NoL228/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.9.94
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2138/94
of31August1994
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffersby
atleastECU0,73fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No133/94(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication ;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68;WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81mustbecalculated,
whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasisofthe
sucrosecontent(includingothersugarsexpressedas
sucrose)oftheproductconcernedandofthelevyon
whitesugar;whereas,however,theleviesonmaplesugar
andmaplesyruparelimitedtotheamountresultingfrom
applicationoftherateofdutyboundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
tionofleviesonsugar(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthebasicamountof
thelevyfor100kilogramsofproductmustbefixedper
percentagepointofsucrosecontent;WhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81comprises,
underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,avariableelement
andafixedelement,withthelatter,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,beingequaltoone-tenthofthefixedelement
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle11(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1766/92(*),aslastamended
byRegulation(EC)No1866/94(6),forthefixingofthe
importlevyontheproductsfallingwithinCNcodes
17023091,17023099,17024090and17029050,and
thevariableelement,per100kilogramsofdrymatter,
beingequalto100timesthebasicimportlevyapplicable
asfromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeachmonth;Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleastECU0,73from
thataverage; WhereasasaconsequenceoftheamendmentofArticle1
(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81andbyvirtueof
Article16thereof,alevyischargeableonimportsof
inulinesyrup;whereasthelevyisdefinedinparagraph6
(a)ofthesaidArticle16asequal,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,tothelevyfixedinaccordancewithparagraph
6ofthatArticlemultipliedbyacoefficientof1,9;Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
2OJNoL22,27.1.1994,p.7.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.340OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(6)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.1.

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Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity('),noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories ;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(2),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(3),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(4),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/940;Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shall
beasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1September
1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31August1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(2)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(3)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(4)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.nOJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

NoL228/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 1.9.94
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof31August1994fixingthebasicamountoftheimport
levyonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestion(')Amountoflevyper100kg
ofdrymatter(')
17022010 0,3985 —
17022090 0,3985 —
17023010 — 49,52
17024010 — 49,52
17026010 — 49,52
1702609010(2) — 94,09
1702609090(3) 0,3985 —
17029030 — 49,52
17029060 0,3985 —
17029071 0,3985 —
1702909010(4) — 94,09
17029090900 0,3985 —
21069030 — 49,52
21069059 0,3985 —
(')NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(2)Tariccode:Inulinsyrup.Forthepurposesofclassificationunderthissubheading,'Inulinsyrup'meanstheimmediateproductobtainedbyhydro­
lysisofinulinoroligofructoses .
(3)Tariccode:CNcode17026090,otherthaninulinsyrup.
(4)Tariccode:Inulinsyrup.Forthepurposesofclassificationunderthissubheading,'Inulinsyrup'meanstheimmediateproduct,otherthanthat
fallingwithinsubheading17026090,obtainedbyhydrolysisofinulinoroligofructoses ,containingbyweightinthedrystateatleast10%fruc­
toseinfreeformorassucrose.
HTariccode:CNcode17029090,otherthaninulinsyrup.