31985R1809

29 . 6 . 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 169/77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1809/85 of 28 June 1985 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN markets, and on sales concluded in international trade COMMUNITIES, of which it has knowledge either directly or through the agency of the Member States ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, however, pursuant to Commission Regula­ tion (EEC) No 784/68 of 26 June 1968 laying down Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No detailed rules for calculating cif prices for white sugar 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common and raw sugar (6), the Commission must disregard organization of the market in sugar ('), as last amended information if the goods concerned are not of sound by Regulation (EEC) No 1482/85 (2), and in particular and fair marketable quality or if the price quoted in an Article 16 (8) thereof, offer relates to small quantities and is not representa­ tive of the market ; whereas offer prices which can be Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary assumed not to be representative of the actual market Committee, trends must also be disregarded ; Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas any offer or prices taken into consideration 1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the which are not for goods delivered in bulk cif products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ; Rotterdam must be adjusted ; whereas when this Whereas the import levy on white sugar and raw sugar adjustment is being made account must be taken of must be equal to the threshold price less the cif price ; the difference in the cost of transporting the goods whereas the threshold price for each of these products between the port of loading and the port of destina­ was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1484/85 of tion and between the port of loading and Rotterdam ; 23 May 1985 fixing for the 1985/86 marketing year whereas, if the price or the offer relates to goods in the derived intervention prices for white sugar, the bags, it must be reduced by 0,73 ECU per 100 kilo­ intervention price for raw sugar, the minimum prices grams under the terms of Article 4 of Regulation for A and B beet, the threshold prices and the amount (EEC) No 784/68 ; of compensation for storage costs (3) ; Whereas, if information on sugar of the standard quality is to be comparable, the price increases or Whereas the cif price for raw sugar and white sugar is calculated by the Commission for a Community fron­ reductions fixed pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation tier crossing point which was fixed at Rotterdam by (EEC) No 1785/81 must be added to or deducted from the offers taken into consideration in the case of white Council Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 of 9 April 1968 sugar ; whereas, in the case of raw sugar, the corrective determining the standard quality for raw sugar and fixing the Community frontier crossing point for factors provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 784/68 must be applied ; calculating cif prices for sugar (4) ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas this price must be based on the most favour­ No 784/68 , a special cif price may be established for able purchasing opportunities on the world market established for each product on the basis of quotations sugar which has been specially treated or specially packed if the offer price for such sugar is lower than or prices on that market adjusted for any deviation the cif price established pursuant to the provisions from the standard quality for which the threshold referred to above ; price is fixed ; whereas the standard quality for raw sugar was defined by Regulation (EEC) No 431 /68 and Whereas a cif price may, by way of exception, be left that for white sugar by Regulation (EEC) No 793/72 of unchanged for a limited period if the offer price which 17 April 1972(0 ; served as a basis for the previous calculation of the cif price is not available to the Commission and if the Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor­ offer prices which are available and which appear not tunities on the world market are being established, the Commission must take account of all available infor­ to be sufficiently representative of actual market trends would entail sudden and considerable changes in the mation on offers on the world market, on quotations cif price ; on the exchanges which are important for world trade, on prices recorded on important third-country Whereas the levy is altered only if the variation in the elements used to calculate it would entail an increase (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. or a reduction of not less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilo­ 0 OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6. 1985, p. 1 . grams in relation to the levy previously fixed ; (3) OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6. 1985, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 89, 10 . 4. 1968 , p. 3 . h OJ No L 94, 21 . 4. 1972, p. 1 . (6 OJ No L 145, 27 . 6 . 1968 , p. 10 .

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Whereas, in accordance with Article 21 ( 1 ) of Regula­ in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­ tion (EEC) No 1785/81 , the nomenclature provided for cient ; in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that Customs Tariff ; the levies for white sugar and raw sugar should be as Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, set out in the Annex hereto, levies should be calculated on the following basis :

— in the case of currencies which are maintained in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on Article 1 their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) The import levies referred to in Article 16 (1 ) of Regu­ No 974/71 , as last amended by Regulation (EEC) lation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be, in respect of white No 855/84, sugar and standard quality raw sugar, as set out in the Annex hereto. — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of Article 2 these currencies recorded over a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1985.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1985.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1985 fixing the import levies on white sugar and raw sugar (ECU/100, kg)

CCT heading Description Levy No

17.01 Beet sugar and cane sugar, in solid form : A. White sugar : flavoured or coloured sugar 48,56 B. Raw sugar 46,06 (')

(') 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 .