CELEX: 31982R0213
Language: en
Date: 1982-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 213/82 of 29 January 1982 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

30 . 1 . 82                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 22/ 17
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 213/82
                                                    of 29 January 1982
              fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  for the average of the levies, where that levy differs by
COMMUNITIES,                                                    at least 0-73 ECU from that average ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;
Economic Community,                                             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 Council Regulation (EEC) No                    amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs
1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization              by at least 0-73 ECU from the average referred to
of the market in sugar ('), and in particular Article 1 6       above or from the levy on white sugar used to fix the
                                                                basic amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount
(8) thereof,
                                                                must be equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white
                                                                sugar used to calculate the alteration ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                      Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted
                                                                on the basis of variations in the threshold price for
                                                                white sugar occurring between the month in which
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                 the basic amount is fixed and the period of applica­
1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the          tion ; whereas this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth
products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ;         of the difference between these two threshold prices,
                                                                must be deducted from or added to the basic amount
                                                                in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 )      Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ;
(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calcu­
lated, where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis
of the sucrose content (including other sugars                  Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article
expressed as sucrose) of the product concerned and of            1 ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
the levy on white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies          comprises, under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a
on maple sugar and maple syrup are limited to the               variable element and a fixed element, with the latter,
amount resulting from application of the rate of duty           per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one­
bound within GATT :                                             tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to
                                                                point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2727/75 (4) for the fixing of the import levy on the
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
                                                                Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element,
No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the
application of levies on sugar (2), as last amended by          per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one
Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (3), provides that the              hundred times the basic import levy applicable as
                                                                from the first of each month in the case of the
basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product
must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ;         products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each
                                                                month ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal
to one-hundredth of the average of the levies appli­            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
cable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
20 days of the month preceding the month for which
the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas,                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day
                                                                     relation to each other at any given moment within
of the fixing of the basic amount must be substituted
                                                                     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                     their central rate ,
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6 . 1968 , p. 42.
(3) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34.                          (4) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, 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 for a given period in                                                 Article 1
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;                                         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 Regula­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
tion ,                                                                1982 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 29 January 1982.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Poul DALSAGER
                                                                             Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 29 January 1982 fixing the import levies on syrups and
                                            certain other products in the sugar sector
                                                                                                                                (ECU)
                                                                                                 Basic amount
       CCT                                                                                   per percentage point
                                                                                              of sucrose content  Amount of levy
    heading                                    Description                                                          per 100 kg
                                                                                             and per 100 kg net
        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                                                    0-2545              —
                  D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                       malto-dextrine) :
                             I. Isoglucose                                                                             35-12
                       ex II . Other                                                                0-2545
                  E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                      0-2545              —
                  F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                          state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                  0-2545               —
21.07             Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                  F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                       III . Isoglucose                                                                                35-12
                       IV . Other                                                                   0-2545