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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1140/77
of31May1977
fixingthebasicamountoftheimportlevyonsyrupsandcertainothersugar
products
theperiodbetweenthedayonwhichitisfixedand
thefirstdayofthemonthfollowingthemonthfor
whichthebasicamountisapplicable,ifthelevyon
whitesugardiffersbyatleast0-40unitofaccount
fromtheaveragereferredtoaboveorfromthelevyon
whitesugarusedtofixthebasicamount;whereas,in
thiscase,thebasicamountmustbeequaltoone­
hundredthofthelevyonwhitesugarusedtocalculate
thealteration;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,arateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrenciesanexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasthebasicamountthusfixedmustbeadjusted
onthebasisofvariationsinthethresholdpricefor
whitesugaroccurringbetweenthemonthinwhich
thebasicamountisfixedandtheperiodofapplica­
tion;whereasthisadjustment,equaltoone-hundreth
ofthedifferencebetweenthesetwothresholdprices,
mustbedeductedfromoraddedtothebasicamount
inthecircumstances providedforinArticle7(6)of
Regulation (EEC)No837/68,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74of19December1974onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinsugar(•),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3138/76(2),andinparticular
Article15(7)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle15(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74providesforchargingalevyonimportsof
theproductslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
WhereasthelevyontheproductslistedinArticle1
(1)(d)ofRegulation(EEC)No3330/74mustbecalcu­
lated,whereappropriate ,atastandardrateonthe
basisofthesucrosecontent(includingothersugars
expressedassucrose)oftheproductconcernedandof
thelevyonwhitesugar;whereas,however,thelevies
onmaplesugarandmaplesyruparelimitedtothe
amountresultingfromapplicationoftherateofduty
boundwithinGATT;
WhereasArticle7ofCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No837/68of28June1968ondetailedrulesforthe
applicationofleviesonsugar(3),asamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No1491/70(4),providesthatthebasic
amountofthelevyfor100kilogramsofproductmust
befixedperpercentageofsucrosecontent;
Whereasthebasicamountofthelevymustbeequal
toone-hundredth oftheaverageoftheleviesappli­
cableto100kilogramsofwhitesugarduringthefirst
20daysofthemonthprecedingthemonthforwhich
thebasicamountofthelevyisfixed;whereas,
however,thelevyapplicabletowhitesugarontheday
ofthefixingofthebasicamountmustbesubstituted
fortheaverageofthelevies,wherethatlevydiffersby
atleast0-40unitofaccountfromthataverage;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbefixedevery
month;whereasitmust,however,bealteredduringHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Thebasicamountoftheimportlevyontheproducts
listedinArticle 1(1)(d)ofRegulation (EEC)No
3330/74isherebyfixed,per100kilogramsofproduct,
at0-2083unitofaccountperpercentagepointof
sucrosecontent.
Article2(>)OJNoL3.59,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL354,24.12.1976,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.42.
(4OJNoL165,28.7.1970,p.8. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1June1977.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,31May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President