CELEX: 31987R3579
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3579/87 of 30 November 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 12. 87                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 339/5
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3579/87
                                                        of 30 November 1987
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or
Economic Community,                                                    from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
                                                                       amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
Portugal,                                                              calculate the alteration ;
 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 thus fixed must be adjusted on
 tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)            the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
 thereof,                                                              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
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               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 Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81                837/ 68 :
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
 listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;
 Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)         Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                     ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
 where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the              under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
 sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as                   and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
 sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on                   dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
 white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar              established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of
 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from               Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended
 application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;                    by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (*), for the fixing of the
                                                                        import levy on the products falling within subheading
                                                                         17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­
 Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­             able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being
  tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation            equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­
                                                                         cable as from the first of each month in the case of the
 (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of
  the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per                products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
  percentage point of sucrose content ;                                  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 applicable to               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
  100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of               should be calculated on the following basis :
  the month preceding the month for which the basic
  amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy
  applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
  basic amount must be substituted for the average of the
  levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
  that average ;
                                                                               of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                               rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
                                                                               the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
  Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                          tion (EEC) No 1676/85 f7), as last amended by Regula­
  whereas it must, however, be altered during the period                        tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8),
  (') OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                                 O    OJ   No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ  No L  25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 .                                («)  OJ   No  L  182,  3. 7. 1987, p. 40.
  (3) OJ  No L  151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42.                              O    OJ   No  L  164,  24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  (4) OJ  No L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34.                              (8)  OJ   No  L  153,  13 . 6. 1987, 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 .
                                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­
sions that the import levies on the products concerned                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,                  1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 30 November 1987.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                        Vice-President
                                                                 ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 1987 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                                                  0,5255               —
                     D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                          malto-dextrine) :                                                 \
                                I. Isoglucose                                                                           62^22
                          ex II . Other                                                              0,5255
                     E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey                    0,5255               —
                     F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                             state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                                0,5255               —
    21.07             Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                      F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                          III . Isoglucose                                                                              62,22
                          IV. Other                                                                   0,5255