31991R3474
No L 328 /32 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 11 . 91
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3474/91 of 29 November 1991 fixing the import levies on syrups and certain other products in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, the month following the month for which the basic amount is applicable, if the levy on white sugar differs by at least ECU 0,73 from the average referred to above or Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European from the levy on white sugar used to fix the basic Economic Community, amount ; whereas, in this case, the basic amount must be equal to one-hundredth of the levy on white sugar used to calculate the alteration ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 of 30 June 1981 on the common organization of the markets in the sugar sector ('), as last amended by Regula tion (EEC) No 464/91 (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) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 must be calculated, Whereas the levy on the products referred to in Article 1 where appropriate, at a standard rate on the basis of the sucrose content (including other sugars expressed as ( 1 ) (f) and (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 comprises, sucrose) of the product concerned and of the levy on under Article 16 (6) of that Regulation, a variable element and a fixed element, with the latter, per 100 kilograms of white sugar ; whereas, however, the levies on maple sugar dry matter, being equal to one-tenth of the fixed element and maple syrup are limited to the amount resulting from established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1 ) of application of the rate of duty bound within GATT ; Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (6), for the fixing of the Whereas Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No import levy on the products falling within CN codes 1702 30 91 , 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50, and 837/68 of 28 June 1968 on detailed rules for the applica tion of levies on sugar (3), as last amended by Regulation the variable element, per 100 kilograms of dry matter, (EEC) No 1428/78 (4), provides that the basic amount of being equal to 1 00 times the basic import levy applicable as from the first of each month in the case of the the levy for 100 kilograms of product must be fixed per percentage point of sucrose content ; products listed in Article 1 (1 ) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1785/81 ; whereas the levy must be fixed each month ;
Whereas the basic amount of the levy must be equal to one-hundredth of the average of the levies applicable to 100 kilograms of white sugar during the first 20 days of Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies the month preceding the month for which the basic should be calculated on the following basis : amount of the levy is fixed ; whereas, however, the levy applicable to white sugar on the day of the fixing of the basic amount must be substituted for the average of the — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela levies, where that levy differs by at least ECU 0,73 from that average ; tion to each other at any given moment within a band of , 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in Whereas the basic amount must be fixed each month ; the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regu whereas it must, however, be altered during the period lation (EEC) No 1676/85 Q, as last amended by Regu between the day on which it is fixed and the first day of lation (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
(') OJ No L 177, 1 . 7. 1981 , p. 4. (*) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 54, 28 . 2. 1991 , p. 22. («) OJ No L 353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968 , p. 42. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . O OJ No L 171 , 28. 6. 1978, p. 34. (») OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
30 . 11 . 91 No L 328/33 Official Journal of the European Communities
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Article 1 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi cient referred to in the preceding indent ; 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 December should be as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation, 1991 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 29 November 1991 .
For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission
■ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1991 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 0,4474 1702 20 90 0,4474 — 1702 30 10 — 54,41 1702 40 10 — 54,41 1702 60 10 — 54,41 1702 60 90 — 0,4474 1702 90 30 — 54,41 1702 90 60 0,4474 — 1702 90 71 0,4474 — 1702 90 90 0,4474 — 2106 90 30 — 54,41 2106 90 59 0,4474 —