1„7.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL168/61
REGULATION (EEC)No1675/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of30June1975
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74(')of19December1974onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
660/75(2)of4March1975fixingforthe1975/76
sugarmarketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,
theinterventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,the
minimumpricesforbeet,thethresholdpricesandthe
maximumamountoftheproductionlevy;
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68(3)of9April
1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68
andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation (EEC)No
793/72(4)of17April1972;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternational tradeofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68,(5)of26June1968laying
downdetailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhite
sugarandrawsugar,theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedin
anofferrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beassumednottoberepresentative oftheactual
markettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricetakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby006unitofaccountper
100kilogrammesundertheterm'sofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74mustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
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
trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease(')OJNoL3.59,31.12.1974,p.1
(2)OJNoL72,20.3.1975,p.7.
(3)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(4)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (5)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,orareductionofnotlessthan0-10unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,thenomenclature provided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,the
followingshouldbeusedtocalculatethelevies:
—forcurrenciestheexchangeratesforwhichare
keptatanygivenmomentwithinabandof
2-25%,aconversionratebasedontheiractual
parity;
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforeach
ofthesecurrenciesagainsttheCommunitycurren­
ciesreferredtointheprecedingparagraphovera
specifiedperiod;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle15(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74are,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1975.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1975fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarand
rawsugar
(u.aJ100kg)
CCT
heading
•No'Descriptionofgoods Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar 6-66
II.Rawsugar 7-61
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 6-66
II.Rawsugar 7-61