CELEX: 31985R3742
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3742/85 of 30 December 1985 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

31 . 12. 85                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 356/ 19
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3742/85
                                                        of 30 December 1985
                    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
Havinjg 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 1482/85 (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 (*) 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,
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­              hundred times the basic import levy applicable as from
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation             the first of each month in the case of the products listed
(EEC) No 1428 /78 (4), provides that the basic amount of               in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ;
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per               whereas the levy 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
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 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 (6),
(')  OJ  No L 177,    1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2)  OJ  No L 151 ,   10 . 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No L 151 ,  30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42.                             0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  4) OJ  No L 171 ,  28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 34.                            M 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 January 1986.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 December 1985 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                       Vice-President
                                                                ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 December 1985 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                                 and per 100 kg net     per 100 kg
          No                                                                                                      of dry matter
                                                                                               of the product
                                                                                                 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                                                 0,4859              —
                    D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                         malto-dextrine) :
                              I. Isoglucose                                                                           58,26
                         ex II . Other                                                             0,4859
                    E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                   0,4859              —
                    F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                            state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                               0,4859              —
   21.07            Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                    F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                         III. Isoglucose                                                                              58,26
                         IV. Other                                                                 0,4859