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REGULATION (EEC)No1643/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of28June1974
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo1009/.
67/EEC(')of18December1967onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1602/74(2),andinparticular
Article14(7)thereof;»
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14(1)ofRegulationNo1009/
67/EECprovidesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle 1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereas ,thethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1600/74(3)
of29April1974fixingforthe1974/75sugar
marketingyearthederivedinterventionprices,the
interventionpricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimum
pricesforbeet,thethresholdpricesandthemaximum
amountoftheproductionlevy;
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68(4)of9April
1968determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugar
andfixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar;
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforrawsugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68
andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation (EEC)No
793/72(5)of17April1972;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished ,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68(6)of26June1968laying
downdetailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhite
sugarandrawsugar,theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedin
anofferrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beassumednottoberepresentative oftheactual
markettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricetakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby0-06unitofaccountper
100kilogrammesunderthet£rmsofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation
No1009/67/EiiCmustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
theofferstakenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhite(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.7.
(3)OJNoL172,27.6.1974,p.3.
(■»)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.(5)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1.
(')OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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sugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrective
factorsprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No784/68
mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcif.pricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislower,than
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;
Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationof
thecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandif
theofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappear
nottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarket
trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan010unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle20(1)ofRegula­
tionNo1009/67/EEC,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,the
followingshouldbeusedtocalculatethelevies:
—forcurrenciestheexchangeratesfor-whichare
keptatanygivenmomentwithinabandof
2-25%,aconversionratebasedontheiractual
parity;
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforeach
ofthesecurrenciesagainstthe.Communitycurren­
ciesreferredtointheprecedingparagraphovera
specifiedperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECare,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28June1974fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugar
andrawsugar
(u.d.ltOQku>)
CCT
Descriptionofgoods heading l.evy
No
1701 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
Λ.Denatured :
1.Whitesugar 0
II.Rawsugar 0
15.Undenatured :
[.Whitesugar 0
II.Rawsugar 0