CELEX: 31992R1786
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1786/92 of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

2. 7. 92                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 182/49
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1786/92
                                                         of 1 July 1992
                    fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                   at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or
                                                                   from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
 Economic Community,                                               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 61 /92 (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
Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products           from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
 listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                     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 calculated,
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the          Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1699/92 (*)
 sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as              provisionally fixed the import levies on syrups and certain
 sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on              other products in the sugar sector as from 1 July 1992 ;
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar          whereas they should be adjusted to take account of the
 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from          decisions taken in respect of prices by the Council ;
 application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­         Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
 tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation        (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
 (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of           under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
 the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per           and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
percentage point of sucrose content ;                              dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
                                                                   established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1) of
                                                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to              by Regulation (EEC) No 1738/92 Q, for the fixing of the
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to           import levy on the products falling within CN codes
                                                                    1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of
the month preceding the month for which the basic                  the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter,
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy           being equal to 100 times the basic import levy applicable
                                                                   as from the first of each month in the case of the
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the            products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from           1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
that average ;
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period             91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of          overseas countries and territories with the European
the month following the month for which the basic                  Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
(') OJ  No  L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             O   OJ   No  L  179,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 15.
(2) OJ  No  L 6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.                             («) OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                            o   OJ   No  L  180,  1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 34.                            (8) OJ   No  L  263,  19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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imports of products originating in the overseas countries                            Journal of the European Communities; C series, over
and territories ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
(4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount                                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
shall be charged on imports of certain products origina­
ting in the overseas countries and territories in order to                      Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
prevent products originating from these countries and                           sions that the import levies on the products concerned
territories from receiving more favourable treatment than                       should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,
similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies                                                     Article 1
should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                                The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                                (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                       indicated in the Annex hereto.
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                                 Article 2
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
      lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                              publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                                Communities.
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
      average of the ecu rates published in the Official                        It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1992.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 1 July 1992.
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain
                                                     other products in die sugar sector
                                                                                                                                            (ECU)
                                                          Basic amount per percentage point
                        CN code                        of sucrose content and per 100 kg net          Amount of levy per 100 kg of dry matter (')
                                                             of the product in question (')
                       1702 20 10                                       0,4482
                       1702 20 90                                       0,4482
                       1702 30 10                                                                                       54,49
                       1702 40 10                                                                                       54,49
                       1702 60 10                                                                                       54,49
                       1702 60 90                                       0,4482
                       1702 90 30                                                                                       54,49
                       1702 90 60                                       0,4482
                       1702 90 71                                       0,4482
                       1702 90 90                                       0,4482
                       2106 90 30                                                                                       54,49
                       2106 90 59                                       0,4482
     (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. However, an amount equal to -the
         amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1870/91 B to be levied in accordance with Article 101 (4) of the abovementioned Decision.
 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .