CELEX: 31994R1595
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1595/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1595/94
                                                        of 30 June 1994
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        July 1994 ; whereas the price factors determined by
                                                                   Commission Regulation (EC) No 1518/94 (^ should
                                                                   accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements
Community,                                                         continue to operate in the sector concerned ;
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 must be fixed each month ;
tion (EC) No 133/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)          whereas it must, however, be altered during the period
thereof,                                                           between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of
                                                                   the month following the month for which the basic
                                                                   amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                   at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or
whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products            amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;                      equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
                                                                   calculate the alteration ;
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
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as
                                                                   Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on
                                                                    the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from            sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                 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
                                                                    from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­           837/68 ;
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per
percentage point of sucrose content ;
                                                                    Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
                                                                    (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to               under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to            and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of           dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
the month preceding the month for which the basic                   established pursuant to point B of Article 11 ( 1 ) of
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy            Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (*), as amended by
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the           Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 (J), for the
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the             fixing of the import levy on the products falling within
levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from           CN       codes   1702 30 91 ,  1702 30 99, 1702 40 90   and
that average ;                                                      1702 90 50, and the variable element, per 100 kilograms
                                                                    of dry matter, being equal to 100 times the basic import
                                                                    levy applicable as from the first of each month in the case
Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices              of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation
for the 1994/95 marketing year, which commences on 1                (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each
                                                                    month ;
0   OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
0   OJ  No L  22, 27. 1 . 1994, p. 7.                               O OJ No L 162, 30. 6. 1994, p. 43.
0   OJ  No L  151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                             (0 OJ No L 181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
(4) OJ  No L  171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 34.                             O OJ No L 196, 5. 8. 1993, p. 22.
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Whereas, as a consequence of the amendment of Article 1          tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 and by virtue of              lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (4), as amended by Regulation
Article 16 thereof, a levy is chargeable on imports of           (EC) No 547/94 0 ;
inuline syrup ; whereas the levy is defined in paragraph 6
(a) of the said Article 16 as equal, per 100 kilograms of        Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
dry matter, to the levy fixed in accordance with paragraph       sions that the import levies on the products concerned
6 of that Article multiplied by a coefficient of 1,9 ;           should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
imports of products originating in the overseas countries                                   Article 1
and territories ;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article       The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (2), as                (d), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall
                                                                 be as indicated in the Annex hereto.
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (3), are used to
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural                                  Article 2
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.                              0 OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                             ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1994 fixing the basic amount of the import levy
                                           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 the. product in question (')                        of dry matter (')
                         1702 20 10                                            0,4044                                            —
                         1702 20 90                                            0,4044                                            —
                         1702 30 10                                              —                                              50,11
                        1702 40 10                                               —                                              50,11
                        1702 60 10                                               —                                             50,11
                        1702 60 90 10 (2)                                        —                                             95,21
                        1702 60 90 90 (3)                                     0,4044                                             —
                        1702 90 30                                               —                                             50,11
                        1702 90 60                                            0,4044                                             —
                        1702 90 71                                            0,4044                                             —
                        1702 90 90 10 (4)                                        —                                             95,21
                        1702 90 90 90 (*)                                     0,4044                                             —
                        2106 90 30                                               —                                             50,11
                        2106 90 59                                            0,4044                                             —
    (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
    (2) Taric code : Inulin syrup. For the purposes of classification under this subheading, 'Inulin syrup' means the immediate product obtained by hydro­
        lysis of inulin or oligofructoses.
    (3) Taric code : CN code 1702 60 90, other than inulin syrup.
    (*) Taric code : Inulin syrup. For the purposes of classification under this subheading, 'Inulin syrup' means the immediate product, other than that
        falling within subheading 1702 60 90, obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing by weight in the dry state at least 10 % fruc­
        tose in free form or as sucrose.
    (S) Taric code : CN code 1702 90 90, other than inulin syrup.