CELEX: 31974R0217
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 217/74 of the Commission of 25 January 1974 altering the special export levy on white sugar and raw sugar

26 . l : 74                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 22/ 61
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 217/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 25 January 1974
                           altering the special export levy on white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the
COMMUNITIES,                                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                          of these currencies recorded for a given period, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      relation to the Community currencies referred to
Economic Community ;                                                       in the previous subparagraph ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/
67/EEC (^ of 18 December 1967 on the common                           Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                  and other provisions contained in the Regulation
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2) ;                                (EEC) No 176/74 to the information at present avail­
                                                                      able to the Commission that the special export levy at
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           present in force should be altered as shown in the
608/72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be                   Annex to this Regulation,
applied in cases of considerable price rises on the
world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 (2)
thereof ;                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas the special export levy on white sugar and
raw sugar was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                            The special export levy on sugar provided for in the
 1 76/74 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                        second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                       No 1009 / 67/ EEC fixed in the Annex to amended
 195/74 (5).
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 176/74 is altered as shown in
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,                    the Annex to this Regulation .
levies should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in                                          Article 2
      relation to each other, at any given moment,
      within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based              This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January
      on their effective parity ;                                      1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 January 1974.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                             Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 197.3 , p . 7 .
(3) O) No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(4 ) OJ No L 20 , 24 . 1 . 1974, p . 29 .
(5) OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p . 40 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                                 (u.a . / 100 kg)
                                                                                                              Amount of the
            CCT heading                                                                                       special export
                  No                                        Description of goods
                                                                                                                    levy
           17.01                  Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                  A. Denatured :
                                       I. white sugar                                                             19-50
                                      II . raw sugar                                                               15-50 i 1 )
                                   B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                         19-50
                                      ex II. Raw sugar other than candy sugar                                      15-50 ( x )
              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 1076/72.