CELEX: 31979R0261
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 261/79 of 9 February 1979 fixing the import levies on isoglucose

10 . 2. 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 36/35
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 261/79
                                                   of 9 February 1979
                                        fixing the import levies on isoglucose
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                Whereas, to enable the system of levies to function
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           normally, the levies should be calculated using :
Economic Community,                                             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        relation to each other at any given moment within
1111 /77 of 17 May 1977 laying down common provi­                   a band of 2-25% , a rate of exchange based on
sions for isoglucose (!), as last amended by Regulation             their effective parity ;
(EEC) No 1298/78 (2), and in particular Article 3 (4)           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
thereof,                                                            arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
                                                                    of these currencies recorded for a given period in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        relation of the Community currencies referred to
Committee,                                                          in the previous subparagraph ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)              Whereas in view of the foregoing the levies on isoglu­
No 1111 /77, a levy is to be charged on imports of the          cose shall be fixed as shown in the Annex hereto,
products specified in Article 1 of that Regulation ;
whereas this levy is to consist of a fixed component
and a variable component ;                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas these components are defined in Article 3 ( 1 )                                  Article 1
of Regulation (EEC) No 1111 /77 ; whereas, pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1469/77 of 30                 The levies referred to in Article 3 (4) of Regulation
June 1977 laying down rules for applying the levy               (EEC) No 1111 /77 shall be fixed as indicated in the
and the refund in respect of isoglucose and amending            Annex hereto.
Regulation (EEC) No 192/75 (3), the fixed component
referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                                          Article 2
1111 /77 must be equal to that used for fixing the
import levy on products falling within subheading               This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 February
17.02 B II a) of the Common Customs Tariff ;                    1979 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 February 1979.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(J) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 160, 17. 6. 1978 , p. 9.
(J) OJ No L 162, 1 . 7. 1977, p. 9 .
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                                                     ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 9 February 1979 fixing the import levies on isoglucose
                                                                                                   (in u.a.)
                 CCT
                                                                                            Levies per
                                                     Description                            100 kg of
              heading No
                                                                                            dry matter
           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 :
                          D. Other sugars and syrups :
                              I. Isoglucose                                                   35-30
           21.07          Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                          F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                              III. Isoglucose                                                 35-30