5.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL271/29
REGULATION (EEC)No2531/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of4October1974
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No2476/74(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(1)"ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1600/74(3)
of29April1974fixingforthe1974/75sugar
marketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,the
interventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimum
pricesforbeet,thethresholdpricesandthemaximum
amountoftheproductionlevyandamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No2518/74(4);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68(5)of9April
1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68
andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation (EEC)No
793/72(6)of17April1972;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished ,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotationsontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommission Regula­
tion(EEC)No784/68(7)of26June1968laying
downdetailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhite
sugarandrawsugar,theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedin
anofferrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beassumednottoberepresentative oftheactual
markettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricetakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby0-06unitofaccountper
100kilogrammesunderthetermsofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECmustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
theofferstakenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhite
sugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrective
factorsprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No784/68
mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;
Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception ,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationof
thecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandif
theofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappear
nottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarket(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(-)O'lNoL264,1.10.1974,p.70,
(3)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.
(4)0|NoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
(5)OjNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(b)OINoL94,21.4.1972,p.I. (7)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan0-10unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,the
followingshouldbeusedtocalculatethelevies:
—forcurrenciestheexchangeratesforwhichare
keptatanygivenmomentwithinabandof
2-25%,aconversionratebasedontheiractual
parity;
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforeachofthesecurrenciesagainsttheCommunitycurren­
ciesreferredtointheprecedingparagraphovera
specifiedperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECare,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7October
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

5.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL271/31
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4October1974fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugar
andrawsugar
(tt.il.)tOOkg)
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods levy
No
1701 Beelsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar 0
II.Rawsugar 0
15.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 0
11.Rawsugar 0