31986R0210

No L 27/ 18 1 . 2. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 210/86 of 31 January 1986 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 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the calculate the alteration ; markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3768/85 (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 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, sugar occurring between the month in which the basic 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 Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances provides for charging a levy on imports of the products provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation ; 837/ 68 ;

Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated, Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1 where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from established pursuant to point B of Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regu­ application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; lation (EEC) No 2727/75 (^ for the fixing of the import levy on the products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the variable element, Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ hundred times the basic import levy applicable as from tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation the first of each month in the case of the products listed (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ; the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ;

Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to should be calculated on the following basis : 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of the month preceding the month for which the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the tion to each other at any given moment within a band basic amount must be substituted for the average of the of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in that average ; the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1676/ 85 (% (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (A OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p . 42. O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 . (<) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 34. (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p . 1 .

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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 .

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 Regulation, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1986 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1986 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

(ECU) Basic amount per percentage point CCT Amount of levy of sucrose content heading Description per 100 kg and per 100 kg net No 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 :

— 0,4758 C. Maple sugar and other syrup I

D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : 57,25 I. Isoglucose ex II . Other 0,4758

— 0,4758 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry — 0,4758 state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : 57,25 III . Isoglucose IV. Other 0,4758