27.2.82 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL56/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No456/82
of26February1982
fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsandcertainotherproductsinthesugarsector
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedeachmonth;
whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringtheperiod
betweenthedayonwhichitisfixedandthefirstday
ofthemonthfollowingthemonthforwhichthebasic
amountisapplicable,ifthelevyonwhitesugardiffers
byatleast0-73ECUfromtheaveragereferredto
aboveorfromthelevyonwhitesugarusedtofixthe
basicamount;whereas,inthiscase,thebasicamount
mustbeequaltoone-hundredth ofthelevyonwhite
sugarusedtocalculatethealteration;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone-hundredth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation(EEC)No837/68;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketsinthesugarsector('),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No192/82(2),andinparticular
Article16(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1785/81providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1(1)
(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate,atastandardrateonthebasis
ofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1428/78(4),providesthatthe
basicamountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproduct
mustbefixedperpercentagepointofsucrosecontent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0-73ECUfromthataverage;WhereasthelevyontheproductsreferredtoinArticle
1(1)(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81
comprises,underArticle16(6)ofthatRegulation,a
variableelementandafixedelement,withthelatter,
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,beingequaltoone­
tenthofthefixedelementestablishedpursuantto
pointBofArticle14(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No
2727/75(*)forthefixingoftheimportlevyonthe
productsfallingwithinsubheading17.02BIIofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,andthevariableelement,
per100kilogramsofdrymatter,beingequaltoone
hundredtimesthebasicimportlevyapplicableas
fromthefirstofeachmonthinthecaseofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)
No1785/81;whereasthelevymustbefixedeach
month:
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate, (')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
(J)OJNoL21,29.1.1982,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(*)OJNoL171,28.6.1978,p.34. 0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.1.

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent; TheimportleviesontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d),(f)and(g)ofRegulation(EEC)No1785/81shall
beasindicatedintheAnnexhereto.
Article2Whereasitfollowsfromtheapplicationoftheseprovi­
sionsthattheimportleviesontheproductsconcerned
shouldbeasindicatedintheAnnextothisRegula-^
tion,ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1March
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26February1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26February1982fixingtheimportleviesonsyrupsand
certainotherproductsinthesugarsector
(ECU)
Basicamount
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionperpercentagepoint
ofsucrosecontent
andper100kgnet
oftheproduct
inquestionAmountoflevy
per100kg
ofdrymatter
17.02 Othersugarsinsolidform;sugarsyrups,notcontainingadded
flavouringorcolouringmatter;artificialhoney,whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney;caramel:
C.Maplesugarandothersyrup 0-2718 —
D.Othersugarsandsyrups(otherthanlactose,glucoseand
malto-dextrine ):
I.Isoglucose— 36-85
exII.Other 0-2718 —
E.Artificialhoney,whetherornotmixedwithnaturalhoney 0-2718 —
F.I.Caramelizedsugarandmolassescontaining,inthedry
state,50%ormorebyweightofsucrose 0-2718 —
21.07 Foodpreparationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded:
F.Flavouredorcolouredsugarsyrups:
III.Isoglucose— 36-85
IV.Other 0-2718 —