NoL367/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No4161/88
of30December 1988
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstdayof
themonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffersby
atleast0,73ECUfromtheaveragereferredtoaboveor
fromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthebasic
amount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamountmustbe
equaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhitesugarusedto
calculatethealteration;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjustedon
thebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpriceforwhite
sugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhichthebasic
amountisfixedandtheperiodofapplication ;whereas
thisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth ofthedifference
betweenthesetwothresholdprices,mustbededucted
fromoraddedtothebasicamountinthecircumstances
providedforinArticle7(6)ofRegulation(EEC)No
837/68;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
of30June1981onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketsinthesugarsector('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2306/88(2),andinparticularArticle16(8)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;
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;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequalto
one-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesapplicableto
100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst20daysof
themonthprecedingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,however,thelevy
applicabletowhitesugaronthedayofthefixingofthe
basicamountmustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthe
levies,wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0,73ECUfrom
thataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiodWhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle1
(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81comprises,
underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,avariableelement
andafixedelement,withthelatter,per100kilogramsof
drymatter,beingequaltoone-tenthofthefixedelement
establishedpursuanttopointBofArticle14(1)of
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No2727/75(*),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No2221/88(%forthefixingofthe
importlevyontheproducts ,fallingwithinCNcodes
17023091,17023099,17024090and17029050,and
thevariableelement,per100kilogramsofdrymatter,
beingequaltoonehundredtimesthebasicimportlevy
applicableasfromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeach
month:
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85Q,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(8),
(5)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1. (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
OOJNoL201,27.7.1988,p.65.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.(6)OJNoL197,26.7.1988,p.16.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
8)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

31.12.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL367/25
forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindent,andtheaforesaidcoefficient ;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation (EEC)No1785/81shallbeas
indicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January1989.Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegulation ,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30December1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
•ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30December1988fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
CNcodeBasicamountperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontentandper100kgnet
oftheproductinquestionAmountoflevyper100kgofdrymatter
17022010 0,4392 _
17022090 0,4392—
17023010 — 53,59
17024010 — 53,59
17026010 — 53,59
17026090 0,4392—
17029030 — 53,59
17029060 0,4392—
17029071 0,4392—
17029090 0,4392—
21069030 — 53,59
21069059 0,4392—