31973R0254

No L 30/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 2 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 254/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing op­ COMMUNITIES , portunities on the world market are being esta­ blished, the Commission must take account of all available information on offers on the world mar­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ ket, on quotations on the exchanges which are im­ pean Economic Community ; portant for world trade, on prices recorded on im­ portant third-country markets, and on sales con­ cluded in international trade of which it has know­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009/67/ ledge either directly or through the agency of the EEC (*) of 18 December 1967 on the common organ­ Member States ; ization of the market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) No 174/73 (2 ), and in particular Article 14 ( 7 ) thereof ; Whereas, however, pursuant to Commission Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 784/68 (7) of 26 June 1968 laying down detailed rules for calculating cif prices for Whereas Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/ white sugar and raw sugar, the Commission must EEC provides for charging a levy on imports of the disregard information if the goods concerned are products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ; not of sound and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in an offer relates to small quantities Whereas the import levy on white sugar and raw and is not representative of the market ; whereas of­ sugar must be equal to the threshold price less the fer prices which can be assumed not to be representa­ cif price ; whereas the threshold price for each of tive of the actual market trends must also be disre­ these products was fixed by Council Regulation garded ; (EEC) No 795 /72 (3 ) of 17 April 1972 fixing for the 1972/73 marketing year the derived intervention pri­ ces, the intervention prices for raw beet sugar, the Whereas, of the offer prices taken into considera­ minimum prices for beet, the threshold prices, the tion, those which are not for goods delivered in bulk guaranteed quantity and the maximum amount of cif Rotterdam must be adjusted ; whereas when this the production levy, as amended bv Regulation (EEC ) adjustment is being made account must be taken of No 238 /73 ( 4 ); the difference in the cost of transporting the goods between the port of loading and the port of destina­ tion and between the port of loading and Rotter­ Whereas the cif price for raw sugar and white sugar dam ; whereas, if the price or the offer relates to is calculated by the Commission for a Community goods in bags, it must be reduced by 0-06 unit of ac­ frontier crossing point which was fixed at Rotter­ count per 100 kilogrammes under the terms of Regu­ dam by Coucil Regulation (EEC ) No 431 /68 (5 ) of 9 lation ( EEC ) No 784/68 ; April 1968 determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for calculating cif prices for sugar ; Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality is to be comparable, the price increases or reductions fixed pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation Whereas this price must be based on the most favour­ No 1009 /67/EEC must be added to or deducted able purchasing opportunities on the world market from the offers taken into consideration in the case established for each product on the basis of quota­ of white sugar ; whereas, in the case of raw sugar, tions or prices on that market adjusted for any devia­ the corrective factors provided for in Regulation tion from the standard quality for which the thres­ ( EEC ) No 784/68 must be applied ; hold price is fixed ; whereas the standard quality for raw sugar was defined by Regulation ( EEC ) No Whereas , pusuant to Article 7 of Regulation ( EEC ) 431 /68 and that for white sugar by Regulation (EEC ) No 793 /72 («) of 17 April 1972 ; No 784/68 , a special cif price may be established for sugar which has been specially treated or specially packed if the offer price for such sugar is lower than the cif price established pursuant to the provisions (») OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967, p . 1 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p . 1 . referred to above ; ( 3 ) OJ No L 94 , 21.4 . 1972 , p . 4 . ( 4 ) OJ No L 29 , 1 . 2 . 1973 . (*) OJ No L 89 , 10. 4 . 1968 , p . 3 . («) OJ No L 94 , 21.4 . 1972 , p . 1 . ( 7 ) O I No L 145 , 27.6 . 1968 , p . 10 .

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Whereas a cif price may, by way of exception, be Whereas it follows from applying all these provi­ left unchanged for a limited period if the offer price sions that the levies for white sugar and raw sugar which served as a basis for the previous calculation should be fixed as shown in the Annex to this Regu­ of the cif price is not available to the Commission lation ; and if the offer prices which are available and which appear not to be sufficiently representative of actual HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the cif price ; Article 1 Whereas the levy is altered only if the variation in the elements used to calculate it would entail an in­ The levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation crease or a reduction of not less than 0-10 unit of No 1009/67/EEC are, in respect of white sugar and account per 100 kilogrammes in relation to the levy standard quality raw sugar, hereby fixed as shown previously fixed ; in the Annex to this Regulation. Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regu­ Article 2 lation No 1009/67/EEC, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the Com­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February mon Customs Tariff ; 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1973 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

(u.a.1100 kg)

CCT heading Description of goods Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid : A. Denatured : I. White sugar 5-54 II. Raw sugar 3-49 (!)

B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 5-54 II. Raw sugar 3-49 (»)

f 1 ) Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92°/o ; if the yield is other than 929/o» the levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 .