1.12:94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL307/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2909/94
of30November 1994
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)No1766/920,aslastamended
byRegulation(EC)No1866/940,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.
(2)OJNoL22,27.1.1994,p.7.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.0OJNoL181,1.7.1992,p.21.
(*)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,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f),(g)and(h)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shall
beasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1December
1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30November1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(2)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
j3)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(4)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.0OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

1.12.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL307/21
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30November1994fixingthebasicamountoftheimport
levyonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestion(')Amountoflevyper100kg
ofdrymatter(')
17022010 0,3395 —
17022090 0,3395 —
17023010 — 43,62
17024010 — 43,62
17026010 — 43,62
1702609010(2) — 82,88
1702609090(3) "0,3395 —
17029030 — 43,62
17029060 0,3395 —
17029071 0,3395 —
1702909010(4) — 82,88
1702909090 0,3395 —
21069030 — 43,62
21069059 0,3395 —
(')NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(2)Tariccode:Inulinsyrup.Forthepurposesofclassificationunderthissubheading,'Inulinsyrup'meanstheimmediateproductobtainedbyhydro­
lysisofinulinoroligofructoses .
(')Tariccode:CNcode17026090,otherthaninulinsyrup.
(4)Tariccode:Inulinsyrup.Forthepurposesofclassificationunderthissubheading,'Inulinsyrup'meanstheimmediateproduct,otherthanthat
fallingwithinsubheading 17026090,obtainedbyhydrolysisofinulinoroligofructoses ,containingbyweightinthedrystateatleast10%fruc­
toseinfreeformorassucrose.
0Tariccode:CNcode17029090,otherthaninulinsyrup.