CELEX: 31974R1682
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1682/74 of the Commission of 28 June 1974 fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar

No L 175/ 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 6 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1682/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                          of 28 June 1974
                              fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas in order to achieve the objectives pursued
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        the special levy may be fixed taking into considera­
                                                                     tion the price levels within the Community and on
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the world market as well as an evaluation of the risk
 Economic Community ;                                                of a lack of supplies within the limits of the threshold
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/                  price in all the Community regions ;
 67/ EEC (') of 18 December 1967 on the Common                       Whereas the list of products subject to the special levy
 organization of the market in sugar, as last amended                is given in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 by Regulation ( EEC) No 1 602/74 (2) ;                              1 076/72 (5 ) of 25 May 1972 laying down detailed rules
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        for applying export levies on sugar, as amended by
 608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be                Regulation (EEC) No 58/74 (6) ;
 applied in cases of considerable price rises on the                 Whereas to enable the arrangements to function
 world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 (2)                 smoothly the calculation of the levies should be
 thereof ;                                                           based :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary                        — for currencies which are kept within a maximum
 Committee ;                                                             spread at any given moment of 2-25 % on a
                                                                         conversion rate, based on their actual parities ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation No                    — for other currencies, on a conversion rate based on
 1009/67/ EEC, where the Community or any region
 thereof cannot be supplied with sugar at prices within                  the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates
                                                                         recorded over a given period for those currencies
 the limit of the threshold price, provision may be
 made for charging a special export levy on sugar ;                      against those mentioned in the preceding subpara­
                                                                         graph ,
Whereas the threshold prices for white sugar and raw
 sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 600/74 (4) ;              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the present world market situation allows
 sugar exports from the Community at a price level                                            Article 1
which is susceptible to a rise in the ex-works price in             The special export levy on sugar provided for in the
 the area of the Community having the greatest surplus               second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation
 for a delivery, such that in particular the deliveries              No 1009/ 67/ EEC shall be as shown in the Annex .
within the limits of the threshold price to the south of
 Italy, which is the most distant deficit region , risk                                       Article 2
 becoming uncertain , whereas a special export levy
should , therefore be fixed ;                                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1974.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 28 June 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No   308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p. 1 .
(2)' OJ No   L 172, 27. 6. 1974, p. 7.
(J) OJ  No   L 75, 28 . 3. 1972, p. 5.                              (5) OJ No L 121 , 26. 5. 1972, p. 22.
(4 OJ   No   L 172, 27 . 6 . 1974, p. 3 .                            6 OJ No L 8 , 10 . 1 . 1974, p. 13 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1974 fixing the special export levy on white
                                                             sugar and raw sugar
                                                                                                                      (u.a . / 100 kg)
                                                                                                                   Amount of the
              (XT heading',
                     No                                        Description of gooils                               special expon
                                                                                                                        levy
            17.01                   lieer sugar and cane sugar, solid :
                                     Λ . Denatured :
                                           I. White sugar                                                              30-50
                                          II . Raw sugar                                                               23-00 (')
                                    I ». Undenatured :
                                               I. White sugar                                                          30-50
                                         ex II. Raw sugar other than candy sugar                                       23-00 (»)
                                 '
               This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92% yield . !f the yield of the exported 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 .