31975R1702

3 . 7 . 75 No L 172/ 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1702/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 2 July 1975 fixing the export levy on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for currencies which are kept within a maximum COMMUNITIES, spread at any given moment of 2-25 % on a conversion rate based on their actual parities ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European —• for other currencies, on a conversion rate based on Economic Community ; the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No recorded over a given period for those currencies 3330/74 ( J ) of 19 December 1974 on the common against those mentioned in the preceding subpara­ organization of the market in sugar, and in particular graph ; Article 17 (6) thereof ; Whereas it ^follows from applying the rules, criteria Havirfg regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No and other provisions to the information at present 608 /72 (2) of 23 March 1972 laying down rules to be available to the Commission, that the export levy applied in cases of considerable price rises on the should be fixed at zero ; world sugar market, and in particular Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Committee ; ment Committee for Sugar,

Whereas, pursuant to Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74, where the Community or any region thereof cannot be supplied with sugar at prices HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : within the limit of the threshold price, provision may be made for charging a special export levy on sugar ;

Article 1 Whereas the threshold price for white sugar and raw sugar was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 660/75 (3) ; The export levy on sugar provided for in the first Whereas the list of products subject to the special levy subparagraph of Article 17 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No is given in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3330/74 is fixed at zero . 825/75 (4) of 25 March 1975 laying down detailed rules for applying export levies on sugar ;

A rticle 2 Whereas to enable the arrangements to function smoothly the calculation of the levies should be based : This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 July 1975.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 July 1975 .

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12 . 1974, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 75, 28 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (3 ) OJ No L 72, 20 . 3 . 1975 , p. 7 . M OJ No L 79, 28 . 3 . 1975, p. 17.