1.7.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL172/31
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1564/76
of30June1976
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(*),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1487/76(2),andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No834/76of
6April1976fixingforthe1976/77sugarmarketing
yearthederivedinterventionprices,theintervention
pricesforrawbeetsugar,theminimumpricesfor
beet,thethresholdpricesandthemaximumamount
oftheproductionlevyandfixingthecoefficientfor
calculatingthespecialmaximumquota(3);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No431/68of9April1968
determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand
fixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(4);
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation (EEC)No431/68
andthatforwhitesugarbyRegulation (EEC)No
793/72of17ApTil1972(5);
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished ,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotationsontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-country
markets,andonsalesconcludedininternationaltrade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68of26June1968layingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhitesugar
andrawsugar(6),theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedin
anofferrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresen­
tativeofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcan
beassumednottoberepresentative oftheactual
markettrendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereas,oftheofferpricetakenintoconsideration ,
thosewhicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby006unitofaccountper
100kilogrammesunderthetermsofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74mustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
theofferstakenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhite
sugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrective
factorsprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No784/68
mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation(EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;
Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferprice
whichservedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationof
thecifpriceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandif
theofferpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappear
nottobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarket(')OJNoL359,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL167,26.6.1976,p.9.
(3)OJNoL100,14.4.1976,p.25.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.
(5)OJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (6)OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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ofthesecurrenciesagainsttheCommunitycurren­
ciesreferredtointheprecedingparagraphovera
specifiedperiod;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation,trendswouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthecifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan0*10unitofaccount
per100kilogrammesinrelationtothelevypreviously
fixed;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No3330/74,thenomenclature provided
forinthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,the
followingshouldbeusedtocalculatethelevies:
—forcurrenciestheexchangeratesforwhichare
keptatanygivenmomentwithinabandof
2-25%,aconversionratebasedontheiractual
parity;
—forothercurrenciesaconversionratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesforeachHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle15(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No3330/74are,inrespectofwhitesugarand
standardqualityrawsugar,herebyfixedasshownin
theAnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1976.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30June1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30June1976fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarand
rawsugar
(u.a./100kg)
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods Levy
No
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,solid:
A.Whitesugar 9.50
B.Rawsugar 8.15(')
f1)Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,thelevyapplicableiscalculatedinaccordancewith
theprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation(EEC)No837/68.