CELEX: 31984R1843
Language: en
Date: 1984-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1843/84 of 29 June 1984 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

No L 172/28                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                30. 6. 84
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1843/84
                                                       of 29 June 1984
               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 (a), 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
                                                                  on the basis of variations in the threshold price for
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     white sugar occurring between the month in which
 Committee,                                                       the basic amount is fixed and the period of applica­
                                                                  tion ; whereas this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth
                                                                  of the difference between these two threshold prices,
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   must be deducted from or added to the basic amount
 1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the           in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of
products listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;            Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ;
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )        Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calcu­                 1 ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 lated, where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis        comprises, under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a
of the sucrose content (including other sugars                    variable element and a fixed element, with the latter,
expressed as sucrose) of the product concerned and of             per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one­
the levy on white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies            tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to
on maple sugar and maple syrup are limited to the                 point B of Article 14 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
amount resulting from application of the rate of duty             2727/75 (*) for the fixing of the import levy on the
bound within GAIT ;
                                                                  products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element,
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                  per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one
 No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the              hundred times the basic import levy applicable as
                                                                  from the first of each month in the case of the
application of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the                products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product             No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each
                                                                  month :
must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
to one-hundredth of the average of the levies appli­              levies should be calculated on the following basis :
cable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first
20 days of the month preceding the month for which
the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas,                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day                relation to each other at any given moment within
of the fixing of the basic amount must be substituted                 a band of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on
for the average of the levies, where that levy differs by             their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
at least 0,73 ECU from that average ;                                 provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
(') OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                No 855/84,
(2) OJ  No L  74, 18 . 3 . 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.
O   OJ  No L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                          0 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 over a given period in                                               Article 1
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­                 The import levies on the products listed in Article 1
     cient ;                                                          (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 July 1984.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 29 June 1984.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                               ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1984 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                                                   0,4561              —
                   D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                       malto-dextrine) :                                                                          I
                            I. Isoglucose                                                                              55,28
                       ex II . Other                                                                0,4561
                   E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                     0,4561              —
                   F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                          state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                  0,4561              —
21.07              Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                   F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                       III. Isoglucose                                                                                 55,28
                       IV. Other                                                                    0,4561