31987R2612

1 . 9 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 248 / 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2612/87 of 31 August 1987 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of the month following the month for which the basic amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or Economic Community, from the levy on white sugar used to fix the - basic amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to calculate the alteration : Portugal,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on * markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ the basis of variations in the threshold price for white tion (EEC) No 229/87 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) thereof, 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 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, between these two threshold prices, must be deducted from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No, Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 837/ 68 : provides for charging a levy on imports of the products 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 and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; by Regulation (EEC) No 1900/87 (6), for the fixing of the import levy on the products falling within subheading 17.02 B II of the Common Customs Tariff, and the vari­ Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No able element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ equal to one hundred times the basic import levy appli­ tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation cable as from' the first of each month in the case of the (EEC) No 1428 /78 (4), provides that the basic amount of products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per 1 785/8 1 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ; percentage point of sucrose content ;

Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of should be calculated on the following basis : the month preceding the month for which the basic amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ basic amount must be substituted for the average of the tion to each other at any given moment within a band levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central that average ; rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; tion (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regula­ whereas it must, however, be altered during the period tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (8),

(>) OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 25, 28 . 1 . 1987, p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987, p. 40 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30 . 6. 1968 , p. 42. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 19&5, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 34. 8 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, 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 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 .

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 September should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation, 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 August 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 August 1987 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 :

— C. Maple sugar and other syrup 0,5295 D. Other sugars and syrups (other than lactose, glucose and malto-dextrine) : I. Isoglucose 62,62 ex II . Other 0,5295 E. Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey •0,5295 ■ — F. I. Caramelized sugar and molasses containing, in the dry 0,5295 — 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 62,62 IV. Other 0,5295

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