30.6.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL162/85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1328/79
of29June1979
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(J),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1396/78(2),andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle:5(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1289/79of
25June1979fixing,forthe1979/80sugaryear,the
derivedinterventionprices,theinterventionpricefor
rawbeet,thethresholdprices,themaximumamount
oftheproductionlevyandtheamountoftherepay­
menttooffsetstoragecosts(3);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68of9April1968
determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand
fixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(4);
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68
andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation (EEC)No
793/72of17April1972(5);
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-countrymarkets,andonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68of26June1968layingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhitesugar
andrawsugar(6),theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedin
anofferrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beassumednottoberepresentative oftheactual
markettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasanyofferorpricestakenintoconsideration
whicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby0-60unitofaccountper
100kilogramsunderthetermsofRegulation(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;(>)OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL170,27.6.1978,p.1.
(3)Seepage3ofthisOfficialJournal.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(5)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (6)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan0-20unitofaccount
per100kilogramsinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,thenomenclature provided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(*)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisions
thattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbe
assetoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle15(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No3330/74shallbe,inrespectofwhite
sugarandstandardqualityrawsugar,assetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29June1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1.

30.6.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL162/87
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29June1979fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarand
rawsugar
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,insolidform:
A.Whitesugar;flavouredorcolouredsugar 32.55
B.Rawsugar 25.90(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,thelevyapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68.