NoL28/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities1.2.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No255/85
of31January1985
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstday
ofthemonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffers
byatleast0,73ECUfromtheaveragereferredto
aboveorfromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthe
basicamount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamount
mustbeequaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwh^te
sugarusedtocalculatethealteration;
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
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No606/82(2),andinparticular
Article16(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)
Nf>837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(■'),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproduct
mustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0,73ECUfromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiodWhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle
1(1)(f)and.,(g)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81
comprises,underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,a
variableelementandafixedelement,withthelatter,
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,beingequaltoone­
tenthofthefixedelementestablishedpursuantto
pointBofArticle14(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
2727/750forthefixingoftheimportlevyonthe
productsfallingwithinsubheading17.02BIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,andthevariableelement,
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,beingequaltoone
hundredtimesthebasicimportlevyapplicableas
fromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeach
month:
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/840,
OOJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL74,18.3.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(6)OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
0OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

1.2.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL28/13
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : —forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent,andtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shall
beasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegula­
tion,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31January1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31January1985fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionBasicamount-
perpercentagepoint
ofsucrose -content
andper100kgnet
oftheproduct
inquestionAmountoflevy
per100kg
ofdrymatter
17.02 Othersugarsinsolidform;sugarsyrups,notcontainingadded
flavouringorcolouringmatter;artificialhoney,whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney;caramel:
C.Maplesugarandothersyrup 0,4646—
D.Othersugarsandsyrups(otherthanlactose,glucoseand
malto-dextrine ):
I.Isoglucose
exII.Other 0,464656,13
E.Artificialhoney,whetherornotmixedwithnaturalhoney 0,4646
F.I.Caramelizedsugarandmolassescontaining,inthedry
state,50%ormorebyweightofsucrose 0,4646 --
21.07 Foodpreparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded:
F.Flavouredorcolouredsugarsyrups:
III.Isoglucose
IV.Other 0,464656,13