CELEX: 31986R1676
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1676/86 of 30 May 1986 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

31 . 5. 86                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 146/ 11
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1676/86
                                                         of 30 May 1986
                    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 3768/85 (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 Regu­
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar           lation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as amended by Regulation
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from            (EEC) No 1355/86 (*), for the fixing of the import levy on
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                 the products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
                                                                    Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, per
                                                                    100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one hundred
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­           each month in the case of the products listed in Article 1
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation          ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of             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.
0   OJ  No  L 362,  31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                           0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42.                           (6) OJ No L 118 , 7. 5. 1986, p. 1 .
0   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 June 1986.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 30 May 1986.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 May 198$ 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                                  and per 100 kg net    per 100 kg
          No
                                                                                                of the product    of dry matter
                                                                                                  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                                                  0,4733             —
                    D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                         malto-dextrine) :
                               I. Isoglucose                                                                          57,00
                         ex II . Other                                                              0,4733
                    E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                    0,4733             —
                    F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                            state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                0,4733             —
   21.07            Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                    F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                         III . Isoglucose                                                                             57,00
                         IV . Other                                                                 0,4733