NoL181/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.7.81
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1808/81
of1July1981
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar('),andinparti­
cularArticle16(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1788/81of
30June1981fixing,forthe1981/82marketingyear,
thederivedinterventionpricesforwhitesugar,the
interventionpriceforrawsugar,theminimumprices
forAandBbeet,thethresholdpricesandtheamount
ofcompensation forstoragecosts(2);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9April1968
determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand
fixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(3);
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunitiesontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation(EEC)No431/68and
thatforwhitesugarbyRegulation(EEC)No793/72of
17April1972(4);
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternationaltrade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68of26June1968layingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhitesugar
andrawsugar(5),theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedinan
offerrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresenta­
tiveofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcanbe
assumednottoberepresentative oftheactualmarket
trendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasanyofferorpricestakenintoconsideration
whicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby0-73ECUper100kilo­
gramsunderthetermsofArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81mustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
theofferstakenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhite
sugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrective
factorsprovidedforinArticle5ofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;
Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferpricewhich
servedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthecif
priceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandifthe
offerpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappearnot
tobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarkettrends
wouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechangesinthe
cifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan0-24ECUper100kilo­
gramsinrelationtothelevypreviouslyfixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81,thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff; (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.37.
(3)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
4OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. 0OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedontheir
effectiveparity,
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle16(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81shallbe,inrespectofwhite
sugarandstandardqualityrawsugar,assetoutinthe
Annexhereto. —forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2July1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1July1981.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
GastonTHORN
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof1July1981fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarand
rawsugar
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,insolidform:
A.Whitesugar:flavouredorcolouredsugar 16-83
B.Rawsugar 12-58(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,thelevyapplicable
iscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No837/68.