CELEX: 31986R0599
Language: en
Date: 1986-02-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 599/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese refineries

No L 58 / 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1.3.86
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 599/86
                                                         of 28 February 1986
                  fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar
                                                  intended for Portuguese refineries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                              20 days of the month preceding that for which the
COMMUNITIES,                                                                reduced levy is fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas Article 1 (3 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 600/ 86
Economic Community,                                                   provides that the reduced levy must be fixed each
                                                                      month , for the following month ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal ,                                                            Whereas, in order to allow the levy arrangements to
                                                                      operate normally, the levies should be calculated on
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC)                            the basis of :
No 1785 / 81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organ­                     — in the case of currencies maintained between them­
ization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last                     selves within a maximum spread at any given time
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 3768 / 85 , and in                          of 2,25 %, a conversion rate based on the central
particular Article 16 (8) thereof,                                          rate and multiplied by the correcting factor prov­
                                                                            ided for in the second subparagraph of Article 3(1 )
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Com­                           of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 1676/ 85 (4),
mittee ,
                                                                      -     in the case of other currencies, a conversion rate
                                                                            based on the average of the spot market rates for
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16(1 ) of Regulation                           each of the currencies concerned, as recorded over
( EEC) No 1785 / 81 , a levy must be charged on imports                     a period to be determined, in relation to the curren­
of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regula­                   cies referred to in the preceding indent, and the
tion ;                                                                      coefficient referred to above ;
Whereas, Article 303 of the Act of Accession of Spain                  Whereas in the light of the provisions referred to above,
and Portugal provides for the application, during the                 the reduced levy on imports of raw sugar should be as
seven years after accession, of a reduced levy on                      shown in the Annex to this Regulation,
imports into Portugal of certain quantities of raw sugar
originating in certain third countries ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Commission
Regulation ( EEC) No 600/86 of 28 February 1986 lay­
ing down detailed rules for the application of a reduced
                                                                                                  Article 1
levy on imports into Portugal at a reduced levy of cer­
tain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese
refineries (3), the reduced levy should be equal to :                  The reduced levy on imports into Portugal of the
                                                                       quantities of raw sugar specified in Article 2 of Regula­
— the intervention price for raw sugar, referred to in                 tion ( EEC) No 600/ 86 shall , in respect of the standard
     Article 3(2) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1785 / 81 ,
                                                                       quality, be as shown in the Annex to this Regulation .
     applicable when the sugar is imported,
     less
                                                                                                  Article 2
— the average of the spot prices brought, where
     appropriate, to the cif stage for raw sugar quoted
     on the London sugar market, during the first                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
 (1)   OJ No L 177, 1.7. 1981 , p. 4.
 (2)   OJNoL362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
 (3)   See page 20 of this Official Journal .                           (4)  OJ No L 164,24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 fixing the reduced levy on imports into Portugal of
                             certain quantities of raw sugar intended for Portuguese refineries
                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
                  CCT heading No                         Description                         Reduced levy
                      17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, in
                                              solid form
                                              B. Raw sugar
                                                  I. For refining                               29,87