756 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
NoL246/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.11.70
REGULATION (EEC)No2275/70OFTHECOUNCIL
of10November1970
amendingRegulation (EEC)No865/68onthecommonorganisationofthemarketin
productsprocessedfromfruitandvegetables,asregardsthecalculationofthelevyon
variousaddedsugars
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
Article43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament 1;
WhereasArticle2oftheCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No865/682of28June1968onthecommon
organisationofthemarketinproductsprocessedfrom
fruitandvegetables,aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1906/69,3providesforanimportlevyto
bechargedonthevariousaddedsugarscontainedin
theproductslistedinAnnexIinadditiontothe
customsduty.referredtoinArticle9;whereasthe
amountofthislevy,expressedperkilogrammeof
sucrose,isequaltothelevyreferredtoinArticle14
(5)oftheCouncilRegulationNo1009/67/EEC4of
18December1967onthecommonorganisationof
themarketinsugar;
Whereasthismethodofcalculationcallsforfrequent
alterationstothelevyinquestion;whereas,inview
ofthenatureoftheproductsconcerned,itis
advisabletoamendthesaidArticle2sothatthislevy
needonlybefixedonceaquarter;
Whereasspecialprovisionsarenecessaryfor
occasionswhenoneoftheelementsforcalculating
thelevyisnotknown;ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle2ofthe
Regulation (EEC)No865/68:
'1.Inadditiontothecustomsdutyreferredto
inArticle9(1),animportlevycalculatedas
describedintheparagraphswhichfollowshallbe
chargedonthevariousaddedsugarscontainedin
theproductslistedinAnnexI.
2.For100kilogrammes netofimported
product,thislevyshallbeequaltothedifference
between:
(a)theaverageofthethresholdpricesforone
kilogrammeofwhitesugarforeachmonthof
thequarterforwhichthedifferenceisbeing
determined ;and
(b)theaverageofthec.i.f.pricesforone
kilogrammeofwhitesugarusedinfixingthe
leviesonwhitesugar;theaveragec.i.f.prices
shallbecalculatedforaperiodcoveringthe
firstfifteendaysofthemonthprecedingthe
quarterforwhichthedifferenceisbeing
determinedandthetwomonthsimmediately
precedingthatmonth;
thisdifferencebeingmultipliedbythefigurefor
theproductinquestionappearingincolumn1of
AnnexI.
Nolevyshallbechargediftheamountat(a)js
higherthantheamountat(b).
3.Thedifferenceprovidedforinparagraph2
shallbedeterminedbytheCommissionforeach
quarterofthecalendaryear.Itshallbe
determinedforthefirsttimeforthefirstquarter
of1971.1OJNoC160,18.12.1969,p.69.
2OJNoL153,1.7.1968,p.8.
3OJNoL247,1.10.1969,p.2.
4OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.

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expressedbythefigureappearingincolumn1of
AnnexI,thelevyshallbecalculatedin
accordancewiththeprovisionsofparagraph6.
8."Addedsugarcontent"shallmeanthe
readingobtainedbyusingarefractometer as
describedinAnnexIII,multipliedby0-93inthe
caseofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo20-06
oftheCommonCustomsTariffandby0-95in
thecaseofotherproductslistedinAnnexIand
reducedbythefigurefortheproductinquestion
appearingincolumn2ofAnnexI. (
9.Detailedrulesfortheapplicationof
paragraphs1to8shallbeadoptedasnecessaryin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddownin
Article15.
10.TheCouncil,actinginaccordancewiththe
votingprocedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)of
theTreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,
mayamendAnnex1.'4.Shouldthethresholdpricereferredtoin
paragraph2(a)changeduringaquarter,the
Council,actinginaccordancewiththevoting
procedurelaiddowninArticle43(2)ofthe
TreatyonaproposalfromtheCommission,shall
decidewhetherthereisanyneedtomakean
adjustmentand,ifnecessary,determinethe
measurestobetakentothisend.
5.Shouldoneoftheelementstobetakeninto
accountincalculatingthedifferencereferredtoin
paragraph2notbeknownbythefifteenthdayof
themonthprecedingthequarterforwhichthe
differenceistobedetermined,theCommission
shallproceedtocalculatethedifference,
substitutingforthemissingelementofthe
calculationtheelementwhichwastakeninto
accountincalculatingthedifferenceforthe
currentquarter.
Thedifferenceshallbecorrectedbythe
Commissionandmadetoapplynotlaterthanthe
sixteenthdayfollowingthedateonwhichthe
missinginformationcomestohand.
Thecorrectionshallnotbemadehoweverifthe
informationonlybecomesavailableafterthe
beginningofthelastmonthofthequarterin
question.
6.Iftheaddedsugarcontentper100
kilogrammenetweightofimportedproduct
establishedinaccordancewithparagraph8istwo
kilogrammes ormorebelowthecontent
expressedbythefigurefortheproductin
questionappearingincolumn1ofAnnexI,the
levyshall,attheimporter'srequest,becalculated
per100kilogrammesnetofimportedproductby
multiplyingthedifferencereferredtoin
paragraph2byafigurerepresentingtheadded
sugarcontentdefinedinparagraph8.
7.Iftheaddedsugarcontentper100
kilogrammesnetweightofimportedproduct
establishedinaccordancewithparagraph8is
threekilogrammesormoreabovethecontentArticle2 s
ThefollowingshallbesubstitutedforArticle4(2)of
Regulation (EEC)No865/68:
'2.WheretheprovisionsofArticle2(6)or(7)
apply,theproductslistedinAnnexImust•be
accompaniedbyadeclarationfromtheimporter
indicatingtheaddedsugarcontentestablishedby
themethoddescribedinArticle2(8).
Ifthisrequirementisnotmet,Article2(6)shall
notapply.'
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10November1970.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.D.GRIESAU