdrymatter(')
17022010 0,4500
17022090 0,4500—
17023010 — 56,68
17024010 — 56,68
17026010 — 56,68
1702609010(2)— 107,70
1702609090(3) 0,4500—
17029030 — 56,68
17029060, 0,4500—
17029071 0,4500—
17029080 — 107,70
17029099 0,4500—
21069030 — 56,68
21069059 0,4500—
(')NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(2)Tariccode:Inulinsyrup.Forthepurposesofclassificationunderthissubheading,'Inulinsyrup'meanstheimmediateproductobtainedbyhydro­
lysisofinulinoroligofructoses .
(3)Tariccode:CNcode17026090,otherthaninulinsyrup.