31988R1886

1 . 7. 88 No L 168/51 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1886/88 of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 Treaty establishing the European equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to Economic Community, calculate the alteration ;

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas the basic amount thus fixed must be adjusted on Portugal, the basis of variations in the threshold price for white sugar occurring between the month in which the basic Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 amount is fixed and the period of application ; whereas of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the this adjustment, equal to one-hundredth of the difference markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula­ between these two threshold prices, must be deducted tion (EEC) No 1107/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) from or added to the basic amount in the circumstances thereof, provided for in Article 7 (6) of Regulation (EEC) No 837/68 ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1 Whereas Article 16 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 (1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, provides for charging a levy on imports of the products under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element listed in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation ; and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element Whereas the levy on the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated, Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the by Regulation (EEC) No 1097/88 (*), for the fixing of the sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as import levy on the products falling within subheadings sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50 of the white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar combined nomenclature, and the variable element, per and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from 100 kilograms of dry matter, being equal to one hundred application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of each month in the case of the products listed in Article 1 Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ must be fixed each month ; tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of the levy for 100 kilograms of product ' must be fixed per Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices percentage point of sucrose content ; for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1912/88 Q, should Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of continue to operate in the sector concerned ; 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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies basic amount must be substituted for the average of the should be calculated on the following basis : levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from that average ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central whereas it must, however, be altered during the period rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ the month following the month for which the basic tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (8) as last amended by Regula­ amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by tion (EEC) No 1636/87 0, at least 0,73 ECU from the average referred to above or O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (Ó OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 7. O OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 20 . I7) See page 115 of this Official Journal. O OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 42. (8) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34. O OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, 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 July 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1988 .

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1988 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in die sugar sector

(ECU) Basic amount per percentage point CN code of sucrose content and per 100 kg net Amount of levy per 100 kg of dry matter of the product in question

1702 20 10 0,4311 1702 20 90 0,4311 — 1702 30 10 — 52,78 1702 40 10 — 52,78 1702 60 10 — 52,78 1702 60 90 0,4311 — 1702 90 30 — 52,78 1702 90 60 0,4311 — 1702 90 71 0,4311 — 1702 90 90 0,4311 — 2106 90 30 — 52,78 2106 90 59 — 0,4311