NoL44/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.2.74
REGULATION (EEC)No403/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of15February1974
introducingaspecialexportlevyonsyrupsandothersugars
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbefixed
perkilogrammeofsucrosecontent,includingthe
contentofothersugarscalculatedassucroseequiva­
lent;
Whereasthelistofproductstowhichthespeciallevy
istoapplywasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No389/74;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedon'thefollowingbasis;
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereastheintroducingofthespecialexportlevyis
inaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC(1)of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1928/73(2),and.inparticular
Article16(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,underArticle16ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC,wheretheCommunityoranyregionthereof
cannotbesuppliedwithsugaratpriceswithinthe
limitsofthethresholdprice,provisionmaybemade
forchargingaspecialexportlevyonsugar;
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No389/74(3)of14
February1974theCommissionlaiddowndetailed
rulesforapplyingthespecialexportlevyonsyrups
andothersugars;
Whereasaspecialexportlevyhasbeenfixedforsugar
sinceNovember1973;whereastheshortageonthe
worldmarkethassincethenbecomemoreseriousin
asituationcharacterized byparticularlyhighprice
levels;whereasthissituationfoundforsugaris
reflectedonthemarketforothersugarsandsyrups;
whereastoensurethattheCommunitycanbe
suppliedwithsugaratpriceswithinthelimitsofthe
thresholdprice,especiallyinitsoutermostregions,
whereadditionalsuppliesarenecessary,aspecial
exportlevyshouldbeintroducedfortheproducts
referredtoinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Aspecialexportlevyisintroducedontheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EEC,thebasicamountofwhichshallbeasshown
intheAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon18February
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15February1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(i)OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
3OJNoL43,15.2.1974,p.35.

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ANNEX
(u.a.1100kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoodsBasicamount
ofthespecial
exportlevyper
percentagepoint
ofsucrose
contentf1)
17.02Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
exD.Invertsugarandothersyrups 0-1800
exF.Caramelmadefromibeetsugarandcanesugar 0-1800
17.05Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,butnotin­
cludingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinanyproportion :
exiC.Other,excludingflavouredorcolouredmolasses 0-1800
(*)SucrosecontentisdeterminedinaccordancewithArticle13ofRegulation (EEC)No394/70.