5.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL148/17
REGULATION (EEC)No1479/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of4June1973
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugarproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduring
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevy
onwhitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;where­
as,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequalto
onehundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atmanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%>,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesof
eachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbead­
justedonthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdprice
forwhitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthin
whichthebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodof
application;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone
hundredthofthedifferencebetweenthesetwo
thresholdprices,mustbedeductedfromoraddedto
thebasicamountinthecircumstancesprovidedforin
Article7(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC(*)of18December1967onthecom­
monorganizationofthemarketinsugar,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No174/73(2),and
inparticularArticle14(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonim­
portsoftheproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthat
Regulation;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmustbecal­
culated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateon
thebasisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcerned
andofthelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,
theleviesonmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimi­
tedtotheamountresultingfromapplicationofthe
rateofdutyboundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68(®)of28June1968ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No878/69(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogrammesof
productmustbefixedperpercentageofsucrosecon­
tent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toonehundredthoftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogrammesofwhitesugarduringthe
firsttwentydaysofthemonthprecedingthemonth
forwhichthebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;
whereas,however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugar
onthedayprecedingthefixingofthebasicamount
mustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthelevies,
wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0-40unitofac­
countfromthataverage;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyon,thepro
ductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EECisherebyfixed,per100kilogrammes
ofproduct,at0-0394unitofaccountperpercentage
pointofsucrosecontent.
Article2
(*)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(l)OJNoL25,30.1.1973,p.1.
(*)OJNoI.151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(«)OINoI,114.13.5.1969,p.9.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5June
1973.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentirety ,anddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4June1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission