CELEX: 31992R3450
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3450/92 of 30 November 1992 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

No L 350/30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 12. 92
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3450/92
                                                    of 30 November 1992
                   fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in die sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic
                                                                   amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be
                                                                   equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              calculate the alteration :
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81               Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on
of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the                  the basis of variations in the threshold price for white
markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­        sugar occurring between the month in which the basic
tion (EEC) No 61 /92 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8)         amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas
thereof,                                                           this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference
                                                                   between these two threshold prices, must be deducted
                                                                   from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances
Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81            provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products            837/68 ;
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 1738/92 (*) for the fixing of the
                                                                   import levy on the products falling within CN codes
                                                                   1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and
Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No                the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter,
837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­          being equal to 100 times the basic import levy applicable
tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation         as from the first of each month in the case of the
(EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of            products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per            1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
percentage point of sucrose content ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to              Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to           91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of          overseas countries and territories with the European
the month preceding the month for which the basic                  Economic Community (% no levies shall apply on
amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy           imports of products originating in the overseas countries
applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the          and territories ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101
basic amount must be substituted for the average of the            (4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount
levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from          shall be charged on imports of certain products origina­
that average ;                                                     ting in the overseas countries and territories in order to
                                                                   prevent products originating from these countries and
                                                                   territories from receiving more favourable treatment than
Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ;                similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
whereas it must, however, be altered during the period             Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
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
at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                   should be calculated on the following basis :
(') OJ  No L  177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4.
(2) OJ  No L  6, 11 . 1 . 1992, p. 19.                             0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L  151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42.                            (6) OJ No L 180, 1 . 7. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L  171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 34.                            O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                                               Article 1
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                              The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 )
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an                       (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as
                                                                               indicated in the Annex hereto.
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                                                             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,                         1992.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 November 1992.
                                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                                              Ray MAC S HARRY
                                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                      ANNEX
                    to the Commission Regulation of 30 November 1992 fixing the import levies 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 dry matter (')
                                                            of the product in question (')
                      1702 20 10                                       0,4658                                           —
                      1702 20 90                                       0,4658                                           —
                      1702 30 10                                         —                                            56,25
                      1702 40 10                                         —                 •'                         56,25
                      1702 60 10                                         —                                            56,25
                      1702 60 90                                       0,4658                                           —
                      1702 90 30                                         —                                            56,25
                      1702 90 60                                       0,4658                                           —
                      1702 90 71                                       0,4658                                           —
                      1702 90 90                                       0,4658                                           —
                      2106 90 30                                         —                                '           56,25
                      2106 90 59                                       0,4658                                           —
    (') No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. However, an amount equal to the
        amount fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1870/91 B to be levied in accordance with Article 101 (4) of the abovementioned Decision.
0) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.