31988R3389

1 . 11 . 88 No L 299/ 17 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3389/88 of 31 October 1988 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 Portugal, calculate the alteration :

Haying 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 2306/88 (2), and in particular Article 16 (8) sugar occurring between the month in which the basic thereof, 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 2221 /88 (% for the fixing of the import levy on the products falling within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica­ being equal to one hundred times the basic import levy tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation applicable as from the first of each month in the case of (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each percentage point of sucrose content ; month ;

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 levies, where that levy differs by at least 0,73 ECU from tion to each other at any given moment within a band that average ; of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central 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 ' 1 77, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 201 , 27. 7. 1988, p. 65. («) OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16. (3) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968 , p. 42. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 34. («) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

No L 299/ 18 1 . 11 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

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.

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 November should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation, 1988 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 October 1988 . For the Commtsston Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 31 October 1988 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the 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 0,4549 1702 20 90 0,4549 1702 30 10 55,16 55,16 1702 40 10 55,16 1702 60 10 1702 60 90 0,4549 1702 90 30 55,16 1702 90 60 0,4549 1702 90 71 0,4549 1702 90 90 0,4549 55,16 2106 90 30 2106 90 59 0,4549