CELEX: 31991R3194
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3194/91 of 31 October 1991 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 11 . 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 303/25
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3194/91
                                                      of 31 October 1991
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        the month following the month for which the basic
                                                                   amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                   at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
 Economic Community,                                               amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
                                                                   equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
                                                                   calculate the alteration ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 464/91 (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 white
                                                                   sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,           amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas
                                                                   this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference
                                                                   between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
 Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81            from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products           provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
 listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                     837/68 ;
 Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the          Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
 sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as              (1) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
 sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on              under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
 white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar         and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from          dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
 application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;               established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of
                                                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (% as last amended
                                                                   by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (<), for the fixing of the
 Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No               import levy on the products falling within CN codes
 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­          1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and
 tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation         the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter,
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of            being equal to 100 times the basic import levy applicable
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per            as from the first of each month in the case of the
percentage point of sucrose content ;                              products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of
the month preceding the month for which the basic                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy           should be calculated on the following basis :
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the
levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 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
                                                                        rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period                  lation (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regu­
between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of               lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
(') OJ   No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                             O   OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ   No L 54, 28. 2. 1991 , p. 22.                             O   OJ   No  L 353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
(3) 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 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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    for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
   Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                           Article 1
    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                       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.
                                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
sions that the import levies on the products concerned                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,               1991 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 October 1991 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1991 fixing the import levies on syrups and
                                        certain other products in the sugar sector
                                                                                                                               (ECU)
                                                 Basic amount per percentage point
                    CN code                    of sucrose content and per 100 kg net       Amount of levy per 100 kg of dry matter
                                                     of the product in question
                   1702 20 10                                  0,4316
                   1702 20 90                                  0,4316
                   1702 30 10                                                                              52,83
                   1702 40 10                                                                              52,83
                   1702 60 10                                                                              52,83
                   1702 60 90                                  0,4316
                   1702 90 30                                                                              52,83
                   1702 90 60                                  0,4316
                   1702 90 71                                  0,4316
                   1702 90 90                                  0,4316
                   210690 30                                                                               52,83
                   2106 90 59                                  0,4316