29.9.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL268/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2808/90
of28September1990
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyon-whitesugardiffersby
atleastECU0,73fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthis'case,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1069/89(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication ;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68: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
837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesfortheapplica­
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
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle14(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75(5),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1340/90(6),forthefixingofthe
importlevyontheproductsfallingwithinCNcodes
17023091,17023099,17024090and17029050,and
thevariableelement,per100kilogramsofdrymatter,
beingequalto100timesthebasicimportlevyapplicable
asfromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeachmonth;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleastECU0,73from
thataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiodinthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2205/90(8),
(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(2)OJNoL114,27.4.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.
(*)OJNoL134,28.5.1990,p.1.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(8)OJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.

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NoL268/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.9.90
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
>JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shallbeas
indicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October1990.Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28September1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28September1990fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestionAmountoflevyper100kgofdrymatter
17022010
17022090
17023010
17024010
17026010
17026090
17029030
17029060
17029071
17029090
21069030
210690590,4371
0,4371
0,4371
0,4371
0,4371
0,4371
0,437153,38
53,38
53,38
53,38
53,38