CELEX: 31986R0533
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 533/86 of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 533/86
                                                        of 28 February 1986
                    fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
Economic Community,
                                                                     at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or
                                                                     from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
                                                                     amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                 equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                    calculate the alteration :
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3768/85 (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
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              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
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,                   Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the            ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as                 under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on                 and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar            dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from             established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regu­
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                  lation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as amended by Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 3793/85 (*), for the fixing of the import levy on
                                                                     the products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, per
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                  100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one hundred
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­            times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation           each month in the case of the products listed in Article 1
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of              ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per              must be fixed each month :
percentage point of sucrose content ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to             should be calculated on the following basis :
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of
the month preceding the month for which the basic
                                                                     — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from                   rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
that average ;                                                              the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                            No 1676/85 0,
(■) OJ  No L  177,   1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No L  362,   31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                           O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L  151 ,  30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                             («) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 19.
(4) OJ  No L  171 ,  28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34.                           0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­                                           Article 1
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ;                   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 .
Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­                                               Article 2
sions that the import levies on the products concerned
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,                 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
                                                                 ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 fixing the import levies on syrups and
                                             certain other products in the sugar sector
                                                                                                                              (ECU)
                                                                                                 Basic amount
          CCT                                                                               per percentage point Amount of levy
                                                                                              of sucrose content
        heading                                 Description                                  and per 100 kg net    per 100 kg
           No
                                                                                                of the product    of dry matter
                                                                                                  in question
    17.02            Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added
                     flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not
                     mixed with natural honey ; caramel :
                     C. Maple sugar and other syrup                                                 0,4901             —
                     D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                          malto-dextrine) :
                               I. Isoglucose                                                                          58,68
                          ex II . Other                                                             0,4901
                     E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                   0,4901             —
                     F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                             state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                               0,4901             —
    21.07            Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                     F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                          III. Isoglucose                                                                             58,68
                          IV. Other                                                                 0,4901