88Fourthly, Article 2(2) of the contested regulation, in so far as it makes Article 3(3) of Regulation No 2553/97 applicable, is also contrary to the principle of proportionality. The amount of the guarantee required by the latter provision in respect of import licences is equal to 50% of the Common Customs Tariff duty applicable on the day of submission of the application, which was then about EUR 43.7 per 100 kg. Until 1 March 2000, the amount of the guarantee required for sugar covered by the system of EC/OCT cumulation of origin was ECU 0.3 per 100 kg. According to the Netherlands Government, under Article 8(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1464/95 of 27 June 1995 on special detailed rules for the application of the system of import and export licences in the sugar sector (OJ 1995 L 144, p. 14), the security to be provided for sugar from the ACP and other non-Member States was also set at ECU 0.3 per 100 kg.
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