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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2990/79
of28December1979
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0*73ECUfromthe
averagereferredtoaboveorfromthelevyonwhite
sugarusedtofixthebasicamount;whereas,inthis
case,thebasicamountmustbeequaltoone­
hundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedtocalculate
thealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesiigaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone-hundreth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation(EEC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthe
basisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproduct
mustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrose
content;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0-73ECUfromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeach
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No
3330/74shallbe,per100kilogramsofproduct,
01847ECUperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent.
(>)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
C)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(<)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1January
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President