CELEX: 31986R1275
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1275/86 of 30 April 1986 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1275/86
                                                       of 30 April 1986
                  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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the month following the month for which the basic
 Economic Community,                                              amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by
                                                                  at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or
                                                                  from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
Portugal,                                                         equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
                                                                  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 3768/85 (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 referred to in Article 1
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d)    ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises,
of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated,                under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element
where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the         and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of
sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as              dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element
sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on              established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regu­
white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar         lation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as amended by Regulation
and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from          (EEC) No 3793/85 (*), for the fixing of the import levy on
application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ;               the products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, per
                                                                  100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one hundred
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No               times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­         each month in the case of the products listed in Article 1
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation        (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of           must be fixed each month :
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per
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
                                                                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy
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 Council Regula­
                                                                         tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0,
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
 2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                            O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                             Is) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 19.
H OJ No L 171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 34.                               0 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 May 1986.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 April 1986.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
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                                                             ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 April 1986 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                                           0,4557              —
                 D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and
                     malto-dextrine) :
                          I. Isoglucose                                                                      55,24
                     ex II . Other                                                        0,4557
                 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey             0,4557              —
                 F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry
                        state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose                          0,4557              —
  21.07          Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :           \l
                 F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups :
                     III. Isoglucose                                                                         55,24
                     IV. Other                                                            0,4557