NoL119/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.4.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1141/89
of28April1989
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffersby
atleastECU0,73fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication ;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1069/89(?),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81mustbecalculated,
whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasisofthe
sucrosecontent(includingothersugarsexpressedas
sucrose)oftheproductconcernedandofthelevyon
whitesugar;whereas,however,theleviesonmaplesugar
andmaplesyruparelimitedtotheamountresultingfrom
applicationoftherateofdutyboundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
837/68oftheCommissionm of28June1968ondetailed
rulesfortheapplicationofleviesonsugar(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1428/78(4),provides
thatthebasicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsof
productmustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrose
content;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleastECU0,73from
thataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiodWhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81comprises,
underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,avariableelement
andafixedelement,withthelatter,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,beingequaltoone-tenthoftheiixedelement
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle14(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No2727/75oftheCouncil(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No166/89(6),forthe
fixingoftheimportlevyontheproductsfallingwithin
CNcodes17023091,17023099,17024090and
17029050,andthevariableelement,per100kilograms
ofdrymatter,beingequalto100timesthebasicimport
levyapplicableasfromthefirstofeachmonthinthecase
oftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeach
month;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1636/87(8),
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.0OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(6)OJNoL20,25.1.1989,p.16.0OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

29,4.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL119/53
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shallbeas
indicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1989.Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28April1989fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestionAmountoflevyper100kgofdrymatter
17022010 0,3926
17022090 0,3926—
17023010 — 48,93
17024010 — 48,93
17026010 — 48,93
17026090 0,3926—
17029030 — 48,93
17029060 0,3926—
17029071 0,3926—
17029090 0,3926—
21069030 — 48,93
21069059 0,3926—