NoL176/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.6.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1738/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29June1973
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/
EEC(1)of18December1967onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1014/73(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/67/
EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandraw
sugarmustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthe
cifprice;whereasthethresholdpriceforeachof
theseproductswasfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1637/73(3)of18June1973fixingforthe
1973/74marketingyearthederivedintervention
prices,theinterventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,the
minimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdprices,the
guaranteedquantity,themaximumamountofthe
productionlevyandthespecialmaximumquota;
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugar
iscalculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunity
frontiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotter­
dambyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68(4)of9
April1968determiningthestandardqualityforraw
sugarandfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossing
pointforcalculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunitiesontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquota­
tionsorpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydevia­
tionfromthestandardqualityforwhichthethres­
holdpriceisfixed;whereasthestandardquality
forrawsugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No
431/68andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation
(EEC)No793/72(5)of17April1972;Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingop­
portunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingesta­
blished,theCommissionmusttakeaccountofall
availableinformationonoffersontheworldmar­
ket,onquotationsontheexchangeswhichareim­
portantforworldtrade,onpricesrecordedonim­
portantthird-country markets,andonsalescon­
cludedininternational tradeofwhichithasknow­
ledgeeitherdirectlyorthroughtheagencyofthe
MemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68(6)of26June1968laying
downdetailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesfor
whitesugarandrawsugar,theCommissionmust
disregardinformationifthegoodsconcernedare
notofsoundandfairmarketablequalityorifthe
pricequotedinanofferrelatestosmallquantities
andisnotrepresentative ofthemarket;whereasof­
ferpriceswhichcanbeassumednottoberepresenta­
tiveoftheactualmarkettrendsmustalsobedisre­
garded;
Whereas,oftheofferpricestakenintoconsidera­
tion,thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulk
cifRotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotter­
dam;whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatesto
goodsinbags,itmustbereducedby0-06unitofac­
countper100kilogrammesunderthetermsofRegu­
lation(EEC)No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECmustbeaddedtoordeducted
fromtheofferstakenintoconsideration inthecase
ofwhitesugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,
thecorrectivefactorsprovidedforinRegulation
(EEC)No784/68mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pusuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;(J)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL106,20.4.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoL165,22.6.1973,p.7.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(5)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (6)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotmarketrates
ofeachofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommittee
wasrequested;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovi­
sionsthattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugar
shouldbefixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegu­
lation;Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,be
leftunchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculation
ofthecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommission
andiftheofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhich
appearnottobesufficientlyrepresentativeofactual
markettrendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderable
changesinthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationin
theelementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanin­
creaseorareductionofnotlessthan010unitof
accountper100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevy
previouslyfixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegu­
lationNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclatureprovided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCom­
monCustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%>,arateofexchange
basedontheireffectiveparity;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECare,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29June1973fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugar
andrawsugar
, (u.a.1100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar 7-34
II.Rawsugar 5-23(>)
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 7-34
II.Rawsugar 5-23(»)
(!)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92°/o;iftheyieldisotherthan92%>,thelevyapplicableiscalculated
inaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68.