31985R3354
No L 321 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 11 . 85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3354/85 of 29 November 1985 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; 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 by Economic Community, 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 must be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to calculate the alteration : of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula tion (EEC) No 1482/85 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on the basis of variations in the threshold price for white sugar occurring between the month in which the basic Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference between these two threshold prices, must be deducted from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 : listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ;
Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated, ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regu and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from lation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*) for the fixing of the import application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; levy on the products falling within subheading 1 7.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No hundred times the basic import levy applicable as from 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica the first of each month in the case of the products listed tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the lew must be fixed each month ; (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies should be calculated on the following basis : Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of the month preceding the month for which the basic — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy tion to each other at any given moment within a band applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central basic amount must be substituted for the average of the rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 (*), as that average ; last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 C),
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (2) OJ No L 151 , 10. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968, p. 42. (j OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34. 0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
30 . 11 . 85 No L 321 / 19 Official Journal of the European Communities
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded over a given period in rela Article 1 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the The import levies on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; (d), (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 shall be as indicated in the Annex hereto .
Article 2 Whereas it follows from the application of these provi sions that the import levies on the products concerned This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1985 . should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation,
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 29 November 1985. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President
ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1985 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
(ECU) Basic amount CCT per percentage point Amount of levy of sucrose content 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 :
— C. Maple sugar and other syrup 0,4614 D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : I. Isoglucose 55,81 ex II . Other 0,4614
— E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 0,4614 F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry — state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose 0,4614
21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : III. Isoglucose 55,81 IV. Other 0,4614