CELEX: 31992R1782
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1782/92 of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

2. 7 . 92                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 182/41
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1782/92
                                                          of 1 July 1992
                                   fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         crossing point which was fixed at Rotterdam by Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 431 /68 of the Council of 9 April 1968
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing
Economic Community,                                                 the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif
                                                                    prices for sugar (6) ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                    Whereas this price must be based on the most favourable
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 purchasing opportunities on the world market established
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    for each product on the basis of quotations or prices on
market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             that market adjusted for any deviation from the standard
No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof,             quality for which the threshold price is fixed ; whereas the
                                                                     standard quality for raw sugar was defined by Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No 431 /68 and that for white sugar by Regulation
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81              (EEC) No 793/72(1 ;
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ;
Whereas the import levy on white sugar and raw sugar                Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­
must be equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;            nities on the world market are being established, the
whereas the threshold price for each of these products was           Commission must take account of all available informa­
fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1748/92 (3) fixing,             tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on the
for the 1992/93 marketing year, the derived intervention             exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices
prices for white sugar, the intervention price for raw               recorded on important third-country markets, and on
sugar, the minimum prices for A and B beet, the thre­                sales concluded in international trade of which it has
shold prices, the amount of compensation for storage                 knowledge either directly or through the agency of the
costs and the prices to be applied in Spain and Portugal ;           Member States :
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 735/92 (4)
provisionally fixed the import levies on white sugar and             Whereas, however, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
raw sugar as from 1 July 1992 ; whereas they should be               784/68 of the Commission of 26 June 1968 laying down
adjusted to take account of the decisions taken in respect           detailed rules for calculating cif prices for white sugar and
of prices by the Council ;                                           raw sugar (8), the Commission must disregard information
                                                                     if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marke­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision            table quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the                small quantities and is not representative of the market ;
overseas countries and territories with the European                 whereas offer prices which can be assumed not to be
Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on                     representative of the actual market trends must also be
imports of products originating in the overseas countries            disregarded ;
and territories ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101
(4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount
shall be charged on imports of certain products origi­
nating in the overseas countries and territories in order to         Whereas any offer or prices taken into consideration
prevent products originating from these countries and                which are not for goods delivered in bulk cif Rotterdam
territories from receiving more favourable treatment than            must be adjusted ; whereas when this adjustment is being
similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the            made account must be taken of the difference in the cost
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                       of transporting the goods between the port of loading and
                                                                     the port of destination and between the port of loading
Whereas the cif price for raw sugar and white sugar is               and Rotterdam ; whereas, if the price or the offer relates
calculated by the Commission for a Community frontier                to goods in bags, it must be reduced by ECU 0,73 per 100
                                                                     kilograms under the terms of Article 4 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 784/68 ;
(') OJ  No  L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No  L  6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19 .
(3) OJ  No  L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 13.                             (6) OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968 , p. 3 .
0   OJ  No  L  179, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 121 .                            0 OJ No L 94, 21 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L  263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                            (8) OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 10.
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Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality              of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
is to be comparable, the price increases or reductions                rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
fixed pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No                   the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
1785/81 must be added to or deducted from the offers                  lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­
taken into consideration in the case of white sugar ;                 lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
whereas, in the case of raw sugar, the corrective factors
                                                                — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68               average of the ecu rates published in the Official
must be applied ;
                                                                     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
784/68, a special cif price may be established for sugar              cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
which has been specially treated or specially packed if the
offer price for such sugar is lower than the cif price           Whereas these exchange rates being those recorded on 30
established pursuant to the provisions referred to above ;      June 1992 ;
Whereas a cif price may, by way of exception, be left            Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
unchanged for a limited period if the offer price which          the levies for white sugar and raw sugar should be as set
served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif        out in the Annex hereto,
price is not available to the Commission and if the offer
prices which are available and which appear not to be
sufficiently representative of actual market trends would        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ;
Whereas the levy is altered only if the variation in the                                    Article 1
elements used to calculate it would entail an increase or a
reduction of not less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms in        The import levies referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regula­
relation to the levy previously fixed ;                          tion (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of white sugar
                                                                 and standard quality raw sugar, as set out in the Annex
Whereas, in accordance with Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation       hereto.
(EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for in this
 Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
                                                                                            Article 2
Tariff ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies       This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
should be calculated on the following basis :                    publication in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                 Communities.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band         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
                                                                 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
                                                                 (2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                              ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1992 fixing the import levies on white sugar and
                                                             raw sugar
                                                                                                              (ECU/100 kg)
                                  CN code                                                    Levy (')
                                1701 11 10                                                    37,12 (•)
                                17011190                                                      37,12 (')
                                1701 12 10                                                    37,12 (')
                                1701 12 90                                                    37,12 0
                                1701 91 00                                                    44,82
                                1701 99 10                                                    44,82
                                1701 99 90                                                    44,82 (2)
         (') The levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 or 3 of Commission Regulation
             (EEC) No 837/68.
         (2) In accordance with Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 this amount is also applicable to sugar
             obtained from white and raw sugar containing added substances other than flavouring or colouring matter.
         (3) 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 .