NoL175/90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1682/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of28June1974
fixingthespecialexportlevyforwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1009/
67/EEC(')of18December1967ontheCommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1602/74(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
608/72(3)of23March1972layingdownrulestobe
appliedincasesofconsiderablepricerisesonthe
worldsugarmarket,andinparticularArticle1(2)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle16ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,wheretheCommunityoranyregion
thereofcannotbesuppliedwithsugaratpriceswithin
thelimitofthethresholdprice,provisionmaybe
madeforchargingaspecialexportlevyonsugar;
Whereasthethresholdpricesforwhitesugarandraw
sugarwerefixedbyRegulation (EEC)No1600/74(4);
Whereasthepresentworldmarketsituationallows
sugarexportsfromtheCommunityatapricelevel
whichissusceptibletoariseintheex-workspricein
theareaoftheCommunityhavingthegreatestsurplus
foradelivery,suchthatinparticularthedeliveries
withinthelimitsofthethresholdpricetothesouthof
Italy,whichisthemostdistantdeficitregion,risk
becominguncertain,whereasaspecialexportlevy
should,thereforebefixed;Whereasinordertoachievetheobjectivespursued
thespeciallevymaybefixedtakingintoconsidera­
tionthepricelevelswithintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketaswellasanevaluationoftherisk
ofalackofsupplieswithinthelimitsofthethreshold
priceinalltheCommunityregions;
Whereasthelistofproductssubjecttothespeciallevy
isgiveninCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1076/72(5)of25May1972layingdowndetailedrules
forapplyingexportleviesonsugar,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No58/74(6);
Whereastoenablethearrangements tofunction
smoothlythecalculationoftheleviesshouldbe
based:
—forcurrencieswhicharekeptwithinamaximum
spreadatanygivenmomentof2-25%ona
conversionrate,basedontheiractualparities;
—forothercurrencies ,onaconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangerates
recordedoveragivenperiodforthosecurrencies
againstthosementionedintheprecedingsubpara­
graph,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thespecialexportlevyonsugarprovidedforinthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle16(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECshallbeasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)'OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.
(J)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.
(4OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.(5)OJNoL121,26.5.1972,p.22.
6OJNoL8,10.1.1974,p.13.

29.6.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL175/91
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28June1974fixingthespecialexportlevyonwhite
sugarandrawsugar
(u.a./100kg)
(XTheading',
No DescriptionofgooilsAmountofthe
specialexpon
levy
17.01 lieersugarandcanesugar,solid:
Λ.Denatured :
I.Whitesugar 30-50
II.Rawsugar 23-00(')
I».Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 30-50
exII.Rawsugarotherthancandysugar
'23-00(»)
Thisamountappliestorawsugarwitha92%yield.!ftheyieldoftheexportedrawsugarisdifferentfrom
92•/•thelevytobe-appliedshallbecalculatedinconformitywithArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1076/72.