11.7.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL187/23
REGULATION (EEC)No1791/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of10July1974
fixingthespecialexportlevyforwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967ontheCommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1602/74(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
608/72(3)of23March1972layingdownrulestobe
appliedincasesofconsiderablepricerisesonthe
worldsugarmarket,andinparticularArticle1(1)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle16ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,wheretheCommunityoranyregion
thereofcannotbesuppliedwithsugaratpriceswithin
thelimitofthethresholdprice,provisionmaybe
madeforchargingaspecialexportlevyonsugar;
Whereasthethresholdpricesforwhite'sugarandraw
sugarwerefixedbyRegulation (EEC)No1600/74(4);
Whereasthepresentworldmarketsituationallows
sugarexportsfromtheCommunityatapricelevel
whichissusceptibletoariseintheex-workspricein
theareaoftheCommunityhavingthegreatestsurplus
foradelivery,suchthatinparticularthedeliveries
withinthelimitsofthethresholdpricetothesouthof
Italy,whichisthemostdistantdeficitregion,risk
becominguncertain,whereasaspecialexportlevy
shouldthereforebefixed;
Whereasinordertoachievetheobjectivespursued
thespeciallevymaybefixedtakingintoconsidera­tionthepricelevelswithintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketaswellasanevaluationoftherisk
ofalackofsupplieswithinthelimitsofthethreshold
priceinalltheCommunityregions;
Whereasthelistofproductssubjecttothespeciallevy
isgiveninCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1076/72(5)of25May1972layingdowndetailedrules
forapplyingexportleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No58/74(6);
Whereastoenablethearrangements tofunction
smoothlythecalculationoftheleviesshouldbe
based:
—forcurrencieswhicharekeptwithinamaximum
spreadatanygivenmomentof2-25%ona
conversionratebasedontheiractualparities;
—forothercurrencies,onaconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangerates
recordedoveragivenperiodforthosecurrencies
againstthosementionedintheprecedingsubpara­
graph;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thespecialexportlevyonsugarprovidedforinthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle16(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECshallbeasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon11July
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10July1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.
(3)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.(5)OJNoL121,26.5.1972,p.22.
(b)OJNoL8,10.1.1974,p.13.

NoL187/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.7.74
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof10July1974fixingthespecialexportlevyonwhite
sugarandrawsugar
(u.a./100ka)
CCTheading',
N» DescriptionofgoodsAmountofilu­
specinlexpon
levy
17.01 licetsugaranilcanesugar,solid:
Λ.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar 29-00
, H.Rawsugar 22-0011)
l>.Undenatured :
1.Whitesugar 29-00
ex11.Rawsugarotherthancandysugar 22-00H
t1)Thisamountappliestorawsugarwitha92°/oyield.Iftheyieldoftheexportedrawsugarisdifferentfrom
92%thelevytobeappliedshallbecalculatedinconformitywithArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1076/7?..