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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1809/81
of1July1981
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstday
ofthemonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffers
byatleast0-73ECUfromtheaveragereferredto
aboveorfromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthe
basicamount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamount
mustbeequaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhite
sugarusedtocalculatethealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation(EEC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinsugar('),andinparticularArticle16
(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasis
ofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(2),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1428/78(3),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproduct
mustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0-73ECUfromthataverage;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81shallbe,per100kilogramsofproduct,0-1683
ECUperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent.
Article2
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
0OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
0OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2July1981.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1July1981.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
GastonTHORN