31987R1855

No L 174/48 1 . 7. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1855/87 of 30 June 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be Economic Community, equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to calculate the alteration ; Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on the basis of variations in the threshold price for white Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 sugar occurring between the month in which the basic of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) between these two threshold prices, must be deducted thereof, from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas Article 16 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 Whereas, pending the fixing of the prices applicable for provides for charging a levy on imports of the products the 1987/88 marketing year, the threshold prices appli­ listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ; cable on 30 June 1987 should be laid down pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1826/87 of 29 June Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) 1987 on precautionary measures and the suspension of of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated, advance fixing in certain agricultural sectors (*), where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1 white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from under Article 1 6 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (7), for the fixing of the tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation import levy on the products falling within subheading (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of 17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­ the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being pefcentage point of sucrose content ; equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­ cable as from the first of each month in the case of the Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ; 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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the should be calculated on the following basis : basic amount must be substituted for the average of the levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ that average ; tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in whereas it must, however, be altered during the period the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8), as amended by Regulation the month following the month for which the basic (EEC) No 1636/87 (»), amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by

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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 July 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1987 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 0,5272 (') D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : I. Isoglucose 62,39 (') ex II . Other 0,5272 0

— E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey 0,5272 (') F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry — state, 50 % or more by weight of sucrose 0,5272 0

21.07 Food preparations riot elsewhere specified or included : I

F. Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : III. Isoglucose 62,39 (') IV. Other 0,5272 0

(') These amounts will be adjusted, where appropriate, on the basis of the decisions taken in respect of prices for the 1987/88 marketing year.