NoL338/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.12.74
REGULATION (EEC)No3170/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of16December 1974
layingdowndetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthespecialexportlevyonsugar
beetandsugarcane
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article/
ThisRegulationlaysdowndetailedrulesforthe
chargingofthespecialexportlevyonproductsspeci­
fiedinArticle1(1)(b)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2476/74(2),andinparticular
Article16(4)thereof;
WhereasArticle16ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
provides,undercertainconditions,forthechargingof
anexportlevyorofaspecialexportlevyonwhite
sugarandrawsugar;whereastheappropriategeneral
anddetailedruleswereestablishedbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No608/72(J)of23March1972laying
downrulestobeappliedincasesofconsiderableprice
risesontheworldsugarmarketandbyCommission
Regulation (EEC)No1076/72(4)of25May1972
layingdowndetailedrulesforapplyingexportlevies
onsugarandamendingRegulation (EEC)No
2637/70,asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
58/74(5);
Whereas,inviewofthepresentsituationonthesugar
marketbothwithintheCommunityandoutside,it
hasbecomenecessarytoapplyaspecialexportlevy
alsofortheproductsspecifiedinArticle 1(1)(b)of
RegulationNo1009/67/EEC;whereasdetailedrules
forthismustbeadopted;
Whereas,inviewoftheseasonalnatureoftradeinthe
productsspecifiedinArticle1(l)(b)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,itappearssufficienttoprovideinprin­
cipleonlyonefixationofspecialexportlevyforeach
sugaryear;whereasthislevyshouldbeappliedper
metrictonofproduct;whereas,incalculatingthis
levy,accountshouldbetaken,onaflatratebasis,of
thedifferenceper100kilogrammes ofwhitesugar,
betweenthearithmeticaverageofthecifpricesfor
thewhitesugarrecordedoveraparticularperiodand
thethresholdpriceofthissugarappliedatthetime
whenthespeciallevyisfixed;whereasthisdifference
mustbemultipliedbyappropriatecoefficientswhich
willusuallycorrespondtothenaturalsucrosecontent
oftheproductsspecifiedintheAnnexasgenerally
determinedintheCommunity ;Article2
1.Thespecialexportlevyinthesecondsubpara­
graphofArticle16(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EEC
shallbeapplicabletotheproductswhicharespecified
intheAnnextothisRegulationprovidedsuch
productsareinoneofthesituationsdescribedin
Article9(2)oftheTreaty.
2.Thisspeciallevyshallalsobechargedon
productsshownintheAnnexwhich,byreasonofthe
customsstatusoftheirpackagingorbyreasonoftheir
incorporation in,oradditionto,oneormoreproducts
notinfreecirculation ,arenotinoneofthesituations
describedinArticle9(2)oftheTreaty.
Article3
TheprovisionsofArticles 1(4),4and5ofRegulation
(EEC)No1076/72shallalsobeapplicabletothe
productsspecifiedintheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article4
1.Therateofthespeciallevyapplicabletothe
exportshallbethelevyapplicableonthedayof
completionofthecustomsformalitiesreferredtoin
Article8(2)(b)ofRegulation (EEC)No1373/70(6).
2.Thespecialexportlevyshallbecollectedbythe
MemberStateinwhoseterritorytheformalities
referredtoinparagraph 1ofthisArticleare
completed .Itshallbepayableatthelatestatthetime
ofcompletionofthoseformalities .(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL264,1.10.1974,p.70.
(3)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.
(4)OJNoL121,26.5.1972,p.22.
(5)OJNoL8,10.1.1974,p.13. (6)OJNoL158,20.7.1970,p.1.

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(a)1-6inthecaseoffreshsugarbeet,wholeorsliced;
(b)5-5inthecaseofdriedsugarbeet,whole,slicedor
powdered ;
(c)1-1inthecaseofsugarcane.Article5
1.Thespecialexportlevyshallbefixed,inprin­
ciple,onceeachsugaryearinunitsofaccountper
metricton.
2.Theamountofthelevyshallbedeterminedper
metrictonoftheproductsreferredtointheAnnexby
multiplyingthedifference,per100kilogrammes of
whitesugar,betweenthearithmeticaverageofthecif
pricesrecordedduringthethreemonthspreceding
themonthofthedayonwhichthelevyisfixedand
thethresholdpriceappliedonthatday,byacoeffi­
cientof:Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16December1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
ANNEX
CCTheading
NoDescriptionofgoods
12.04 Sugarbeet,wholeorsliced,fresh,driedorpowdered;sugarcane:
A.Sugarbeet:
exI.Fresh,ofasugarcontentequaltoorgreaterthan12-5%
II.Driedorpowdered
B.Sugarcane