CELEX: 31992R1699
Language: en
Date: 1992-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1699/92 of 30 June 1992 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 7. 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 179/ 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1699/92
                                                        of 30 June 1992
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                   at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or
                                                                   from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Economic Community,                                                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        Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
tion (EEC) No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)         the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
thereof,                                                           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
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81            between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
                                                                   from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                       provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    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, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as                the 1992/93 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on                cable on 30 June 1992 should be laid down pursuant to
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1599/92 of 24 June
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from            1992 on precautionary measure and the suspension of
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                 advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*) ;
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­          Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation          (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of            under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per             and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
percentage point of sucrose content ;                               dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
                                                                    established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of
                                                                    Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (% as last amended
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to               by Regulation (EEC) No 674/92 Q, for the fixing of the
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to            import levy on the products falling within CN codes
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of           1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and
the month preceding the month for which the basic                   the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter,
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy            being equal to 100 times the basic import levy applicable
                                                                    as from the first of each month in the case of the
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the             products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from           1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
that average ;
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period              91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of           overseas countries and territories with the European
the month following the month for which the basic                   Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
(') OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                              H    OJ   No L  169, 24. 6. 1992, p. 12.
(2) OJ  No L  6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.                              (6)  OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                             f)   OJ   No L  73, 19 . 3. 1992, p. 7.
(4) OJ  No L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                            (8)  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 July 1992.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 June 1992.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1992 fixing die 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                                       0,4482
                      1702 20 90                                       0,4482                                            —
                      1702 30 10                                         —
                                                                                                                       54,49
                      1702 40 10                                         —
                                                                                                                       54,49
                      1702 60 10                                         —
                                                                                                                       54,49
                      1702 60 90                                       0,4482                                            —
                      1702 90 30                                         —
                                                                                                                       54,49
                      1702 90 60                                       0,4482                                            —
                      1702 90 71                                       0,4482                                            —
                      1702 90 90                                       0,4482                                            —
                      2106 90 30                                         —
                                                                                                                       54,49
                      2106 90 59                                       0,4482                                            —
    (') 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 .
(2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.