CELEX: 31987R1200
Language: en
Date: 1987-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1200/87 of 30 April 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1200/87
                                                       of 30 April 1987
                  fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;
                                                                  whereas it must, however, be altered during the period
                                                                  between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the month following the month for which the basic
Economic Community,                                               amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                  at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or
                                                                  from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Portugal,                                                         equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
                                                                  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 referred to in Article 1
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)    ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the         and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as              dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on              established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar         Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from          by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (*), for the fixing of the
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;               import levy on the products falling within subheading
                                                                   17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­
                                                                  able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No               equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­         cable as from the first of each month in the case of the
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation        products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of            1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per
percentage point of sucrose content ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to          should be calculated on the following basis :
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of
the month preceding the month for which the basic
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the                tion to each other at any given moment within a band
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the                  of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
 levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from               rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
 that average ;                                                          the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0,
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42.                            (<) OJ No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29 .
h) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                              0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, 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 .
Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­                                               Article 2
sions that the import levies on the products concerned
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1987.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 30 April 1987.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and
                                            certain other products in the sugar sector
                                                                                                                              (ECU)
                                                                                                 Basic amount
         CCT                                                                                per percentage point
                                                                                              of sucrose content Amount of levy
       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                                                   0,5191
                    D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                         malto-dextrine) :
                              I. Isoglucose                                                                           61,58
                         ex II . Other                                                              0,5191
                    E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                    0,5191
                   F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                            state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                0,5191
   21.07           Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                   F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                         III. Isoglucose                                                                              61,58
                         IV. Other                                                                  0,5191