29.6.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL169/77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1809/85
of28June1985
fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarandrawsugar
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81of30June1981onthecommon
organizationofthemarketinsugar('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1482/85(2),andinparticular
Article16(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle16(1)ofRegulation (EEC)No
1785/81providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation ;
Whereastheimportlevyonwhitesugarandrawsugar
mustbeequaltothethresholdpricelessthecifprice;
whereasthethresholdpriceforeachoftheseproducts
wasfixedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1484/85of
23May1985fixingforthe1985/86marketingyear
thederivedinterventionpricesforwhitesugar,the
interventionpriceforrawsugar,theminimumprices
forAandBbeet,thethresholdpricesandtheamount
ofcompensation forstoragecosts(3);
Whereasthecifpriceforrawsugarandwhitesugaris
calculatedbytheCommissionforaCommunityfron­
tiercrossingpointwhichwasfixedatRotterdamby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No431/68of9April1968
determiningthestandardqualityforrawsugarand
fixingtheCommunityfrontiercrossingpointfor
calculatingcifpricesforsugar(4);
Whereasthispricemustbebasedonthemostfavour­
ablepurchasingopportunities ontheworldmarket
establishedforeachproductonthebasisofquotations
orpricesonthatmarketadjustedforanydeviation
fromthestandardqualityforwhichthethreshold
priceisfixed;whereasthestandardqualityforraw
sugarwasdefinedbyRegulation(EEC)No431/68and
thatforwhitesugarbyRegulation(EEC)No793/72of
17April1972(0;
Whereas,whenthemostfavourablepurchasingoppor­
tunitiesontheworldmarketarebeingestablished,the
Commission musttakeaccountofallavailableinfor­
mationonoffersontheworldmarket,onquotations
ontheexchangeswhichareimportantforworldtrade,
onpricesrecordedonimportantthird-countrymarkets,andonsalesconcludedininternational trade
ofwhichithasknowledgeeitherdirectlyorthrough
theagencyoftheMemberStates;
Whereas,however,pursuanttoCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No784/68of26June1968layingdown
detailedrulesforcalculatingcifpricesforwhitesugar
andrawsugar(6),theCommissionmustdisregard
informationifthegoodsconcernedarenotofsound
andfairmarketablequalityorifthepricequotedinan
offerrelatestosmallquantitiesandisnotrepresenta­
tiveofthemarket;whereasofferpriceswhichcanbe
assumednottoberepresentative oftheactualmarket
trendsmustalsobedisregarded ;
Whereasanyofferorpricestakenintoconsideration
whicharenotforgoodsdeliveredinbulkcif
Rotterdammustbeadjusted;whereaswhenthis
adjustmentisbeingmadeaccountmustbetakenof
thedifferenceinthecostoftransportingthegoods
betweentheportofloadingandtheportofdestina­
tionandbetweentheportofloadingandRotterdam ;
whereas,ifthepriceortheofferrelatestogoodsin
bags,itmustbereducedby0,73ECUper100kilo­
gramsunderthetermsofArticle4ofRegulation
(EEC)No784/68;
Whereas,ifinformationonsugarofthestandard
qualityistobecomparable ,thepriceincreasesor
reductionsfixedpursuanttoArticle15ofRegulation
(EEC)No1785/81mustbeaddedtoordeductedfrom
theofferstakenintoconsideration inthecaseofwhite
sugar;whereas,inthecaseofrawsugar,thecorrective
factorsprovidedforinArticle5ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68mustbeapplied;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle7ofRegulation (EEC)
No784/68,aspecialcifpricemaybeestablishedfor
sugarwhichhasbeenspeciallytreatedorspecially
packediftheofferpriceforsuchsugarislowerthan
thecifpriceestablishedpursuanttotheprovisions
referredtoabove;
Whereasacifpricemay,bywayofexception,beleft
unchangedforalimitedperiodiftheofferpricewhich
servedasabasisforthepreviouscalculationofthecif
priceisnotavailabletotheCommissionandifthe
offerpriceswhichareavailableandwhichappearnot
tobesufficientlyrepresentative ofactualmarkettrends
wouldentailsuddenandconsiderablechangesinthe
cifprice;
Whereasthelevyisalteredonlyifthevariationinthe
elementsusedtocalculateitwouldentailanincrease
orareductionofnotlessthan0,24ECUper100kilo­
gramsinrelationtothelevypreviouslyfixed;(')OJNoL177,1.7.1981,p.4.
0OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,10.6.1985,p.5.
(4)OJNoL89,10.4.1968,p.3.hOJNoL94,21.4.1972,p.1. (6OJNoL145,27.6.1968,p.10.

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Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle21(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No1785/81,thenomenclatureprovidedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/84,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhepreviousindentandtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesforwhitesugarandrawsugarshouldbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle16(1)ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No1785/81shallbe,inrespectofwhite
sugarandstandardqualityrawsugar,assetoutinthe
Annexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1July1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28June1985fixingtheimportleviesonwhitesugarand
rawsugar
(ECU/100,kg)
CCT
heading
NoDescription Levy
17.01 Beetsugarandcanesugar,insolidform:
A.Whitesugar:flavouredorcolouredsugar 48,56
B.Rawsugar 46,06(')
(')Applicabletorawsugarwithayieldof92%;iftheyieldisotherthan92%,thelevyapplicable
iscalculatedinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle2ofRegulation (EEC)No837/68.