NoL321/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3150/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of21November 1973
fixingthespecialexportlevyforwhitesugarandrawsugar
tionthepricelevelswithintheCommunityandon
theworldmarketaswellasanevaluationoftherisk
ofalackofsupplieswithinthelimitsofthethreshold
priceinalltheCommunityregions;
Whereasthelistofproductssubjecttothespeciallevy
isgiveninCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1076/72(5)of25May1972layingdowndetailedrules
forapplyingexportleviesonsugar;
Whereastoenablethearrangements tofunction
smoothlythecalculationoftheleviesshouldbe
based:
—forcurrencieswhicharekeptwithinamaximum
spreadatanygivenmomentof2-25%ona
conversionratebasedontheiractualparities;
—forothercurrencies,onaconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangerates
recordedoveragivenperiodforthosecurrencies
againstthosementionedintheprecedingsub­
paragraph;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheManage­
mentCommitteeforSugar,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1009/
67/EEC(1)of18December1967ontheCommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar,aslastamended
byRegulation (EEC)No1928/73(2);
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
608/72(3)of23March1972layingdownrulestobe
appliedincasesofconsiderablepricerisesonthe
worldsugarmarket,andinparticularArticle1(1)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle16ofRegulationNo
1009/67/EEC,wheretheCommunityoranyregion
thereofcannotbesuppliedwithsugaratpriceswithin
thelimitofthethresholdprice,provisionmaybe
madeforchargingaspecialexportlevyonsugar;
Whereasthethresholdpricesforwhitesugarandraw
sugarwerefixedbyRegulation (EEC)No1637/73(4);
Whereasthepresentworldmarketsituationallows
sugarexportsfromtheCommunityatapricelevel
whichissusceptibletoariseintheex-workspricein
theareaoftheCommunityhavingthegreatestsurplus
foradelivery,suchthatinparticularthedeliveries
withinthelimitsofthethresholdpricetothesouthof
Italy,whichisthemostdistantdeficitregion,risk
becominguncertain,whereasaspecialexportlevy
shouldthereforebefixed;
Whereasinordertoachievetheobjectivespursued
thespeciallevymaybefixedtakingintoconsidera­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Thespecialexportlevyonsugarprovidedforinthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle16(1)ofRegulation
No1009/67/EECshallbeasshownintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22
November1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNo308,18.12.1967,p.1.
(2)OJNoL199,19.7.1973,p.7.
(J)OJNoL75,28.3.1972,p.5.b)OJNoL165,22.6.1973,p.1. (5)OJNoL121,26.5.1972,p.22.

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ANNEX
(u.a.HOOkg)
CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsAmountofthe
specialexport
levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Denatured :
I.whitesugar 3-00
II.rawsugar 2-76(!)
B.Undenatured :
I.Whitesugar 3-00
exII.Rawsugarotherthancandysugar 2-76(i)
(*)Thisamountappliestorawsugarwitha92%yield.Iftheyieldoftheimportedrawsugarisdifferentfrom
92%thelevytobeappliedshallbecalculatedinconformitywithArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No1076/72.