NoL330/52 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 30.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3235/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of29November 1973
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable ,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast040unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevyon
whitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;whereas,in
thiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequaltoone
hundredthofthelewonwhitesugarusedtocalculate
thealteration ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchange'based
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment ,equaltoonehundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation (EHC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(')ofI<SDecember1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)NoI928/73(-),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinipnoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(I)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle 1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle I
(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate ,atastandardrateonthe
basisofthesucrosecontent (includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelewonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGA'IT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68(')of28June1968ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1491/70('),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogrammes of
productmustbefixedperpercentageofsucrose
content ;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toonehundredthoftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogrammes ofwhitesugarduringthe
firsttwentydaysofthemonthprecedingthemonth
forwhichthebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;
whereas,however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugar
onthedayprecedingthefixingofthebasicamount
mustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthelevies,
wherethatlevydiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Articlc1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle 1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECisherebyfixed,per100kilogrammes of
product,at0-0344unitofaccountperpercentage
pointofsucrosecontent.
Artuh2
f1)O|No308,18.12.1967,p.I.
(-)OfNoE199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(■')O)NoE151,M).6.1968,p.42.
(4)O'lNoE165,28.7.1970,p.8.EllisRegulationshallenterintoforceon30
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29November1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission