CELEX: 31983R1036
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1036/83 of 29 April 1983 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

30 . 4. 83                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 116/27
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1036/83
                                                     of 29 April 1983
              fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;
COMMUNITIES,                                                    whereas it must, however, be altered during the period
                                                                between the day on which it is fixed and the first day
                                                                of the month following the month for which the basic
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs
Economic Community,                                             by at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to
                                                                above or from the levy on white sugar used to fix the
                                                                basic amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    must be equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization              sugar used to calculate the alteration ;
of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 606/82 (2), and in particular
Article 16 (8) thereof,
                                                                Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                    on the basis of variations in the threshold price for
Committee,                                                      white sugar occurring between the month in which
                                                                the basic amount is fixed and the period of applica­
                                                                tion ; whereas this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 of the difference between these two threshold prices,
1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the          must be deducted from or added to the basic amount
products listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;          in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ;
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calcu­
lated, where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis       Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article
of the sucrose content (including other sugars
                                                                1 ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
expressed as sucrose) of the product concerned and of           comprises, under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a
the levy on white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies          variable element and a fixed element, with the latter,
on maple sugar and maple syrup are limited to the               per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one­
amount resulting from application of the rate of duty           tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to
bound within GATT ;
                                                                point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2727/75 (*) for the fixing of the import levy on the
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the             Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element,
application of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by          per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one
Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the              hundred times the basic import levy applicable as
                                                                from the first of each month in the case of the
basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product
must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ;         products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 1785/81 ; 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 appli­
cable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first
20 days of the month preceding the month for which              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas,                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day
of the fixing of the basic amount must be substituted
for the average of the levies, where that levy differs by       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
at least 0,73 ECU from that average ;                                relation to each other at any given moment within
                                                                     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                 their central rate,
(2) OJ No L 74, 18 . 3 . 1982, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.
b) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                           (5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, 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 for a given period in                                                Article 1
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous indent ;                                        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.
 Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
 sions that the import levies on the products concerned                                             Article 2
 should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regula­
 tion,                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1983.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 April 1983 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1983 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                                                    0,3814              —
                 D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                     malto-dextrine) :
                          I. Isoglucose                                                                               47,81
                     ex II . Other                                                                 0,3814
                 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                      0,3814              —
                 F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                        state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                   0,3814              —
21.07            Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                 F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                     III. Isoglucose                                                                                 47,81
                     IV. Other                                                                     0,3814