CELEX: 31975R0825
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 825/75 of the Commission of 25 March 1975 laying down special detailed rules for the application of export levies on sugar

28 . 3 . 75                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 79 / 17
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 825/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                           of 25 March 1975
                   laying down special detailed rules for the application of export levies on sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         seasonal nature, it appears sufficient that the special
COMMUNITIES,                                                           export levy be in principle fixed only once each sugar
                                                                       marketing year for such products ; whereas this levy
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  should be charged per metric ton of product ; whereas
Economic Community ;                                                   in calculating this levy account should be taken on a
                                                                       flat rate basis of the difference, per 100 kg of white
Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/                           sugar, between the average cif price of white sugar
67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the common                          during a certain period and the threshold price of
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                   such sugar at the time when the special levy is fixed ;
by Regulation ( EEC) No 2476/74 (2), and in particular                 whereas this difference must be multiplied by appro­
Article 16 (4) and (5) thereof ;                                       priate coefficients, which will in general correspond to
                                                                       the natural sucrose content, as recorded over the
Whereas Article 16 of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC                       Community as a whole, of the relevant products ;
provides for an export levy, or where appropriate a
special export levy, to be charged in certain circum­                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
stances ; whereas the relevant general rules and                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
detailed implementing rules are contained in Council                   ment Committee for Sugar,
Regulation (EEC) No 608/72 (3) of 23 March 1972
laying down rules to be applied in cases of consider­
able price rises on the world sugar market, and in
Regulation (EEC) No 645/75 (4) laying down common
detailed rules for the application of the export levies
and charges on agricultural products ;                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 645/75 repealed the
Regulations laying down detailed rules for the applica­
tion of the export levy or special export levy on sugar                                         Artic/c 1
without re-enacting certain provisions specifically
applicable to that sector ; whereas it is necessary to
re-enact these specific provisions in a Regulation                     The object of this Regulation is to lay down special
laying down the special detailed rules to be applied ;                 detailed rules for the application of export levies or
                                                                       special export levies on :                -    .
Whereas it is necessary, where there is a difference
between the yield of the raw sugar concerned and that                  — beet sugar and cane sugar, solid , as specified in
 of raw sugar of the standard quality, to apply the same                    Annex I hereto ,
 corrective factor as is applied , pursuant to Council
 Regulation ( EEC) No 431 /68 (5) of 9 April 1968 deter­
                                                                       — sugar syrups and other sugars, as specified in
                                                                            Annexes II and III hereto,
 mining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing
 the Community frontier crossing point for calculating                 — sugar beet and sugar cane, as specified in Annex
 cif prices for sugar, in the case of imports ;                             IV hereto .
 Whereas      the    determination          of   sucrose  content ,
 including other sugars expressed as sucrose, should be
 carried out in accordance with Commission Regula­                                               Article 2
 tion ( EEC) No 394/70 (b) of 2 March 1970 on detailed
 rules for granting export refunds on sugar ;
                                                                        Where the yield of the raw sugar exported , as deter­
 Whereas, since trade in the products specified in                      mined in accordance with Article I of Regulation
 Article 1 ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation No 1009/67/ EEC is of a              ( EEC) No 431 /68 , differs from the yield laid down for
                                                                        the standard quality, the levy to be charged per 100 kg
 (')  OJ No  308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . 1 .                             of the said raw sugar shall be calculated by multi­
 (: ) OJ No  L 264, 1 . 10 . 1 974, p. 70.                              plying the export levy on standard quality raw sugar
 (J ) OJ No  L 75 , 28 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                               by a corrective factor. The corrective factor shall be
 (■») OJ No  L 67, 14 . 3 . 1975 , p. 16 .
 p)   OJ No  L 8 9, 10. 4.. I 968, p. 3 .                               obtained by dividing the percentage yield of the raw
 (b)  OJ No  L 50 , 4 . 3 . 1970 , p. 1 .                               sugar exported by 92.
