NoL-229/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.8.75
REGULATION (EEC)No2250/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of29August1975
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevyon
whitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;whereas,in
thiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequaltoone
hundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedtocalculate
thealteration ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment ,equaltoonehundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation (EEC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74(')of19December1974onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,andinparticular
Article 15(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No3330/74mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate ,atastandardrateonthe
basisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68(2)of28June1968ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1491/70(3),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogrammes of
productmustbefixedperpercentageofsucrose
content ;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toonehundredthoftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogrammes ofwhitesugarduringthe
firsttwentydaysofthemonthprecedingthemonth
forwhichthebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;
whereas,however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugar
onthedayprecedingthefixingofthebasicamount
mustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthelevies,
wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74isherebyfixed,per100kilogrammes of
product,at00174unitofaccountperpercentage
pointofsucrosecontent.
Article2
(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(')OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(')OJNoL165,28.7.1970,p.8.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1975.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29August1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission