CELEX: 31994R1236
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1236/94 of 31 May 1994 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

1 . 6. 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 137/3
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1236/94
                                                        of 31 May 1994
                  fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       at least ECU 0,73 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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
 Community,                                                        calculate the alteration :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
 markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­       the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
 tion (EC) No 1 33/94 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)        sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
 thereof,                                                          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 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1724/93
 where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the         lays down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus applicable
 sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as              in the sugar sector for the 1993/94 marketing year as a
 sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on              result of the monetary realignments during the 1992/93
 white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar         marketing year ;
 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from
 application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;
                                                                   Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­         under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
 tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation        and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
 (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of           dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
 the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per           established pursuant to point B of Article 11 (1 ) of
 percentage point of sucrose content ;                             Council Regulation (EEC) No 1766/92 (6), as amended by
                                                                   Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2193/93 f7), for the
                                                                   fixing of the import levy on the products falling within
 Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to             CN       codes   1702 30 91 ,     1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and
 one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to          1702 90 50, and the variable element, per 100 kilograms
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of          of dry matter, being equal to 100 times the basic import
 the month preceding the month for which the basic                 levy applicable as from the first of each month in the case
 amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy          of the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation
 applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the         (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each
 basic amount must be substituted for the average of the           month ;
 levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from
 that average ;
                                                                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period             overseas countries and territories with the European
 between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of         Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
 the month following the month for which the basic                 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by       and territories ;
(■) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                               0   OJ    No L  159,  1 . 7. 1993, p. 127.
O OJ No L 22, 27. 1 . 1994, p. 7.                                  (6) OJ    No L  181 , 1 . 7. 1992, p. 21 .
0 OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968 , p. 42.                               0   OJ    No L  196,  5. 8 . 1993, p. 22.
(4) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34.                            (8) OJ    No L  263,  19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0, as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies                                                       Article 1
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;                           The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­                      (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­                        indicated in the Annex hereto.
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3), as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 547/94 (4);
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 June 1994.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                     Done at Brussels, 31 May 1994.
                                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                                     Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
                    to. the Commission Regulation of 31 May 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                                      0,3800                                            —
                      1702 20 90                                      0,3800                                            —
                      1702 30 10                                        —                                              47,67
                      1702 40 10                                        —                                              47,67
                      1702 60 10                                        —                                              47,67
                      1702 60 90                                      0,3800                                            —
                      1702 90 30                                        —                                              47,67
                      1702 90 60                               '      0,3800                                            —
                      1702 90 71                                      0,3800                                            —
                      1702 90 90                                      0,3800                                            —
                      2106 90 30                                        —                                              47,67
                      2106 90 59                                      0,3800                                            —
    (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
(') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
n OJ No L 69. 12. 3 . 1994. o. 1 .