31986R0533

No L 55/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 . 3 . 86

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 533/86 of 28 February 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 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 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 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 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) 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 (*), as amended by Regulation application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; (EEC) No 3793/85 (*), 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, per Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one hundred 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation each month in the case of the products listed in Article 1 (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per must be fixed each month : percentage point of sucrose content ;

Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to should be calculated on the following basis : 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 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 0,

(■) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 . O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42. («) OJ No L 367, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 19 . (4) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 34. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, 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 over a given period in rela­ Article 1 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the previous indent, and the aforesaid coefficient ; 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 Regulation, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 March 1986.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 February 1986. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 February 1986 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 : 0,4901 — C. Maple sugar and other syrup D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : I. Isoglucose 58,68 ex II . Other 0,4901 0,4901 — E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry 0,4901 — state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : III. Isoglucose 58,68 IV. Other 0,4901