CELEX: 31974R1791
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1791/74 of the Commission of 10 July 1974 fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar

11 . 7 . 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 187/ 23
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 1791 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 10 July 1974
                             fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tion the price levels within the Community and on
COMMUNITIES,                                                         the world market as well as an evaluation of the risk
                                                                     of a lack of supplies within the limits of the threshold
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                price in all the Community regions ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas the list of products subject to the special levy
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/                   is given in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the Common                        1 076/72 (5) of 25 May 1972 laying down detailed rules
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                 for applying export levies on sugar, as amended by
by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 602/74 (2);                                Regulation (EEC) No 58 /74 (6) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas to enable the arrangements to function
608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be                 smoothly the calculation of the levies should be
applied in cases of considerable price rises on the                  based :
world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 )
thereof ;                                                            — for currencies which are kept within a maximum
                                                                          spread at any given moment of 2-25 % on a
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                              conversion rate based on their actual parities ;
Committee ;                                                          — for other currencies, on a conversion rate based on
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation No                          the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates
1009/67/ EEC, where the Community or any region                           recorded over a given period for those currencies
thereof cannot be supplied with sugar at prices within                    against those mentioned in the preceding subpara­
the limit of the threshold price, provision may be                        graph ;
made for charging a special export levy on sugar ;                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the threshold prices for white ' sugar and raw               are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 600/74 (4);                ment Committee for Sugar,
Whereas the present world market situation allows                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sugar exports from the Community at a price level
which is susceptible to a rise in the ex-works price in                                        Article 1
the area of the Community having the greatest surplus
for a delivery, such that in particular the deliveries               The special export levy on sugar provided for in the
within the limits of the threshold price to the south of             second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Italy, which is the most distant deficit region, risk                 No 1009 / 67/ EEC shall be as shown in the Annex .
becoming uncertain , whereas a special export levy
should therefore be fixed ;                                                                     Article 2
Whereas in order to achieve the objectives pursued                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 July
the special levy may be fixed taking into considera­                  1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 10 July 1974.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                            Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 172, 27 . 6. 1974, p. 7.
(3 ) OJ  No L 75, 28 . 3. 1972, p. 5.                                (5 ) OJ No L 121 , 26. 5 . 1972, p. 22.
(4 ) OJ  No L 172, 27 . 6 . 1974, p. 3 .                             (b) OJ No L 8 , 10 . 1 . 1974, p. 13 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 10 July 1974 fixing the special export levy on white
                                                           sugar and raw sugar
                                                                                                                    (u.a. / 100 ka)
                                                                                                                 Amount of ilu­
                CCT heading',
                      N»                                     Description of goods                                specinl expon
                                                                                                                       levy
             17.01                  licet sugar anil cane sugar, solid :
                                    Λ . Denatured :
                                          I. White sugar                                                              29-00
                    ,
                                          H. Raw sugar                                                                22-00 1 1 )
                                    l >. Undenatured :
                                              1 . White sugar                                                         29-00
                                         ex 11 . Raw sugar other than candy sugar                                     22-00 H
            t 1) This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 °/o yield . If the yield of the exported raw sugar is different from
                 92 % the levy to be applied shall be calculated in conformity with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1076/7?..