5.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL183/27
REGULATION (EEC)No1808/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of4July1973
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN .theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevyon
whitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;whereas,in
thiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequaltoone
hundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedtocalculate
thealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
WhereastheOpinionoftheMonetaryCommitteewas
requested;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoonehundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation (EEC)No837/68;COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(1)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1014/73(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/67/EECmustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate ,atastandardrateonthe
basisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
^Jo837/68(3)of28June1968ondetailedrulesfor
theapplicationofleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1491/70(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogrammes of
productmustbefixedperpercentageofsucrose
content;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toonehundredthoftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogrammesofwhitesugarduringthe
firsttwentydaysofthemonthprecedingthemonth
forwhichthebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;
whereas,however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugar
onthedayprecedingthefixingofthebasicamount
mustbesubstitutedfortheaverageofthelevies,
wherethatlevydiffersby'atleast0-40unitofaccount
fromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECisherebyfixed,per100kilogrammes of
product,at0-0777unitofaccountperpercentage
pointofsucrosecontent.
Article2 (')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL106,20.4.1973,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4)OJNoL165,28.7.1970,p.8. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon5July1973.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4July1973.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission