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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1920/1999
of 8 September 1999
fixing the representative prices and the additional import duties for molasses in the sugar sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1785/81of30
June 1981 on the common organization of the market insugar(
1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
1148/98(2),
HavingregardtoCommissionRegulation(EC)No1422/95of
23 June 1995 laying down detailed rules of application forimportsofmolassesinthesugarsectorandamendingRegula-tion(EEC)No785/68(
3),andinparticularArticles1(2)and3
(1) thereof,
(1)WhereasRegulation(EC)No1422/95stipulatesthatthecif import price for molasses, hereinafter referred to asthe ‘representative price’, should be set in accordancewith Commission Regulation (EEC) No 785/68(
4);
whereas that price should be fixed for the standardquality defined in Article 1 of the above Regulation;
(2)Whereas the representative price for molasses is calcu-latedatthefrontiercrossingpointintotheCommunity,in this case Amsterdam; whereas that price must bebased on the most favourable purchasing opportunitieson the world market established on the basis of thequotations or prices on that market adjusted for anydeviations from the standard quality; whereas thestandard quality for molasses is defined in Regulation(EEC) No 785/68;
(3)Whereas, when the most favourable purchasing oppor-tunities on the world market are being established,account must be taken of all available information onoffers on the world market, on the prices recorded onimportantthird-countrymarketsandonsalesconcludedininternationaltradeofwhichtheCommissionisaware,either directly or through the Member States; whereas,under Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68, theCommission may for this purpose take an average ofseveral prices as a basis, provided that this average isrepresentative of actual market trends;
(4)Whereas the information must be disregarded if thegoods concerned are not of sound and fair marketablequalityorifthepricequotedintheofferrelatesonlytoasmallquantitythatisnotrepresentativeofthemarket;
whereas offer prices which can be regarded as notrepresentative of actual market trends must also bedisregarded;
(5)Whereas, if information on molasses of the standardqualityistobecomparable,pricesmust,dependingonthe quality of the molasses offered, be increased orreducedinthelightoftheresultsachievedbyapplyingArticle 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 785/68;
(6)Whereasarepresentativepricemaybeleftunchangedbyway of exception for a limited period if the offer pricewhich served as a basis for the previous calculation oftherepresentativepriceisnotavailabletotheCommis-sion and if the offer prices which are available andwhich appear not to be sufficiently representative ofactualmarkettrendswouldentailsuddenandconsider-able changes in the representative price;
(7)Whereaswherethereisadifferencebetweenthetriggerpricefortheproductinquestionandtherepresentativeprice,additionalimportdutiesshouldbefixedundertheconditions set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95; whereas should the import duties besuspended pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No1422/95, specific amounts for these duties should befixed;
(8)Whereas application of these provisions will have theeffect of fixing the representative prices and the addi-tionalimportdutiesfortheproductsinquestionassetout in the Annex to this Regulation;
(9)Whereas the measures provided for in this RegulationareinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagementCommittee for Sugar,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Therepresentativepricesandtheadditionaldutiesapplyingto
importsoftheproductsreferredtoinArticle1ofRegulation(EC) No 1422/95 are fixed in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on 9 September 1999.(1) OJ L 177, 1.7.1981, p. 4.
(2) OJ L 159, 3.6.1998, p. 38.
(3) OJ L 141, 24.6.1995, p. 12.
(4) OJ L 145, 27.6.1968, p. 12.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Done at Brussels, 8 September 1999.
For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
fixing the representative prices and additional import duties applying to imports of molasses in the sugar sector
(in EUR)
CNcodeAmountoftherepresentative
pricein100 kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountoftheadditional
dutyin100 kgnetof
theproductinquestionAmountofthedutytobe
appliedtoimports
in100 kgnetofthe
productinquestion
becauseofsuspensionas
referredtoinArticle5of
Regulation(EC)No1422/95(2)
17031000(1) 6,19 0,28 —
17039000(1) 7,48 0,00 —
(1) For the standard quality as defined in Article 1 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 785/68.
(2) Thisamountreplaces,inaccordancewithArticle5ofRegulation(EC)No1422/95,therateoftheCommonCustomsTariffdutyfixed
for these products.