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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1773/81
of30June1981
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
ofthemonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffers
byatleast0-73ECUfromtheaveragereferredto
aboveorfromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthe
basicamount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamount
mustbeequaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhite
sugarusedtocalculatethealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
WhereastheCouncilhasnotyetdefinitelyfixedthe
pricesapplicableforthenewmarketingyearinthe
sugarsector;whereas,inordertopreventahitchof
continuityinthelevyschemesthatwouldcause
seriousdisturbancesonthemarkets,itisnecessary,
pendingtheCouncil'sdecisiononthematter,tofix
leviesonthebasisofthedatausedupto30June
1981;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation(EEC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgan­
izationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3455/80(2),andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasis
ofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGAIT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproduct
mustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0-73ECUfromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74shallbe,per100kilogramsofproduct,0-1532
ECUperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent.
Article2(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
OOJNoL360,31.12.1980,p.17.
OOJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1981.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1981.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
GastonTHORN