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REGULATION ( EEC) No 217/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 January 1974 altering the special export levy on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES , arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period, in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relation to the Community currencies referred to Economic Community ; in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 1009 / Whereas it follows from applying the rules, criteria 67/ EEC (^ of 18 December 1967 on the common and other provisions contained in the Regulation organization of the market in sugar, as last amended (EEC) No 176/74 to the information at present avail­ by Regulation (EEC) No 1 928 /73 (2) ; able to the Commission that the special export levy at Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No present in force should be altered as shown in the 608 /72 (3) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be Annex to this Regulation , applied in cases of considerable price rises on the world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Committee ; Article 1

Whereas the special export levy on white sugar and The special export levy on sugar provided for in the raw sugar was fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No second subparagraph of Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation 1 76/74 (4), as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No No 1009 / 67/ EEC fixed in the Annex to amended 195/ 74 (5 ). Regulation (EEC) No 176/74 is altered as shown in Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the Annex to this Regulation . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 January 1974 . on their effective parity ;

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

Done at Brussels , 25 January 1974 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(•) OJ No 308 , 18 . 12 . 1967 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 199 , 19 . 7 . 197.3 , p . 7 . (3) O) No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (4 ) OJ No L 20 , 24 . 1 . 1974, p . 29 . (5) OJ No L 21 , 25 . 1 . 1974, p . 40 .

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ANNEX

(u.a . / 100 kg) Amount of the CCT heading No Description of goods special export levy

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, solid :

A. Denatured : I. white sugar 19-50 II . raw sugar 15-50 i 1 ) B. Undenatured : I. White sugar 19-50 ex II . Raw sugar other than candy sugar 15-50 ( x )

This amount applies to raw sugar with a 92 °/o yield . If the yield of the exported 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 .