CELEX: 31993R1695
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1695/93 of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

No L 159/40                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 7. 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1695/93
                                                        of 30 June 1993
                                  fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        crossing point which was fixed at Rotterdam by Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 431 /68 of the Council of 9 April 1968
                                                                   determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif
 Economic Community,                                               prices for sugar ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81
 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                 Whereas this price must be based on the most favourable
 market in sugar ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          purchasing opportunities on the world market established
 No 1548/93 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof,         for each product on the basis of quotations or prices on
                                                                   that market adjusted for any deviation from the standard
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92              quality for which the threshold price is fixed ; whereas the
 of 28 December 1992 on the unit of account and the                standard quality for raw sugar was defined by Regulation
 conversion rates to be applied for the purposes of the            (EEC) No 431 /68 and that for white sugar by Regulation
 common agricultural policy (3), and in particular Article 5       (EEC) No 793/72 (8) ;
 thereof,
Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81             Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing opportu­
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products           nities on the world market are being established, the
                                                                   Commission must take account of all available informa­
 listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;
                                                                   tion on offers on the world market, on quotations on the
                                                                   exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices
Whereas the import levy on white sugar and raw sugar               recorded on important third-country markets, and on
 must be equal to the threshold price less the cif price ;         sales concluded in international trade of which it has
whereas the threshold price for each of these products was         knowledge either directly or through the agency of the
 fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1550/93 of 14                Member States ;
June 1993 fixing, for the 1993/ 1994 marketing year, the
 derived intervention prices for white sugar, the interven­
 tion price for raw sugar, the minimum prices for A and B
 beet, the threshold prices, the amount of compensation            Whereas, however, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
 for storage costs (4) ;                                           784/68 of the Commission of 26 June 1968 laying down
                                                                   detailed rules for calculating cif prices for white sugar and
                                                                   raw sugar (9), the Commission must disregard information
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 724/93 (*)                if the goods concerned are not of sound and fair marke­
 lays down the prices and amounts fixed in ecus applicable         table quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to
 in the sugar sector for the 1993/94 marketing year as a           small quantities and is not representative of the market ;
result of the monetary realignments during the 1992/93             whereas offer prices which can be assumed not to be
marketing year ;                                                   representative of the actual market trends must also be
                                                                   disregarded ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
overseas countries and territories with the European               Whereas any offer or prices taken into consideration
 Economic Community (6), no levies shall apply on                  which are not for goods delivered in bulk cif Rotterdam
imports of products originating in the overseas countries          must be adjusted ; whereas when this adjustment is being
and territories ;                                                  made account must be taken of the difference in the cost
                                                                   of transporting the goods between the port of loading and
                                                                   the port of destination and between the port of loading
Whereas the cif price for raw sugar and white sugar is             and Rotterdam ; whereas, if the price or the offer relates
calculated by the Commission for a Community frontier              to goods in bags, it must be reduced by ECU 0,73 per 1 00
                                                                   kilograms under the terms of Article 4 of Regulation
(■) OJ  No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.                              (EEC) No 784/68 ;
0   OJ  No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 10.
(3)  OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 15.                              0 OJ No L 89, 10. 4. 1968, p. 3.
(*) See page 127 of this Official Journal.                         (8) OJ No L 94, 21 . 4. 1972, p. 1 .
(«) OJ  No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             O OJ No L 145, 27. 6. 1968, p. 10.
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Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality        Whereas, in accordance with Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regulation
is to be comparable, the price increases or reductions          (EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for in this
fixed pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No             Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs
1785/81 must be added to or deducted from the offers            Tariff ;
taken into consideration in the case of white sugar ;
whereas, in the case of raw sugar, the corrective factors       Whereas, in order to make it possible for the levy arrange­
                                                                ments to function normally, the representative market
provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68
must be applied ;                                               rate established during the reference period from 29 June
                                                                1993, as regards floating currencies, should be used to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No           calculate the levies ;
784/68, a special cif price may be established for sugar        Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
which has been specially treated or specially packed if the     the levies for white sugar and raw sugar should be as set
offer price for such sugar is lower than the cif price          out in the Annex hereto,
established pursuant to the provisions referred to above ;
Whereas a cif price may, by way of exception, be left           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
unchanged for a limited period if the offer price which
served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif                                Article 1
price is not available to the Commission and if the offer
prices which are available and which appear not to be           The import levies referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regula­
sufficiently representative of actual market trends would       tion (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of white sugar
entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ;       and standard quality raw sugar, as set out in the Annex
                                                                hereto.
Whereas the levy is altered only if the variation in the
elements used to calculate it would entail an increase or a                              Article 2
reduction of not less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms in
relation to the levy previously fixed ;                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 June 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1993 fixing the import levies on white sugar and
                                                                raw sugar
                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                                     CN code                                                     Levy (3)
                                    1701   11 10                                                 35,33 (')
                                    1701   11 90                                                 35,33 (')
                                    1701  12 10                                                  35,33 (*)
                                    1701  12 90                                                  35,33 (')
                                    1701 91 00                                                   43,43
                                    1701 99 10                                                   43,43
                                    1701 99 90                                                   43,43 (2)
            (') The levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 or 3 of Commission Regulation
                (EEC) No 837/68 .
            (2) In . accordance with Article 16 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 this amount is also applicable to sugar
                obtained from white and raw sugar containing added substances other than flavouring or colouring matter.
            (3) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.