NoL30/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.2.73
REGULATION (EEC)No254/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of31January1973
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingop­
portunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingesta­
blished,theCommissionmusttakeaccountofall
availableinformation onoffersontheworldmar­
ket,onquotationsontheexchangeswhichareim­
portantforworldtrade,onpricesrecordedonim­
portantthird-country markets,andonsalescon­
cludedininternational tradeofwhichithasknow­
ledgeeitherdirectlyorthroughtheagencyofthe
MemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68(7)of26June1968laying
downdetailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesfor
whitesugarandrawsugar,theCommissionmust
disregardinformation ifthegoodsconcernedare
notofsoundandfairmarketablequalityorifthe
pricequotedinanofferrelatestosmallquantities
andisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereasof­
ferpriceswhichcanbeassumednottoberepresenta­
tiveoftheactualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisre­
garded;
Whereas,oftheofferpricestakenintoconsidera­
tion,thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulk
cifRotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotter­
dam;whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatesto
goodsinbags,itmustbereducedby0-06unitofac­
countper100kilogrammesunderthetermsofRegu­
lation(EEC)No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECmustbeaddedtoordeducted
fromtheofferstakenintoconsideration inthecase
ofwhitesugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,
thecorrectivefactorsprovidedforinRegulation
(EEC)No784/68mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pusuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(*)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No174/73(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandraw
sugarmustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthe
cifprice;whereasthethresholdpriceforeachof
theseproductswasfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No795/72(3)of17April1972fixingforthe
1972/73marketingyearthederivedinterventionpri­
ces,theinterventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,the
minimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,the
guaranteedquantityandthemaximumamountof
theproductionlevy,asamendedbvRegulation (EEC)
No238/73(4);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugar
iscalculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunity
frontiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotter­
dambyCoucilRegulation (EEC)No431/68(5)of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforraw
sugarandfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossing
pointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquota­
tionsorpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydevia­
tionfromthestandardqualityforwhichthethres­
holdpriceisfixed;whereasthestandardquality
forrawsugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No
431/68andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation
(EEC)No793/72(«)of17April1972;
(»)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.4.
(4)OJNoL29,1.2.1973.
(*)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(«)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (7)OINoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

1.2.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL30/31
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovi­
sionsthattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugar
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,be
leftunchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculation
ofthecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommission
andiftheofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhich
appearnottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactual
markettrendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderable
changesinthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationin
theelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanin­
creaseorareductionofnotlessthan0-10unitof
accountper100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevy
previouslyfixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegu­
lationNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclature provided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCom­
monCustomsTariff;TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECare,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1973fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugar
andrawsugar
(u.a.1100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar
II.Rawsugar
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar
II.Rawsugar5-54
3-49(!)
5-54
3-49(»)
f1)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92°/o;iftheyieldisotherthan929/o»thelevyapplicableiscalculated
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68.