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                        Article 3                                                      Article 4
 1.   In respect of the products specified in Annex II
                                                              1.      In respect of the product specified in Annex IV
the special export levy shall in principle be fixed at       the special export levy shall in principle be fixed , in
regular intervals . The amount of such levy shall be
fixed by reference to the amount of the special export
                                                             units of account per metric ton , once for each sugar
                                                             marketing year.
levy applicable to white sugar taking into account the
economic and technical aspects of the products
concerrfed . The amount so fixed shall constitute the        2. The amount of the levy shall be determined per
                                                             metric ton of product by multiplying the difference,
basic amount of the special export levy. Such basic
amount shall be fixed per kilogramme of sucrose              per 100 kg of white sugar, between the average cif
content, including the content of other sugars               price recorded during the three months preceding the
                                                             month in which the said levy is fixed and the thre­
expressed as sucrose : Such contents shall be deter­
mined in accordance with Article 13 ( 1 ) to (3) of Regu­    shold price in force on the day of such fixing by a
                                                             coefficient of :
lation ( EEC) No 394/70 .
In respect of the products specified in Annex III the        (a) 1 -6 in the case of fresh sugar beet, whole or sliced,
basic amount of the special export levy shall be 0-20        (b) 5-5 in the case of dried sugar beet, whole, sliced or
unit of account per kilogramme of sucrose content,                powdered,
including the content of other sugars expressed as           (c) 1-1 in the case of sugar cane .
sucrose .
2. The special export levy per 100 kg of products as
specified in Annexes II and III to this Regulation                                     Article 5
shall be equal to the basic amount multiplied by the
measured sucrose content, including where appro­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 31 March
priate the content of other sugars expressed as sucrose .    1 97.5 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 March 1975 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                            P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX 1
                    CCT heading
                        No                                            Description of goods
                  17.01                   Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                          A. Denatured :
                                                  I. White sugar
                                                 II. Raw sugar
                                          B. Undenatured :
                                                  I. White sugar
                                             ex II. Raw sugar excluding candy sugar
                                                             ANNEX 11
                    CCT heading
                        No                                            Description of goods
                  17.02                   Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed
                                          with natural honey) ; caramel :
                                         ex D. Invert sugar and other syrup, excluding sucrose syrups with a
                                                 purity (J) of not more than 97 %> in immediate packings of a
                                                 net content not exceeding 25 kg
                                          ex F. Caramel made from beet sugar or cane sugar
                  17.05                  Flavoured or coloured sugary, syrups and molasses, but not in­
                                         cluding fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion :
                                         ex C. Other, excluding, syrups and sugar flavoured with vanilla,
                                                 contained in immediate packings of a net content not ex­
                                                 ceeding 2-5 kg and molasses
            (*) The purity of syrups shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 (2) of Regulation
                (EEC) No 394/70.
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                                                            ANNEX 111
                    CCT heading
                        No                                           Description of goods
                  17.02                  Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey whether or not mixed
                                         with natural honey ; caramel :
                                         ex D. Other sugars (excluding invert sugar), sucrose syrups with a
                                                purity (*) of not more than 97°/o in immediate packings of a
                                                net content not exceeding 25 kg
                                            E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
                 17.05                   Flavoured or coloured sugary syrups and molasses, but not in­
                                         cluding fruit juices containing added sugar in any proportion :
                                         ex C. Syrups and sugar flavoured with vanilla^ contained in imme­
                                                diate packings of a net content not exceeding 2-5 kg
           (') The purity of syrups shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 (2) of Regulation
               ( EEC) No 394/70.
                                                            ANNEX IV
                   CCT heading
                        No                                           Description of goods
                 12.04                  Sugar beet, whole or sliced, fresh, dried or powdered ; sugar cane :
                                        A. Sugar beet :                                        '' '         :
                                            ex I. Fresh, of a sugar content equal to or greater than 12-5 °/o
                                                II. Dried or powdered
                                        B. Sugar cane