31980R0893

12 . 4 . 80 No L 96/33 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 893/80 of 11 April 1980 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ments, proposed by the Commission, to be adopted in COMMUNITIES, time by the Council ; whereas, in order to avoid a break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts Economic Community, in national currency, it appears necessary, in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure 3330/74 of 19 December 1974 on the common organ­ and pending a final decision on the matter by the ization of the market in sugar (1), as last amended by Council, to continue the application of the arrange­ Regulation (EEC) No 1396/78 (2), and in particular ments in their present form ; Article 15 (7) thereof, Whereas it follows from applying the detailed rules Whereas the import levies on white sugar and raw contained in Regulation (EEC) No 1328/79 to the sugar were fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1328/79 (3), information known to the Commission that the levies as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 879/80 (4) ; at present in force should be altered to the amounts set out in the Annex hereto, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary system on the common agricultural policy (5), as HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/79 (6), intro­ duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ; Article 1 whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­ sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the The import levies referred to in Article 15 (1 ) of Regu­ fixing of amounts relating to : lation (EEC) No 3330/74 shall be, in respect of white — the application of the common agricultural policy, sugar and standard quality raw sugar, as set out in the Annex hereto . — the special trade arrangements for goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ; Article 2 Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­ tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 April 1980 . been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­ This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 11 April 1980 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-Pi esident

(>) OJ No L 359 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 170, 27. 6. 1978, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 162, 30 . 6. 1979, p. 85. («) OJ No L 94, 11 . 4. 1980, p. 25 . (5) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 161 , 29 . 6. 1979, p. 1 . ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1980 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar (ECU / 100 kv)

CCT heading Description Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, in solid form : 8-95 A. White sugar ; flavoured or coloured sugar B. Raw sugar .VI 5 (') \

(') Applicable to raw sugar with a yield of 92 % ; if the yield is other than 92 %, the levy applicable is calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 837/68 . •