CELEX: 31973R3150
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3150/73 of the Commission of 21 November 1973 fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar

No L 321 / 16                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             22 . 11 . 73
                           REGULATION (EEC) No 3150/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 21 November 1973
                          fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     tion the price levels within the Community and on
COMMUNITIES,                                                       the world market as well as an evaluation of the risk
                                                                   of a lack of supplies within the limits of the threshold
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              price in all the Community regions ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas the list of products subject to the special levy
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/                 is given in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
67/EEC (1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the Common                      1076/72 (5) of 25 May 1972 laying down detailed rules
organization of the market in sugar, as last amended               for applying export levies on sugar ;
by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928/73 (2) ;
                                                                   Whereas to enable the arrangements to function
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       smoothly the calculation of the levies should be
608/72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be                based :
applied in cases of considerable price rises on the
world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 )              — for currencies which are kept within a maximum
thereof ;                                                              spread at any given moment of 2-25 % on a
                                                                       conversion rate based on their actual parities ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary
Committee ;                                                        — for other currencies, on a conversion rate based on
                                                                       the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates
Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation No                       recorded over a given period for those currencies
1009/67/ EEC, where the Community or any region                        against those mentioned in the preceding sub­
thereof cannot be supplied with sugar at prices within                 paragraph ;
the limit of the threshold price, provision may be
made for charging a special export levy on sugar ;                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas the threshold prices for white sugar and raw               ment Committee for Sugar,
sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/73 (4) ;
Whereas the present world market situation allows                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sugar exports from the Community at a price level
which is susceptible to a rise in the ex-works price in                                     Article 1
the area of the Community having the greatest surplus
for a delivery, such that in particular the deliveries             The special export levy on sugar provided for in the
within the limits of the threshold price to the south of           second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Italy, which is the most distant deficit region, risk              No 1009 / 67/ EEC shall be as shown in the Annex .
becoming uncertain , whereas a special export levy
should therefore be fixed ;                                                                 Article 2
Whereas in order to achieve the objectives pursued                 This Regulation       shall  enter into force      on    22
the special levy may be fixed taking into considera­                November 1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels , 21 November 1973 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 .
(2) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973 , p . 7.
(J) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
b) OJ No L 165, 22. 6. 1973, p. 1 .                                (5) OJ No L 121 , 26. 5 . 1972, p. 22.
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                                                                 ANNEX
                                                                                                                    (u.a.HOO kg)
                                                                                                                Amount of the
                CCT heading                                                                                     special export
                    No                                      Description of goods
                                                                                                                      levy
             17.01                 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                   A. Denatured :
                                        I. white sugar                                                                3-00
                                       II. raw sugar                                                                  2-76 (!)
                                   B. Undenatured :
                                            I. White sugar                                                            3-00
                                       ex II. Raw sugar other than candy sugar                                        2-76 ( i )
             (*) This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 % yield . If the yield of the imported raw sugar is different from
                 92 % the levy to be applied shall be calculated in conformity with Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1076/72 .