CELEX: 31987R2612
Language: en
Date: 1987-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2612/87 of 31 August 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 9 . 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 248 / 5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2612/87
                                                         of 31 August 1987
                    fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of
                                                                     the month following the month for which the basic
                                                                     amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or
Economic Community,                                                  from the levy on white sugar used to fix the - basic
                                                                     amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
Portugal,                                                            calculate the alteration :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­          Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on *
tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)            the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
thereof,                                                              sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
                                                                      amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas
                                                                      this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
                                                                      from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
                                                                      provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No,
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               837/ 68 :
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
 listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ;
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)        Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                    ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the             under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
 sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as                 and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
 sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on                 dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar             established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of
 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from             Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended
 application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                  by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (6), for the fixing of the
                                                                      import levy on the products falling within subheading
 Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                   17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­
 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­            able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being
 tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation           equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­
                                                                      cable as from' the first of each month in the case of the
 (EEC) No 1428 /78 (4), provides that the basic amount of
 the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per               products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
 percentage point of sucrose content ;                                 1 785/8 1 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
 Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to
 one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
  100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of             should be calculated on the following basis :
 the month preceding the month for which the basic
 amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy
 applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 basic amount must be substituted for the average of the
 levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 that average ;
                                                                             of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                             rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                             the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
 Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­
 whereas it must, however, be altered during the period                      tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8),
 (>) OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No L  25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .                               (6) OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987, p. 40.
 (3) OJ  No L  151 , 30 . 6. 1968, p. 42.                              0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 19&5, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ  No L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34.                              8 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­                                             Article 1
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
    previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;                     The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
                                                                         (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as
                                                                         indicated in the Annex hereto .
                                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
sions that the import levies on the products concerned                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,                   1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 August 1987.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                                  ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and
                                              certain other products in the sugar sector
                                                                                                                               (ECU)
                                                                                                  Basic amount
          CCT                                                                                per percentage point Amount of levy
                                                                                               of sucrose content
        heading                                  Description                                                        per 100 kg
           No                                                                                 and per 100 kg net   of dry matter
                                                                                                 of the product
                                                                                                   in question
    17.02             Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added
                      flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not
                      mixed with natural honey ; caramel :
                      C. Maple sugar and other syrup                                                  0,5295            —
                      D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                          malto-dextrine) :
                               I. Isoglucose                                                                           62,62
                          ex II . Other                                                               0,5295
                      E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                   •0,5295         ■  —
                      F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                             state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                 0,5295            —
    21.07             Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                      F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                          III. Isoglucose                                                                              62,62
                          IV. Other                                                                   0,5295
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