31982R0456

27. 2. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 56/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 456/82

of 26 February 1982

fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; COMMUNITIES, whereas it must, however, be altered during the period between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of the month following the month for which the basic Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs Economic Community, by at least 0-73 ECU from the average referred to above or from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization must be equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as amended by sugar used to calculate the alteration ; Regulation (EEC) No 192/82 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof,

Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary on the basis of variations in the threshold price for Committee, white sugar occurring between the month in which the basic amount is fixed and the period of applica­ tion ; whereas this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No of the difference between these two threshold prices, 1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the must be deducted from or added to the basic amount products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ; in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ; Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calcu­ lated, where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the sucrose content (including other sugars Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article expressed as sucrose) of the product concerned and of 1 ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a the levy on white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies variable element and a fixed element, with the latter, on maple sugar and maple syrup are limited to the per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one­ amount resulting from application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*) for the fixing of the import levy on the Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the No 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, application of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the hundred times the basic import levy applicable as basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product from the first of each month in the case of the must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ; products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month : Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to one-hundredth of the average of the levies appli­ cable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of the month preceding the month for which Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, levies should be calculated on the following basis : however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the basic amount must be substituted for the average of the levies, where that levy differs by — in the case of currencies which are maintained in at least 0-73 ECU from that average ; relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. their central rate, (J) OJ No L 21 , 29. 1 . 1982, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42. (*) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .

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— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent ; The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto.

Whereas it follows from the application of these provi­ Article 2 sions that the import levies on the products concerned should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regula- ^ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March tion, 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 1982. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1982 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

(ECU) Basic amount CCT per percentage point of sucrose content Amount of levy heading Description per 100 kg No and per 100 kg net of dry matter of the product in question

17.02 Other sugars in solid form ; sugar syrups, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey ; caramel : 0-2718 — C. Maple sugar and other syrup D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : — 36-85 I. Isoglucose ex II . Other 0-2718 — E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 0-2718 — F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose 0-2718 —

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : — 36-85 III. Isoglucose IV. Other 0-2718 —