24.1.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL20/29
REGULATION (EEC)No176/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of23January1974
fixingthespecialexportlevyforwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1009/
67/EEC(1)of18December1967ontheCommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1928/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
608/72(3)of23March1972layingdownrulestobe
appliedincasesofconsiderablepricerisesonthe
worldsugarmarket,andinparticularArticle1(1)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle16ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,wheretheCommunityoranyregion
thereofcannotbesuppliedwithsugaratpriceswithin
thelimitofthethresholdprice,provisionmaybe
madeforchargingaspecialexportlevyonsugar;
Whereasthethresholdpricesforwhitesugarandraw
sugarwerefixedbyRegulation (EEC)No1637/73(4);
Whereasthepresentworldmarketsituationallows
sugarexportsfromtheCommunityatapricelevel
whichissusceptibletoariseintheex-workspricein
theareaoftheCommunityhavingthegreatestsurplus
foradelivery,suchthatinparticularthedeliveries
withinthelimitsofthethresholdpricetothesouthof
Italy,whichisthemostdistantdeficitregion,risk
becominguncertain,whereasaspecialexportlevy
shouldthereforebefixed;
Whereasinordertoachievetheobjectivespursued
thespeciallevymaybefixedtakingintoconsidera­tionthepricelevelswithintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketaswellasanevaluationoftherisk
ofalackofsupplieswithinthelimitsofthethreshold
priceinalltheCommunityregions;
Whereasthelistofproductssubjecttothespeciallevy
isgiveninCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1076/72(5)of25May1972layingdowndetailedrules
forapplyingexportleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No58/74(*);
Whereastoenablethearrangements tofunction
smoothlythecalculationoftheleviesshouldbe
based:
—forcurrencieswhicharekeptwithinamaximum
spreadatanygivenmomentof2-25%ona
conversionratebasedontheiractualparities;
—forothercurrencies ,onaconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangerates
recordedoveragivenperiodforthosecurrencies
againstthosementionedintheprecedingsubpara­
graph;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thespecialexportlevyonsugarprovidedforinthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle16(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECshallbeasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon24January
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23January1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.$OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(J)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.
(«)OJNoL165,22.6.1973,p.1,(5)OJNoL121,26.5.1972,p.22.
(6)OJNoL8,10.1.1974,p.13.

NoL20/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.1.74
ANNEX
(u.a.H00kg)
CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsAmountofthe
specialexport
levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.whitesugar 17-00
II.rawsugar 14-00(»)
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 17-00
exII.Rawsugarotherthancandysugar 14-00i1)
(<}Thisamountappliestorawsugarwitha92*Uyield.Iftheyieldoftheexportedrawsugarisdifferentfrom
92'ItthelevytobeappliedshallbecalculatedinconformitywithArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1076/72.