14.12.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL334/51
REGULATION (EEC)No3165/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of13December 1974
introducinganexportchargeoncertainmilkproductscontainingsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereastherulesnecessaryfortheapplicationofthis
exportchargearespecifiedinCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No3162/74(4)of13December1974laying
downdetailedrulesfortheimpositionintheeventof
sugarsupplydifficultiesofanexportchargeoncertain
cereal,rice,milk,fruitandvegetable-based products
containingaddedsugar;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2);
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1603/74(3)of25June1974ontheimpositionofan
exportchargeoncertaincereal,riceandmilk-based
productscontainingaddedsugarintheeventofsugar
supplydifficulties,andinparticularArticle1(3)
thereof;
Article1
1.Anexportchargeshallbeleviedonproducts
fallingwithinsubheading04.02BoftheCommon
CustomsTariffwhichcontainmorethan35%by
weightofaddedsucrose(includinginvertsugar
expressedassucrose).
Providedthatnosuchchargeshallbeleviedon
productsfallingwithinsubheading04.02BIIofafat
contentbyweightexceeding6-9%butnotexceeding
9-5%andcontainingnotlessthan15%byweight
ofnon-fattymilksolids.
2.Theexportchargeshallbe20unitsofaccount
per100kilogrammes ofaddedsucrose(including
invertsugarexpressedassucrose).
3.Article2(3)ofRegulation (EEC)No3162/74
shallapplywhere,foranyproductcomingwithinpara­
graph1,onlyoneofthetwocomponentsofthe
refundhasbeenfixedinadvance.WhereasunderArticle1(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1603/74wherealevyexceedingfiveunitsofaccount
per100kilogrammes ischargedonexportsofwhite
sugar,adecisionmaybetakentoimposeachargeon
exportsoftheproductsspecifiedinArticle1ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No804/68containingaminirriumof
20%sucroseorothersugarsexpressedassucrose;
Whereastheexportlevyonwhitesugaratpresent
exceeds100unitsofaccountper100kilogrammes ;
Whereasexperienceoftheoperationofthismeasure
hasshownthatitseffectivenessmaybeimpaired
wheresugarisexportedintheformofcertainmilk
productscomingunderRegulation (EEC)No804/68;
whereasthisisparticularlysointhecaseofproducts
witharelativelyhighsugarcontent;whereasan
exportcharge,determinedonthebasisoftheexport
levyonsugar,shouldthereforebeappliedtosuch
products;
Whereastheaimoftheexportchargeistosafeguard
Communitysugarsupplies;whereasinviewofthat
aimandofthesituationonthesugarmarketsandof
productionandmarketingconditionsfortherelevant
milkproducts,theexportchargeshouldbefixedat20
unitsofaccountper100kilogrammesofaddedsugar;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon23
December1974.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
(3)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.9. (4)Seepage44ofthisOfficialJournal.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13December1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI