CELEX: 31987R1855
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1855/87 of 30 June 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

No L 174/48                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 7. 87
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1855/87
                                                        of 30 June 1987
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        at least 0,73 ECU 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 the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                          Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
                                                                   the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference
tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)         between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
thereof,                                                           from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
                                                                   provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            837/68 ;
Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products            the 1987/88 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­
listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                      cable on 30 June 1987 should be laid down pursuant to
                                                                   Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1826/87 of 29 June
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d)       1987 on precautionary measures and the suspension of
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                 advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*),
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on               Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar          (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from           under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
                                                                   dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1) of
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­          Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation         by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (7), for the fixing of the
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of            import levy on the products falling within subheading
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per             17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­
pefcentage point of sucrose content ;                              able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being
                                                                   equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­
                                                                   cable as from the first of each month in the case of the
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to
                                                                   products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to            1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
 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, however, the levy           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the          should be calculated on the following basis :
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the
levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
that average ;                                                           tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                         of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                      rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period                   the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of                tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as amended by Regulation
the month following the month for which the basic                        (EEC) No 1636/87 (»),
amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                   0    OJ   No L  173,  30. 6.   1987, p. 7.
(') OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             («)  OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1.
0   OJ  No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .                             f)   OJ   No L  139,  24. 5.   1986, p. 29.
0   OJ  No L  151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                            o    OJ   No L  164,  24. 6.   1985, p. 1.
(4  OJ  No L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                           (')  OJ   No L  153,  13. 6.   1987, 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 rela­                                                          Article 1
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;                               The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (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                                                              Article 2
sions that the import levies on the products concerned
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1987.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 30 June 1987.
                                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                                    Vice-President
                                                                          ANNEX
                   to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1987 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                                                            0,5272 (')                 —
                       D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                            malto-dextrine) :
                                  I. Isoglucose                                                                                           62,39 (')
                            ex II . Other                                                                         0,5272 0
                        E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                              0,5272 (')                 —
                        F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                                state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                          0,5272 0                   —
     21.07              Food preparations riot elsewhere specified or included :                                                   I
                        F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                             III. Isoglucose                                                                                              62,39 (')
                             IV. Other                                                                            0,5272 0
    (') These amounts will be adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions taken in respect of prices for the 1987/88 marketing year.