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No L 321 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 22 . 11 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3150 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 21 November 1973 fixing the special export levy for white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tion the price levels within the Community and on COMMUNITIES, the world market as well as an evaluation of the risk of a lack of supplies within the limits of the threshold Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European price in all the Community regions ; Economic Community ; Whereas the list of products subject to the special levy Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1009/ is given in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 67/ EEC (1 ) of 18 December 1967 on the Common 1076/72 (5) of 25 May 1972 laying down detailed rules organization of the market in sugar, as last amended for applying export levies on sugar ; by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928/73 (2) ; Whereas to enable the arrangements to function Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No smoothly the calculation of the levies should be 608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be based : applied in cases of considerable price rises on the world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 ) — for currencies which are kept within a maximum thereof ; spread at any given moment of 2-25 % on a conversion rate based on their actual parities ; Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary — for other currencies, on a conversion rate based on Committee ; the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates Whereas, pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation No recorded over a given period for those currencies 1009/67/ EEC, where the Community or any region against those mentioned in the preceding sub­ thereof cannot be supplied with sugar at prices within paragraph ; the limit of the threshold price, provision may be made for charging a special export levy on sugar ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the threshold prices for white sugar and raw ment Committee for Sugar, sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1637/73 (4) ; Whereas the present world market situation allows HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : sugar exports from the Community at a price level which is susceptible to a rise in the ex-works price in Article 1 the area of the Community having the greatest surplus for a delivery, such that in particular the deliveries The special export levy on sugar provided for in the within the limits of the threshold price to the south of second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009 / 67/ EEC shall be as shown in the Annex . Italy, which is the most distant deficit region, risk becoming uncertain , whereas a special export levy should therefore be fixed ; Article 2 Whereas in order to achieve the objectives pursued This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 the special levy may be fixed taking into considera­ November 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels , 21 November 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No 308 , 18 . 12. 1967, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7. 1973 , p . 7. (J) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . b) OJ No L 165, 22. 6. 1973, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 121 , 26. 5 . 1972, p. 22.

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ANNEX

(u.a.HOO kg) Amount of the CCT heading special export No Description of goods levy

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :

A. Denatured : I. white sugar 3-00 II. raw sugar 2-76 (!) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 3-00 ex II. Raw sugar other than candy sugar 2-76 ( i )

(*) This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 % yield . If the yield of the imported raw sugar is different from 92 % the levy to be applied shall be calculated in conformity with Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1076/72 .