NoL68/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.73
REGULATION (EEC)No718/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of14March1973
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproducts
wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0-40unitofac­
countfromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduring
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevy
onwhitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;where­
as,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequalto
onehundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthebasisofan
exchangeratewhichisbased,inthecaseofcurrencies
whicharefloatingorwhosecentralratediffersfrom
theofficialparity,ontheeffectiverateorthe
centralrateofthesecurrenciesand,inthecaseof
theUSdollar,onthechangeinparityannounced
on13February1973;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbead­
justedonthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdprice
forwhitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthin
whichthebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodof
application ;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone
hundredthofthedifferencebetweenthesetwo
thresholdprices,mustbedeductedfromoraddedto
thebasicamountinthecircumstancesprovidedforin
Artie.e7(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthecom­
monorganizationofthemarketinsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No174/73(2),and
inparticularArticle14(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonim­
portsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthat
Regulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmustbecal­
culated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateon
thebasisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcerned
andofthelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,
theleviesonmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimi­
tedtotheamountresultingfromapplicationofthe
rateofdutyboundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68(3)of28June1968ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No878/69(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogrammesof
productmustbefixedperpercentageofsucrosecon­
tent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toonehundredthoftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogrammesofwhitesugarduringthe
firsttwentydaysofthemonthprecedingthemonth
forwhichthebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;
whereas,however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugar
onthedayprecedingthefixingofthebasicamount
mustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthelevies,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyonthepro
ductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECisherebyfixed,per100kilogrammes
ofproduct,at0-0586unitofacountperpercentage
pointofsucrosecontent.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon15March
1973.(»)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(*)OJNoI.151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(«)OJNoL114,13.5.1969,p.9.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14March1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission