31.3.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/39
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No856/88
of30March1988
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
atleast0,73ECUfromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3993/87(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68:
WhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81comprises,
underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,avariableelement
andafixedelement,withthelatter,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,beingequaltoone-tenthofthefixedelement
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle14(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75(*),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3989/87(*),forthefixingofthe
importlevyontheproductsfallingwithinsubheadings
17023091,17023099,17024090and17029050ofthe
combinednomenclature ,andthevariableelement,per
100kilogramsofdrymatter,beingequaltoonehundred
timesthebasicimportlevyapplicableasfromthefirstof
eachmonthinthecaseoftheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81;whereasthelevy
mustbefixedeachmonth:WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
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;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0,73ECUfrom
thataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffersbyWhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87Qintro­
ducesfrom1January1988anewcombinednomencla­
turemeetingtherequirements ofboththeCommon
CustomsTariffandtheCommunity'sstatisticsofforeign
tradeandreplacingthepreviousnomenclature ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(8),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(9),
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.23.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(«)OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.1.f)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(*)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.

NoL87/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.88
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tionto-theCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticlei(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shallbeas
indicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1988.Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1988fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestionAmountoflevyper100kgofdrymatter
17022010
17022090
17023010
17024010
17026010
17026090
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029090
21069030
210690590,4935
0,4935
0,4935
0,4935
0,4935
0,4935
0,493559,02
59,02
59,02
59,02
59,02