CELEX: 31992R2216
Language: en
Date: 1992-08-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2216/92 of 31 July 1992 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 8 . 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 218 /67
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2216/92
                                                         of 31 July 1992
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from
                                                                    that average ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;
                                                                    whereas it must, however, be altered during the period
                                                                    between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of
                                                                    the month following the month for which the basic
                                                                    amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                   from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­         amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
tion (EEC) No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)          equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
thereof,                                                            calculate the alteration :
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products             the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                       sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
                                                                    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
                                                                    from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                  provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    837/68 :
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
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from            Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                 (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
                                                                    under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
                                                                    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 1 738/92 (s) for the fixing of the
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of             import levy on the products falling within CN codes
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per             1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and
percentage point of sucrose content ;                               the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter,
                                                                    being equal to 100 times the basic import levy applicable
                                                                    as from the first of each month in the case of the
                                                                    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
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy            Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the           91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the             overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                    Economic Community Q, no levies shall apply on
0   OJ   No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
0   OJ   No L 6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.                             (0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                            (6) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                           0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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imports of products originating in the overseas countries                            Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
and territories ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101                          a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
(4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount                                 cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
shall be charged on imports of certain products origina­
ting in the overseas countries and territories in order to                      Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
prevent products originating from these countries and                           sions that the import levies on the products concerned
territories from receiving more favourable treatment than                       should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,
similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
                                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                                                      Article 1
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central                      The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                  (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­                   indicated in the Annex hereto.
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                                                              Article 2
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1992.
                     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                     States.
                     Done at Brussels, 31 July 1992.
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                       Member of the Commission
                                                                       ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 31 July 1992 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                                       0,4505
                        1702 20 90                                       0,4505
                        1702 30 10                                                                                       54,72
                        1702 40 10                                                                                       54,72
                        1702 60 10                                                                                       54,72
                        1702 60 90                                       0,4505
                        1702 90 30                                                                                       54,72
                        1702 90 60                                       0,4505
                        1702 90 71                                       0,4505
                        1702 90 90                                       0,4505
                        2106 90 30                                                                                       54,72
                        2106 90 59                                       0,4505
      (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. However, an amount equal to the
          amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1870/91 B to be levied in accordance with Article 101 (4) of the abovementioned Decision.
(>) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .